What can I do with a couple of packs of meds I don't need?

Selling it is definitely illegal, you're right about that. Your best bet is to take both packs to any Apotheke, even the one where you got the prescription filled. They have a system for disposing of old or unwanted medications, and the sealed pack might be usable for someone else through their social programs, though the opened one will just be destroyed. If you go to the one on Frankfurter Allee near the Ring-Center, I know they take them without any questions.

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Since Quviviq is a controlled substance under German narcotics law (BtM), most pharmacies will actually refuse to take it back for disposal. You'd need to check with your local Ordnungsamt or ask at a pharmacy that handles BtM disposal specifically. The opened pack is definitely a lost cause for donation, but the sealed one could potentially go back to the prescribing doctor's office for proper return, though they might not want the hassle either.

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tbh most people don't know this but you can actually check if the sealed pack is within the Rücknahmepflicht timeframe -- some insurances let you return unopened meds within 14 days of purchase if you got them at a regular pharmacy, not a mail-order one. quviviq being a btM makes it trickier though, so even if it's sealed most places won't touch it for resale or donation. your safest bet is the Apothekennotdienst hotline at 0800 00 22 833, they'll tell you which pharmacy near you actually handles narcotics disposal. the opened one is definitely just going to be incinerated no matter where you bring it

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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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