Drugs, pharmacies

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Pharmacy-only, non-prescription drugs pursuant to § 34, Subsection 1, SGB V, are excluded from care pursuant to § 31 SGBV. The prescription of these drugs is only permitted by way of exception (see below OTC) in accordance with § 34 Para. 1, Sentence 2, if the drugs are considered to be the standard of therapy for the treatment of serious illnesses.
  • A disease is serious if it is life-threatening or if it permanently and permanently impairs the quality of life due to the severity of the health impairment it causes.
  • A medicinal product is considered to be a therapeutic standard if the therapeutic benefit for the treatment of the serious disease corresponds to the generally accepted state of medical knowledge.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter AltmeyerProf. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles