Overview
- Marketplace Ozon confirmed it has hidden veterinary products containing gabapentin from its storefront and launched a repeat review following user complaints.
- Media and Telegram reports said adolescents have been ordering veterinary gabapentin to pursue intoxicating effects, prompting swift platform and political responses.
- State Duma member Nina Ostanina appealed to Roszdravnadzor head Alla Samoylova to introduce age restrictions on retail and marketplace sales of such veterinary drugs.
- Health Committee chair Sergey Leonov asked the Agriculture Ministry and Rospotrebnadzor to assess limiting sales of veterinary gabapentin to buyers under 18 on marketplaces.
- Russia will require prescriptions for human-use gabapentin starting March 1, 2026, after adding it to stricter accounting lists in 2025, underscoring a regulatory gap with veterinary analogs.