Most pharmacies are open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Some are open a little longer, others close earlier. However, anyone who urgently needs medication outside these hours can contact the pharmacy emergency service around the clock. However, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. and all day on Sundays and public holidays, an emergency service fee of 2.50 euros is usually charged. This is only waived if the doctor marks the prescription with “noctu”. Then the health insurance takes over the costs. The pharmacy portal Aponet informs about it.
The next pharmacy ready for service can be found in different ways. If you go to your nearest pharmacy, you will see a notice on the door stating the pharmacy responsible for each day of the week. Another option is the aponet.de website. There, an overview of emergency pharmacies is available for each location:
https://www.aponet.de/apotheke/notdienstsuche
On the Smartphone the App apothekenfinder.mobil helps, which gives it in the appropriate Appstores. Info can be called up in addition free of charge by fixed net telephone (0800 00 22833) or liable to pay the costs (69 cent per minute) by cell phone over 22833. You can also send an SMS to this number. The State Chamber of Pharmacists also has an emergency service portal where searches can also be made for specific time periods:
http://lak-bw.de/Notdienstportal
If you go to the homepages of the pharmacies displayed, you can also find out whether there are any employees at the pharmacy who speak Ukrainian or Russian, for example.
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Apotheke. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.
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