- Why does the same medicine cost different amounts at different pharmacies?
- In Korea, pharmacies set their own prices for over-the-counter medicines, supplements and quasi-drugs. That has been the rule since 1999, when free pricing was introduced to keep medicine prices in check.
Prescription medicines are different: apart from non-covered items, they are sold at a price set by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, so they cost the same nationwide.
- Can I trust the prices shown here?
- Every price is verified against a pharmacy receipt submitted by a customer, or reported by the pharmacy itself.
A pharmacy can change its price at any time, though, so a price may not yet reflect the latest change. The page shows when each price was last reported.
- Do I need an account?
- No. You can search products, browse pharmacies and see the lowest reported price without signing in.
Signing in shows you the price at every pharmacy that reported one. Signing in uses a 6-digit code sent to your email — there is no password.
- Why do I see Korean underneath the English?
- The Korean is the original, and it is what you actually need on the ground: to show a pharmacist which medicine you mean, to give an address to a taxi driver, or to paste into a map app.
We show English where we have a translation and keep the Korean with it. Anything we have not translated yet is shown in Korean only.
- Search does not find my medicine. What should I do?
- Our search index is built on Korean product names. We also match English names for products we have translated, but coverage is still growing, so a Korean name gives the most results.
Try the Korean name, or browse by brand instead.