Pharmacies that make medicaments themselves?

yeah it's a thing here, called "rezeptur" or "herstellung" - basically any apotheke can mix stuff on-site. for non-prescription stuff you'd just walk in and ask if they do individual preparations. eisenberg apotheke near alexanderplatz is pretty known for it, they've got a proper lab in the back. just keep in mind it might not be that much cheaper than the packaged stuff since they charge for the labor and the base ingredients

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fwiw not all pharmacies are set up for this, some smaller ones just order from wholesalers. if you want a place that actually does compounding regularly try apotheke am fehrbelliner platz in wedding, they've got a sign out front saying "rezeptur" and the pharmacist there is pretty old school about it. for something like a basic pain cream or a mouthwash they'll mix it while you wait, usually 10-15 mins tops. just be aware the base they use might have a slight smell or texture difference from the commercial stuff, that's normal

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imo the price thing is a bit hit or miss, some pharmacies will charge you like 5 euros for mixing a basic cream and others will ask 15. i'd call ahead and ask for a price estimate before you go in, especially if it's something simple like a salve or a tincture. the apotheke on weserstr in neukölln does custom stuff too and they're pretty upfront about costs, no hidden fees. just be specific about what you want, like tell them the active ingredient and the base, they'll prob have it on hand

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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