Pregabalin legal status by country
Also known as: lyrica
Countries where the legal status of Pregabalin 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 Pregabalin in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaPregabalin is not listed in the narcotic, psychotropic and plant tables annexed to Ligji nr. 7975, datë...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and the Act has no gabapentinoid. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The...
- ArgentinaNot scheduled as an estupefaciente. Every one of the 886 numbered rows of the current Anexo I was searched by...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaPrescription only medicine under the Poisons Standard; its Commonwealth criminal drug status is conditional...
- AustriaNot a designated drug in Austria, and controlled instead as a prescription medicine. The placement is the...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. Pregabalin is placed in Group II Schedule 4 of the annex, by Decision 14 of 2020, in Bahrain's...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusPregabalin is regulated in Belarus, and it is regulated somewhere other than the narcotics annexes. The route...
- BelgiumPregabalin is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 158 of lista C1, the list of other substances subject to special...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaNot listed. Pregabalin is not a named entry of Списък I, Списък II or Списък III of the Наредба за реда за...
- CanadaPregabalin is a prescription (Schedule D / prescription-drug) medicine under the Food and Drugs Act and is...
- ChinaPregabalin is a prescription (Rx) medicine in China and is NOT listed in the national narcotic-drug or...
- ColombiaNot listed. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026 carries no entry for pregabalina or pregabalin as at 27...
- CroatiaPregabalin is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CzechiaNot listed. Pregabalin is not printed as an entry in any of the eight seznamy of nařízení vlády č. 463/2013...
- DenmarkNot a euphoriant under the Danish euphoriants legislation: it is not named in liste A, B, C, D or E of...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Pregabalin has no entry. It is a gabapentinoid acting at a calcium channel subunit, and no...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض قيود الجواهر المخدرة», Table 3, the...
- EstoniaPregabalin is not listed in the Estonian narcotic and psychotropic schedule. It is governed instead by the...
- FinlandControlled, and exempted from licensing rather than from control. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus...
- FrancePregabalin is not carried by either French closed list. The dossier's finding for this row is recorded in the...
- GeorgiaPregabalin is not carried on Georgia's narcotics lists and it is not therefore unregulated. The dossier...
- GermanyPregabalin is not scheduled in Germany. The search ran on 20 September 2026 under „Pregabalin“ across BtMG...
- GhanaPregabalin is not a controlled drug under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): it is not...
- GreeceNot listed in the Greek narcotics tables. Pregabalin is printed at no entry of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, Β, Γ or Δ in the...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. Pregabalin, searched also...
- Hong KongNot a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). Controlled as a medicine under the...
- HungaryNot listed. Pregabalin is not a named entry of the K1 or K2 jegyzék in the 1. melléklet, of the P1, P2, P3 or...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Pregabalin", and the row identifies it by the...
- IndiaNo Indian placement was found for it: it is not named in the Act's Schedule (list of psychotropic...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranPregabalin has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 348 of 2024 added Pregabalin to Schedule Eight, described as...
- IrelandNot a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: No controlled-drug schedule; 2010...
- ItalyNot scheduled. A search of the closed tables I to IV and the table of medicinal products under article 14 of...
- JapanPregabalin is not a controlled substance in Japan. Pregabalin is a gabapentinoid, a 3-substituted...
- JordanPregabalin is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanPregabalin is not controlled by Kazakhstan's Resolution No. 470, on the version of the lists read for this...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Pregabalin is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-80.
- LatviaPregabalin is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- LithuaniaPregabalin is not listed in the Lithuanian narcotic and psychotropic lists. Health Minister Order No. 5 is...
- MacauNot listed in Macau. Pregabalin is named in none of Tables I to VI of Law 17/2009 as replaced in full by Law...
- MalaysiaPregabalin is a prescription poison under the Poisons Act 1952, listed in the Poisons List by name and next...
- MaltaWhich Maltese ordinance governs pregabalin is not established. Malta runs two drug ordinances and a cell that...
- MexicoPregabalin is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Pregabalin is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente...
- MontenegroNot listed in Montenegro's narcotics and psychotropics schedule, and placed instead under Zakon o ljekovima,...
- MyanmarNot listed in Myanmar's narcotic or psychotropic notifications. Pregabalin was searched for across...
- NetherlandsPregabalin is not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II. No Opiumwet offence arises from it as such, and the...
- New ZealandNot a controlled drug on the text cited, and the absence was tested rather than assumed. Pregabalin, a...
- NigeriaNot separately listed. Pregabalin is not named in the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap. N30, LFN...
- North MacedoniaNot a controlled drug under the classification lists. The lists carry no row for прегабалин, and the...
- NorwayNot controlled as narkotika in Norway. Pregabalin is not a row on the narkotikaliste, and it is not reached...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Pregabalin is named in Group II, Table 4, serial 70 of the...
- PhilippinesNot a dangerous drug on the text read: pregabalin is not listed in the Dangerous Drugs Board's Updated Lists...
- PolandNot named in the Polish national list. Pregabalin appears in none of the three annexes, so it is neither a...
- PortugalPregabalin is a prescription-only medicine (MSRM) in Portugal and is NOT listed in the...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 76 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaPregabalin is not controlled in Romania, and that is a completed finding rather than an open question. The...
- RussiaControlled as a potent substance under Government Decree 964, at the entry «Прегабалин» (in English,...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- Saudi ArabiaPregabalin is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category E of the...
- SerbiaPregabalin is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug under this Act. Pregabalin is in no Part of the First Schedule. The Fifth Schedule,...
- SlovakiaPregabalin is not listed in the Slovak narcotic and psychotropic schedule. Act No. 139/1998 carries one...
- SloveniaNot named in the annex. A search of every named row of the annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaPregabalin is a prescription (ETC) medicine in South Korea and is NOT classified as a controlled narcotic or...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: Pregabalin is not named in Anexo 1 or Anexo 2 of Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SwedenControlled. Pregabalin is named in Förteckning V of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandNot scheduled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI records no entry for pregabalin. The German search...
- TaiwanNot controlled as a narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例): absent from all four...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. Item 337 of Перечень 2 of the National List approved by Government Resolution No....
- ThailandPregabalin is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and by...
- Trinidad and TobagoPregabalin is not a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25: it is not listed in the First or Second Schedule, as...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Pregabalin is controlled federally. Federal Schedule V under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineGoverned in Ukraine as a medicine rather than as a scheduled substance, on this reading, and the reading...
- United Arab EmiratesPregabalin is placed at Schedule 9, item 18 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed entry «بريجابالين»,...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class C drug. Part III of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule V under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.15(e)(7). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayNot placed, and the finding now rests on the current list rather than a superseded one. Pregabalin is not...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan as a potent substance of the special category, not as a narcotic. Row 55 of the list...
- VietnamNot named in the danh mục. Pregabalin is absent from Decree 28/2026’s four lists, so it has no schedule-based...
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A few real questions about pregabalin
- Is pregabalin legal in Belgium?
- Controlled. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 lists it at Annex IV, limb B, as “pregabaline”, with a stated start date of 19 July 2026. Article 3(4)(4) of that Decree takes out of the Decree a medicine carried by a traveller in international travel that was lawfully obtained, for personal use and no more than three months of treatment, except the substances in Annex II limb A. The traveller must be able to show the competent officials a statement from their authority or health professional.
- Is pregabalin legal in Lithuania?
- Not listed as at 18 September 2026. It does not appear in Health Minister Order No. 5 (consolidation beginning 18 June 2025), the narcotic and psychotropic list that Criminal Code article 269(1) adopts. Being off that list is not a permission to carry it across a border.
- Is pregabalin legal in Lebanon?
- Not named in any of the four tables annexed to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, as read on 22 September 2026 in the Ministry of Public Health consolidation and in the Lebanese University note on the tables, which records table changes up to Decree 343 of 16 May 2025.
Not individually verified
For these 134 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Pregabalin 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
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
