Status and Rules

The pages below cover how regulators and sporting bodies classify palmitoylethanolamide. Rules change. Each page shows the date it was checked, and links to the body that sets the rule.

This section is general information. It is not legal advice.

• AustraliaHow Australia classifies palmitoylethanolamide: a permitted ingredient in listed medicines, and a Schedule 6 entry with two exemptions since October 2024.
• Other countriesHow palmitoylethanolamide is classified outside Australia, as far as this site has been able to verify from primary sources, and where it has not.
• Horse sportThe FEI lists palmitoylethanolamide as a Controlled Medication. What that means for horses that compete.
• Human sportPalmitoylethanolamide is not prohibited under the WADA Prohibited List, in or out of competition. Checked on Global DRO.