# nonnarcotic prescription medicines — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For nonnarcotic prescription medicines, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail; conditions is Only a pharmacist, medical practitioner, or other authorized dispenser may mail nonnarcotic prescription medications to patients under their care, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** nonnarcotic prescription medicines _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Only a pharmacist, medical practitioner, or other authorized dispenser may mail nonnarcotic prescription medications to patients under their care

## What the source says

> Only a pharmacists, medical practitioners, or other authorized dispensers may mail nonnarcotic prescription medications to patients under their care.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_020.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).