# Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes, carrier is Royal Mail / Post Office; restriction type is allowed; scope is UK & International; conditions is May only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution, recorded from its source on 2026-08-03.

- **Item category:** Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Post Office _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK & International _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** May only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution

## What the source says

> May only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution

## Source

- https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send

Last verified: 2026-08-03. Review by: 2027-08-03.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).