Legality
Quetiapine legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Quetiapine 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 Quetiapine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AustraliaQuetiapine is a prescription-only (Schedule 4, Poisons Standard) medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel,...
- BrazilQuetiapine is a registered prescription medicine (medicamento sob prescricao, receita branca controlada...
- CanadaQuetiapine is a prescription drug (Prescription Drug List), not a controlled substance: Seroquel, Seroquel XR...
- FranceQuetiapine is a prescription medicine (medicament soumis a prescription medicale), not a stupefiant or...
- GermanyQuetiapine is verschreibungspflichtig (prescription-only) rather than a controlled drug: Quetiapin is...
- GreeceQuetiapine is an authorised prescription medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel and quetiapine generics...
- IndiaQuetiapine is a prescription-only (Schedule H) medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel and quetiapine...
- IrelandQuetiapine is an authorised prescription-only medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel and quetiapine...
- ItalyQuetiapine is a prescription medicine (medicinale con obbligo di ricetta, classe A-RR), not a controlled...
- JapanQuetiapine is a prescription medicine (shohosen-iyakuhin) and a poison-designation drug (gekiyaku), not a...
- MalaysiaQuetiapine is a prescription-only medicine (Poisons Act 1952, Group B), not a dangerous drug: Seroquel and...
- MexicoQuetiapine is a prescription medicine (medicamento fraccion IV, receta medica), not a controlled substance:...
- NetherlandsQuetiapine is a prescription-only medicine (uitsluitend recept, UR), not a controlled drug: Seroquel/Seroquel...
- New ZealandQuetiapine is a prescription medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel and quetiapine (Quetapel and generics)...
- PolandQuetiapine is a registered prescription medicine (lek wydawany z przepisu lekarza, Rp), not a controlled...
- PortugalQuetiapine is an authorised prescription medicine (medicamento sujeito a receita medica), not a controlled...
- Saudi ArabiaQuetiapine is a registered prescription medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel and quetiapine fumarate...
- SingaporeQuetiapine is a prescription-only medicine, not a controlled drug: Seroquel, Seroquel XR and quetiapine...
- South KoreaQuetiapine is a prescription drug (jeonmun-uiyakpum), not a controlled drug: Seroquel (serokel) and...
- SpainQuetiapine is an authorised prescription medicine (medicamento sujeto a prescripcion medica), not a...
- SwedenQuetiapine is a prescription medicine (receptbelagt lakemedel, ATC N05AH04), not a narkotika: Seroquel and...
- SwitzerlandQuetiapine is an authorised prescription medicine (Abgabekategorie B), not a controlled drug: Seroquel and...
- TurkeyQuetiapine is a licensed prescription medicine (normal beyaz recete), not a controlled drug: Seroquel and...
- United KingdomQuetiapine is a prescription-only medicine (POM), not a controlled drug: it is licensed by the MHRA...
Not individually verified
For these 200 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Quetiapine 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)
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- 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
- 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