Legality
Memantine legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Memantine has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Memantine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AustraliaMemantine is a prescription-only (Schedule 4, Poisons Standard) medicine, not a controlled drug: it is...
- BrazilMemantine is a registered prescription medicine (medicamento sob prescricao), not a controlled substance:...
- CanadaMemantine is a prescription drug (Schedule D / prescription drug list), not a controlled substance: it is...
- FranceMemantine is a prescription medicine (medicament soumis a prescription), not a stupefiant or psychotrope: it...
- GermanyMemantine is verschreibungspflichtig (prescription-only) rather than a controlled drug: Memantin is named in...
- IrelandMemantine is an authorised prescription-only medicine, not a controlled drug: it holds an HPRA marketing...
- JapanMemantine is a prescription medicine (yoshohosen-iyakuhin), not a controlled drug: it was approved by the...
- MexicoMemantine is a prescription medicine (medicamento fraccion IV, receta), not a controlled substance: it holds...
- PolandMemantine is a registered prescription medicine (lek wydawany z przepisu lekarza), not a controlled...
- PortugalMemantine is an authorised prescription medicine (medicamento sujeito a receita medica), not a controlled...
- Saudi ArabiaMemantine is a registered prescription medicine, not a controlled drug: memantine hydrochloride (brands...
- SingaporeMemantine is a prescription-only medicine, not a controlled drug: it is registered as a therapeutic product...
- South KoreaMemantine is a prescription drug (jeonmun-uiyakpum), not a controlled drug: memantine products are registered...
- SwedenMemantine is a prescription medicine (receptbelagt lakemedel, ATC N06DX01), not a narkotika: it is registered...
- SwitzerlandMemantine is an authorised prescription medicine (Abgabekategorie B), not a controlled drug: Ebixa was...
- TurkeyMemantine is a licensed prescription medicine (recete ile satilir), not a controlled drug: memantine products...
- United KingdomMemantine is a prescription-only medicine (POM), not a controlled drug: it is licensed by the MHRA under the...
Not individually verified
For these 207 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Memantine specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia (France)
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe