Running out of your regularly taken medication can be worrying. We make it easy to get a new dose by offering the option to get a prescription online without visiting your doctor. Our simple and easy prescription refill process can save you time and effort. Please read our guidelines below and fill out the form at the bottom of the page.
Please note that you may still need a doctor’s consultation in person or via telemedicine in some instances.
Prescription refill guidelines
- If you are one of our existing patients, please submit the form below to request a refill for your current medication. Note that we can only provide refills for medications we have prescribed for you in the past.
- If you are a new patient at FirstMed, make an appointment for a doctor’s consultation.
- We cannot guarantee refills for any other medications from your previous doctor without an examination or consultation with one of our physicians first.
- If the labs associated with your prescription are outdated (more than 1 year), please refresh them. Our doctors may require a new evaluation if the lab work [Last Lab Tests] associated with the medication is older than one year.
- Certain private health insurance plan holders should send us a signed claim form prior to writing their prescription. Please see the details below, under Prices and payment information.
If you are a regular FirstMed patient, you only have to fill out the form below to get a new prescription. Our team will process your request swiftly, and if our doctor approves, we will write your prescription.
You may need a doctor’s consultation in person or via telemedicine in the following cases:
- To get a prescription for a medication not previously prescribed for you by a FirstMed physician.
- For new patients not yet registered with FirstMed.
- Upon the individual judgment of the doctor.
- When the form is successfully completed you will see this message:
- After completing the form, you will also get a confirmation email. If you do not receive it, please check your spam folder and whether you entered the correct email address.
- Please double-check whether the details given on the form are correct. If the form is submitted incorrectly, it may delay fulfilling your prescription refill request.
- Our team will swiftly process your request and forward it to our doctor for approval.
- Prescriptions may take 1-4 working days to be written. Plan accordingly!
- If your prescription is urgent please make an appointment to see the doctor!
- E-Prescriptions are sent to the ‘cloud’, meaning they will be held online by the Hungarian nationwide prescription system (EESZT).
- With your TAJ number, you will be able to pick up your prescribed medicine at most pharmacies.
- With your passport number, you will be able to collect your medicine at some pharmacies. Look to larger chains and inquire in advance there.
- If you requested your prescription on paper, you can get it at FirstMed’s reception.
- If you take less than the prescribed dose at the pharmacy, due to a possible shortage of stock or because you decide that you need less than the prescribed amount, balance of your prescription will be voided.
As of April 2023, we cannot process prescription requests sent us by forwarding a previous prescription by e-mail. We only process prescription refill requests submitted by the online form below or by appointment.
Prices and payment information
- Your plan/contract covers the price of prescription refills.
- Premium Plan holders are allowed up to 10 refills under their plan.
- Value Card holders are not covered under this category. (please pay in the webshop)
- We can bill the prescription refill cost directly to your insurance company.*
- In case you would like to reclaim the price of the medicine from your insurer, please mark at the end of the form that you also request the prescription on paper,
- If you are not an existing patient at FirstMed, you may need to consult a doctor in person or via telemedicine to have your prescription refilled.
- BlueCross, Tricare and FSBP insurance holders: We must have a signed claim form prior to writing your prescription. Please download the form and return it to our insurance department ASAP.
*Some medications are not available for insurance billing, e.g. birth control / ED medication. In this case, if you are requesting multiple prescriptions, provide them separately for non-covered medications.
Non-covered medication must be paid for prior to them being written. Please visit our webshop to make payment.
- Fill in the online form below, and our team of professionals will process your request swiftly.
- For non-FirstMed-ordered prescriptions, the doctor will decide whether to require a current medical evaluation.
- If our doctor has approved your prescription refill request, please pay it through our webshop.
- Price of prescription refill: HUF 5,000
- After we receive payment, our doctor will write the prescription.
- If you are not an existing FirstMed patient, you will need an in-person or telemedicine consultation with one of our doctors before we will be able to write a prescription.
- Please contact us to make an appointment for a doctor’s consultation.
