Is Quetiapine legal in Sweden?
- Legal status
- Quetiapine is a prescription medicine (receptbelagt lakemedel, ATC N05AH04), not a narkotika: Seroquel and quetiapine generics are registered with Lakemedelsverket (harmonised via the EMA Article-30 referral) and do not appear on the narkotika classification lists.
- Consequences if caught
- Quetiapine attracts no narkotikastrafflag penalty; dispensing this receptbelagt medicine without a prescription breaches medicines law only.
- If prescribed or medical
- Prescribed as an atypical antipsychotic for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; dispensed only on prescription.
- Documentation
- Quetiapine products are nationally authorised human medicines in the EMA referral annex covering Sweden; carried lawfully with a prescription.
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