Brazilian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act


The Brazilian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, officially Portaria nº 344/1998, is Brazil's federal drug control statute, issued by the Ministry of Health through its National Health Surveillance Agency. The act also serves as the implementing legislation for the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the country.
The list was last updated in May 2024.
Terminology:
  • Prescription notification - a standardized document intended for notifying Anvisa of the prescription of medications. Written by the doctor and retained by the drugstore
  • Prescription - a written medication order that provides usage instructions for the patient.
  • Special control prescription - a prescription that is filled out in two copies, one that is retained by the drugstore, and another stays with the patient for usage guidance. It can be provided in a digital signed form.

Class A1

Class A2

Class A3

Class B1

Class B2

Class C1

Class C2

Class C3

Class C4

List revoked in September 2016.

Class C5

Class D

Class D1

Class D2

Class E

Cannabis sativa - except for registed products under allowed dosage mentioned in Class A3.Claviceps paspali Datura suaveolensErythroxylum cocaLophophora williamsii Mitragyna speciosaPapaver somniferumPrestonia amazonica

Class F

Class F1

Class F2

Class F3

Class F4