Modafinil legal status by country

Countries where the legal status of Modafinil 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.

48 confirmed countries176 not individually verifiedLatest source July 13, 2026

Confirmed legal status

Each row links to the full detail for Modafinil in that country, including consequences and the primary source.

Aceh (Indonesia)Prescription/hard medicine under national law (obat keras); the Aceh qanun does not cover pharmaceuticals;...
AustraliaSCHEDULE 4 (Prescription Only Medicine) under the Poisons Standard (SUSMP); a prohibited import without a...
BahrainControlled/prescription medicine (NHRA); import/possession needs a valid Bahraini prescription and, where...
BangladeshPrescription medicine (Drugs Act) — NOT a scheduled Class-A narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018.
BrazilSCHEDULED — Lista B1 (psychotropics) under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998; controlled medicine on...
BruneiPrescription medicine — NOT listed as a controlled drug in the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27).
CanadaPrescription drug on the Prescription Drug List — NOT scheduled under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act...
ChinaCategory II psychotropic (reclassified 2023) under the controlled-psychotropic catalogue; a controlled drug...
CubaPrescription medicine (CECMED) — not a scheduled narcotic.
EgyptPrescription-only registered pharmaceutical (e.g. Modasomil) — NOT on the Anti-Narcotics Law 182/1960...
FranceSubstance vénéneuse Liste I (prescription-only) under the Code de la santé publique — NOT classified as a...
GermanyPrescription-only medicine under the Arzneimittelgesetz (AMG) — DELISTED from the Betäubungsmittelgesetz...
GreecePrescription-only medicine (EMA-authorised, EOF-regulated) — NOT scheduled as a narcotic/psychotropic.
IndiaSCHEDULE H prescription drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act — NOT under the NDPS Act (not a...
IndonesiaPrescription/hard medicine (obat keras) — NOT scheduled narkotika (Law 35/2009) or psikotropika (Law 5/1997).
IranPrescription medicine — NOT in the enumerated capital-drug list of the Anti-Narcotics Law.
IrelandPrescription-only medicine (HPRA) — NOT a controlled drug (not in the Misuse of Drugs Regulations).
ItalyPrescription-only medicine (EMA-authorised) — NOT in the tabelle degli stupefacenti/psicotrope (not...
JapanSCHEDULED — designated psychotropic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act (approved domestically...
JordanPrescription-only medicine (JFDA) under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 23/2016 — not a...
KuwaitPrescription-only medicine (MoH Ministerial Decree 102/2020 names modafinil); limited personal supply allowed...
LaosPrescription medicine — NOT on the Lao MoH List of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (not scheduled).
MalaysiaPrescription-only, controlled under the Poisons Act 1952 — NOT a 'dangerous drug' under the Dangerous Drugs...
MaldivesPrescription medicine (MFDA) — NOT among the Drug Act (Law 17/2011) Schedule One abuse substances.
MexicoPrescription medicine — NOT found on the Art. 245 Ley General de Salud psychotropic lists (not scheduled as a...
MyanmarPrescription medicine — NOT among the substances notified under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...
NetherlandsPrescription-only medicine (UR) under the Geneesmiddelenwet — NOT listed on the Opium Act (not scheduled).
New ZealandPrescription-only medicine (Medsafe) — NOT a controlled drug (not scheduled under the Misuse of Drugs Act...
NigeriaPrescription-only medicine (NAFDAC) — NOT among the NDLEA 'hard drugs'.
OmanPrescription/controlled medicine; personal import allowed with a recent prescription/report (~1-month supply)...
PakistanPrescription medicine (DRAP Act 2012) — NOT a Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 scheduled...
PhilippinesPrescription-only (FDA) — NOT scheduled as a dangerous drug under RA 9165.
PolandPrescription-only (Rp) medicine under the pharmaceutical law; psychotropic-schedule status is left to...
PortugalPrescription-only medicine (INFARMED) — NOT on the Decreto-Lei 15/93 estupefacientes/psicotrópicos tables.
QatarControlled medicine requiring prior MOPH Pharmacy and Drug Control authorisation (permit + prescription +...
Saudi ArabiaRestricted/controlled medicine requiring an SFDA traveller clearance permit + prescription + attested report;...
SingaporeTherapeutic product (prescription; HSA import authorisation) under the Health Products Act 2007 — NOT a...
South KoreaPrescription-only medicine (MFDS) — NOT a narcotic/psychotropic under the Narcotics Control Act (not...
SpainPrescription-only medicine (AEMPS) — NOT on the estupefacientes/psicótropos control lists.
Sri LankaPrescription-only medicine (Schedule II B, Cosmetics Devices and Drugs Act) — NOT a 'dangerous drug' under...
SwedenSCHEDULED — narkotika, förteckning IV under the narcotics law (Läkemedelsverket); a controlled narcotic AND a...
SwitzerlandPrescription-only medicine (Abgabekategorie B; Swissmedic) — NOT in the narcotics list (not a scheduled...
TaiwanSchedule 4 controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act.
Thailand'General drug' (prescription medicine) — NOT a narcotic (Narcotics Code) nor a psychotropic (Psychotropic...
TurkeyControlled 'kontrole tabi' medicine dispensed on a normal prescription (not a red/green narcotic...
United Arab EmiratesControlled medicine ('CD' category on the MOHAP/INCB travellers list — below the narcotic/psychotropic...
United KingdomPrescription-only medicine under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 — NOT a controlled drug (not scheduled...
VietnamPrescription medicine if imported — NOT in the narcotic/psychotropic Lists of Decree 28/2026/ND-CP (not...

Not individually verified

For these 176 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Modafinil 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.

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