Is Zolpidem legal in Ukraine?

Legal status

Controlled in Ukraine by name. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026, prints «Золпідем» at CAS 82626-48-0 and record UKR-88 accepts that printed row; the heading is in sentence case here because the list prints in capitals. It is worth being exact about what is listed. This is an imidazopyridine and not a diazepine, so it is not one of the six members that decide the class question elsewhere in this source, and Ukraine reaches it by its own name rather than through any class clause. It is also a widely prescribed hypnotic, so the row carries a listed heading and a medicines regime under Закон України «Про лікарські засоби» at the same time.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Ukraine has no death penalty, and Кримінальний кодекс України, стаття 307, the trade article named by this source, carries a ceiling of twelve years of imprisonment at its third part with no life sentence provided. That is a trafficking ceiling and not the position of a patient holding a prescription. Because the heading at CAS 82626-48-0 is matched, наказ МОЗ № 188 keys its small, large and especially large bands to this molecule. A repeat prescription of low milligram tablets accumulates quickly, which is where a lawful supply meets a band. No figures are reproduced and no separate possession article is named. Separately from that, and carried forward from this site's published Ukraine entry rather than re-derived from the Code in this pass, the published penalties are these. Personal use of a small amount is administrative under article 44 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, a fine of 25 to 50 tax free minimum incomes, 20 to 60 hours of community service, or administrative arrest of up to 15 days. Above small, personal use under article 309 is criminal, a fine, correctional labour of up to two years, or restriction of liberty of up to five years, rising to up to three years where aggravated or large and up to eight years where a minor is involved. Trafficking or sale under article 307 draws four to twelve years with property forfeiture. Smuggling under article 305 draws five to eight years, and up to eight to ten years aggravated. The published entry records the small, large and especially large quantity thresholds as very low, and that trace amounts have triggered article 309. Drug use itself, other than in public, is not criminal there. Every figure in this paragraph is a penalty range or a fine and none of them is a quantity threshold. They describe the offences that this row's placement in the Ukrainian list brings into play.

If prescribed or medical

Ukraine allows no personal use quantity in the narcotics sense, наказ МОЗ № 188 grades criminal conduct rather than licensing carriage, and a scheduled medicine must additionally satisfy Закон України «Про лікарські засоби» on prescription, packaging, import and customs. On this row the placement is a matched heading at CAS 82626-48-0 and the usual traveller is a patient carrying a short course for insomnia or for jet lag. No import permit, no personal allowance and no rule recognising a foreign prescription was established in this source, and none was researched. The prescription is necessary on this record and cannot be called sufficient.

Documentation

Carry the prescription, the original dispensing pack with the pharmacy label in the patient's own name, and a prescriber's letter naming the active ingredient, the formulation including whether it is modified release, the strength, the nightly dose, the treatment period and the total number of tablets. Keep the quantity to the stated period rather than carrying an accumulated repeat supply, because the bands under наказ МОЗ № 188 attach to the heading at CAS 82626-48-0 whatever the reason for carriage. Do not decant. Declare on arrival. Read on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Ukraine’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.