Is Quetiapine legal in Turkey?
- Legal status
- Quetiapine is a licensed prescription medicine (normal beyaz recete), not a controlled drug: Seroquel and ketiapin products (Sequa, Quelept, Ketya and others) hold TITCK marketing authorisation and are not listed among Turkey's controlled narcotic/psychotropic substances.
- Consequences if caught
- Quetiapine carries no controlled-substance penalty; supply outside the prescription channel is a medicines-regulation breach only.
- If prescribed or medical
- Prescribed as an atypical antipsychotic for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; dispensed on a standard white prescription.
- Documentation
- Quetiapine formulations are documented in the TITCK kisa urun bilgisi (KUB); carried lawfully with a prescription.
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