Buying medicines in another EU country

Buying medicines in another EU country

If you need to buy prescription medicines from a pharmacy in another EU country, you should check in advance whether your prescription from your doctor contains the correct information. This also applies if you want to buy medicines from a pharmacy in your own country with a prescription from a doctor abroad. Familiarize yourself with the rules on the cost of medicines and their reimbursement.

Non-prescription medicines are available over the counter throughout the EU and are not covered here. If you buy medicines online, specific rules apply depending on the country you are in.

Find out more:

• Presenting a doctor's prescription abroad
• Medication costs and reimbursement

• Presentation of a doctor's prescription abroad
• Drug costs and reimbursement