Is Memantine legal in Brazil?
- Legal status
- Memantine is a registered prescription medicine (medicamento sob prescricao), not a controlled substance: cloridrato de memantina holds ANVISA registro and is not listed in the Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 controlled-substances tables.
- Consequences if caught
- Memantine carries no controlled-substance penalty; unauthorised supply of a prescription medicine is a sanitary-law matter only.
- If prescribed or medical
- Prescribed for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease; distributed through SUS (CEAF) under clinical-protocol criteria.
- Documentation
- Ebixa and memantine generics are ANVISA-registered and listed in the Bulario Eletronico; carried lawfully with a prescription.
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