How to find pharmacies that are open on holidays
When you suddenly get sick on weekends or holidays and need a pharmacy, there is a way to find a pharmacy that is open 24/7 in your neighborhood. It is a service that provides information on current operation status and location when searching for a region. This is a reliable service to a certain extent, as you may be notified in case of non-compliance by the pharmacy. Please check below for how to use it.
1. Try Holiday Keeper Pharmacy
The ‘Holiday Keeper Pharmacy’ service, a pharmacy search service that operates 24/7, is a service system operated by the Korea Pharmaceutical Association. You can check information on pharmacies currently operating by accessing ‘Holiday Keeper Pharmacy’ and searching for 24/7 pharmacies or Holiday Keeper Pharmacy.
Pharmacy searches include ‘Holiday Keeper Pharmacy’, which is used to find pharmacies that are open even on specific holidays such as Chuseok or Lunar New Year’s Day, ‘Open 365 pharmacies’ where you can find pharmacies that are open 24/7, and late-night pharmacies that you can visit at night. You can search for ‘late night pharmacies’ where you can find them. 일요일 약국 문여는 곳
Sunday and weekend pharmacies open 좋은뉴스
It can be searched directly from the main page of the pharmacy service.
I also used this service to look up holiday keeper pharmacies near my house. The following result came out.
Screen displayed when searching for a holiday keeper pharmacy
If you do not search by street name, results are provided in a wide range of districts, so I wrote the street name so that only the nearest pharmacy to my house was searched. Unfortunately, the pharmacy in front of the house has a set operating hours, and the division values for year-round (=open all year round), night (pharmacies operating after 10 p.m.), and open/night (all year round + night pharmacies) are blank. So, I expanded the search by sphere again.
One of the many pharmacies in Dongdaemun-gu is found 24/7
There are 7 pages, and the pharmacy doesn’t open 24/7 until the 3rd page is over. Just as I was looking for it, I found one.
Imun Wooyanga Pharmacy in Imun-dong is open 7 days a week until 10 pm. In addition, Borim Pharmacy was open 24/7. It is not easy to find because it is not easy to operate 24/7, but knowing this in advance gives you peace of mind because you know where to go when you need medicine urgently.
Number of 24/7 pharmacies in Gangnam-gu
For reference, in the case of Gangnam-gu, which has a lot of plastic surgeries, it seems that there are many pharmacies open year-round, so I searched and actually found quite a few. Most of the blue location information and special items, which appear to be information provided by the pharmacy, are written in detail. Of course, if you click the magnifying glass at the far right, Naver Map will appear. Location information can be checked on a map, so it is not difficult to find a pharmacy without additional blue location information.
2. Get drug information
Since the Holiday Keeper Pharmacy site is a public interest site operated by the Korean Pharmaceutical Association, it also provides drug information in addition to the pharmacy search service. There are information that can be applied immediately in daily life, such as over-the-counter medicines, how to take medicines, and how to use external medicines. In particular, the ‘Drug Information Search’ service not only reveals the identities of the old medicines in the house, but also provides more detailed information about the medicines you are currently taking.
Drug information search service provided by Holiday Keeper Pharmacy
Those who take care of children and the elderly are likely to use medicines at home. If you buy various types of medicines, such as ointments, pills, and syrups, and are confused about what effects they have before using them, it would be good to try the service. I searched for one of the most popular drugs, gevorin.
About Gevorin
Along with the manufacturer, vendor, and product name, I was able to find out in detail the ingredients, properties, efficacy, and usage and dosage below. Sometimes, without knowing the exact usage and dosage, I ate roughly like “30 minutes after a meal, 1 tablet”. For more effective medicinal effects, it is better to check the detailed usage and dosage before taking it. If the pain is tolerable, I will eat it, but if I can’t stand it, even this information seems to be precious.
Everyone should take good care of their health and avoid visiting hospitals or pharmacies if possible, but even if it is not a health problem, various medicines are essential for daily life. I hope you do.