Getting U.S. prescriptions filled in Germany

Short of actually seeing a doctor as if 'starting from scratch,' what options are there for refilling prescriptions that were originally written by a medical doctor in the U.S. once your supply of medication runs out in Germany?

Is there any kind of 'fast track' method of having U.S. prescriptions vetted by a government authority (German) that authorizes a German pharmacy to fill (or refill) it?

Thanks.

Don't know, but of course here it doesn't take long to get a doc's appointment. My general practictioner across the street doesn't usually even take appointments, you just walk in and wait a bit (I waited an hour once) and then he sees you. I'd say just see a doc and bring your prescription. Dealing with doctors here is easy compared to dealing with the government authorities.

Your US prescriptions are useless here -- as are the bottles which have refills listed -- except as something you can show a doc here to let him know these are the meds you're already taking. Nte that many meds in the US are not available here, from chlorzoxazone HCl to oxycodone.

woof.

if you call first, you can get an appointment and then you won't have to sit for 1 or 2 hours. explain everything to the nurse on the phone (or have someone who speaks german call).

Thanks but I don't want to pay to see a doctor just to have an Rx refilled.

What I was looking for was a way to do that without having to actually make an appointment to see a doctor, at least until I can get health insurance coverage sorted out in Germany. (To start off with, I'll be on travel insurance coverage, which won't cover doctor's visits that aren't related to illness or accident.)

Or is this something a typical German doctor will do without charging for it?

get it filled in the US and have it shipped to you.

I had thought of mentioning that myself in my last reply -- i.e., that I could, at least for a time, arrange for refills to be mailed to me from the U.S.

It would be difficult (impossible, probably) to do that indefinitely, though. (A prescribing doctor will want to re-evaluate the need for the medication and/or dosage at some point.)

When I was living in Munich, my mother came for a month-long visit from the States and forgot to pick up a prescription before she left. The legally correct protocol is to have your pharmacy in the States ship the prescription to a pharmacy in Germany (they won't ship it directly to you, since they have no proof that it's you). That's what she did, and it wasn't a problem. You will have to pay duties on it, though.

Excuse my laughing. Other threads explain when you do and don't pay to see a doctor. Just get your insurance straightened out first why don't you, bring enough of whatever it is to last the couple weeks until then.

I'll be on a travel policy to start with. It won't cover prescriptions that aren't related to illness or accident that occur during the coverage period.
Which threads explain when you do and don't pay to see a doctor?

My local doctor where have been a patient for a long time will sometimes waive the EUR 10 (public health care charge) if you go as far as the reception desk to pick up a regular prescription though they are not meant to. If you are not in the public insurance scheme, they will charge their private fees. The medical system in Germany, including a relatively simple prescripton isn't "free", some one pays for it. Get your meds from the US until you are on an insurance plan in Germany.

Are you guys serious? The BRD is not a US state.
You have 3 options. Go to an Artzt privately, take out a private
Krankenversicherung or a Gesetzliche Krankenverscherung.
Get a prescription. You can have it dispensed by mail order by Doc Morris (etc)
in other EU countries - or you must have it dispensed by an Apotheke
in Germany. The power of the Apotheken is awesome -
next year the EU will clip their wings - not before time.