Is Pregabalin legal in Poland?
Also known as: lyrica
- Legal status
- Not named in the Polish national list. Pregabalin appears in none of the three annexes, so it is neither a narcotic nor a psychotropic nor a new psychoactive substance under the 2005 Act, and it is dispensed as an ordinary prescription medicine rather than a controlled one.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. Poland has no death penalty, and no drug offence attaches to this row at all on the list as read. No article 62 or article 62b offence arises, because each requires a substance specified in the regulation issued under article 44f. Unauthorised supply is a pharmaceutical law breach, under a regime that was not read in this pass. The position is the same as gabapentin's, and both differ from tramadol only in that tramadol is an opioid that Poland has still not placed on the wykaz. This absence is stated as at the consolidated text of 17 June 2024, Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1139, as that text stands after the amending regulations of 30 April 2025, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 598, and of 7 July 2026, Dz.U. 2026 poz. 934, read at api.sejm.gov.pl on 21 September 2026. The power to move the list belongs to the Minister of Health, exercised by rozporządzenie under article 44f of the 2005 Act, and that does not rule out a later rozporządzenie made after the date of this reading.
- If prescribed or medical
- Dispensed on an ordinary prescription form.
- Documentation
- Carry the original prescription. Standard medicine import rules apply, because the substance is not on the drug list.
- Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 17 sierpnia 2018 r. w sprawie wykazu substancji psychotropowych, środków odurzających oraz nowych substancji psychoaktywnych, tekst jednolity Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1139
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 30 kwietnia 2025 r. zmieniające to rozporządzenie, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 598, w mocy od 22 maja 2025 r.
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 7 lipca 2026 r. zmieniające to rozporządzenie, Dz.U. 2026 poz. 934, w mocy od 28 lipca 2026 r.
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Ustawa z dnia 29 lipca 2005 r. o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii, tekst jednolity Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1939, art. 4 pkt 25 i 26, art. 31, art. 32, art. 33, art. 44f, art. 62, art. 62a, art. 62b
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- the regulation, both amending regulations and the Act were read at api.sejm.gov.pl on 21 September 2026
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