The Hungary medicine price freeze 2025 is now in force: from 1 July, pharmacy prices for dozens of everyday basics are stuck at 2024 levels until mid-2026.
If you’ve ever found yourself standing in a Budapest pharmacy, mangling the word Neo Citran while clutching your last forints, this is for you.
In our house, Andrew’s knees and back are already grateful – he’s out there taming the courgettes and tomatoes, sneezing through the pollen storm as usual. At least the Voltaren for his post-gardening aches stays frozen in price.
What’s Actually Covered?
Here’s the full official list of what’s staying put until at least June 2026. Copy this to your shopping list or just bookmark it for your next pharmacy run:
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ACC Long 600 mg effervescent tablets
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Advil Ultra Forte 400 mg (20 soft capsules)
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Algoflex Forte Dolo 400 mg (10 capsules)
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Algopyrin 500 mg (20 tablets)
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Ambroxol-Teva 30 mg
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Aspirin Protect 100 mg
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Béres Drops Extra
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Canesten 10 mg/g cream
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Detralex (60 coated tablets)
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Fenistil 1 mg/g gel
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Kitonail medical nail polish
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Lioton 100,000 gel
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Magne B6 (60 coated tablets)
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Magnerot (50 tablets)
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Magnosolv granules 6.1 g
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Milgamma N (50 soft capsules)
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Neo Citran Max (10 pouches)
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Neo Citran for Adults (14 pouches)
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Neo Citran Cold and Sinus (10 pouches)
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Nodoryl Complex 200mg/30mg/20mg tablets
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Nodoryl Complex 400mg/60mg/40mg tablets
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Nodoryl Dolo 250 mg tablets
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Nodoryl Forte 500 mg tablets
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Normaflore suspension (10 ampoules)
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Normaflore Extra (10 ampoules)
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No-Spa 40 mg tablets
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Panangin 158/140 mg coated tablets
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Prostamol Uno capsules
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Quarelin tablets
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Reparon cream
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Rhinathiol 1 mg/ml nasal spray
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Vition capsules
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Voltaren Dolo Rapid (20 soft capsules)
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Voltaren Emulgel Forte 20 mg/g gel (50 g tube)
So, whether you’re restocking cold meds, soothing back pain, or topping up your magnesium, these basics won’t get pricier any time soon.
Andrew’s gardening knees and back approve: Voltaren stays affordable under Hungary’s 2025 price freeze.
How This Fits Into Hungary’s Price Story
Hungary’s no stranger to price caps – food, fuel, bank fees, and now the Hungary medicine price freeze 2025 all got their turn. Caps and freezes are practically part of modern life here.
This one’s softer. There’s no law forcing pharma companies to hold prices. They just agreed to keep these everyday brands affordable for families, pensioners, and the rest of us who can’t survive a Budapest spring without a backup pack of antihistamines.
How to Make the Most of It
- Check the generics. Hungarian pharmacists are your secret weapon. If your prescription or shelf brand isn’t frozen, there’s often a cheaper generic.
- Shop smart. BENU, Pingvin Patika and Gyöngy Patika all price differently – online shops too. A few minutes comparing can save you enough for coffee and a pastry.
- Use your EESZT login. Hungary’s e-health system stores your prescriptions. It’s surprisingly modern, once you fight your way through the logins.
- Bring Google Translate. Still wrestling with Nodoryl vs. Algopyrin? Point at the box, smile, nod. It works every time.
So, Worth It?
It won’t stop you catching a cold on the tram or spare Andrew’s sinuses when the courgettes take over the garden, but at least our go-to medicines won’t sneak up in price while we’re not looking. I’ll count that as a tiny win.
If you want the full story on how prescriptions work here – from e-prescriptions to brand swaps – check my guide to prescription medicine in Hungary.
Want the full story on daily life here — pharmacies included?
Check out HOW TO HUNGARY: Budapest & Beyond – my unsponsored, but expert take on life, paperwork, and the little things that make this place wonderful (and sometimes baffling).
Stay stocked up. Stay sneeze-free (good luck). And watch this space – Hungary’s price games are never boring.
Anikó Woods is a Canadian-Hungarian writer, technology specialist, and digital strategist who swapped Toronto traffic for Hungarian bureaucracy. She’s the creator of HOW TO HUNGARY: Budapest & Beyond. Since moving to Hungary in 2017, she’s been deep in the paperwork trenches—fact-checking, interviewing experts, and helping others make sense of the madness. Her writing turns chaos into clarity, with a few laughs (and wine recommendations) along the way.