# Kentucky — 30-day purchase limit — Pseudoephedrine purchase limits: federal gram limits and stricter state rules

For Kentucky, jurisdiction is Kentucky — 30-day purchase limit; 30-day limit is more than seven and one-fifth (7.2) grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; prescription or other restriction is this limit shall not apply to any quantity of product, mixture, or preparation dispensed pursuant to a valid prescription; statute or regulation citation is Ky. Rev. Stat. 218A.1446(5), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky — 30-day purchase limit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **30-day limit:** more than seven and one-fifth (7.2) grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prescription or other restriction:** this limit shall not apply to any quantity of product, mixture, or preparation dispensed pursuant to a valid prescription _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or regulation citation:** Ky. Rev. Stat. 218A.1446(5) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> No person shall purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire any product, mixture, or preparation or combinations of products, mixtures, or preparations containing more than seven and one-fifth (7.2) grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers within any thirty (30) day period, provided that this limit shall not apply to any quantity of product, mixture, or preparation dispensed pursuant to a valid prescription.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xviii-public-health/ky-rev-st-sect-218a-1446/

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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