Prescription renewal
- Service
- 27 municipalities
- Public service
The prescriptions are primarily renewed at the unit treating you. You may renew your prescription at a doctor's appointment, in which case the prescription will be valid immediately.
If renewing your prescription doesn't require a doctor's appointment, you can ask for the prescription to be renewed in one of the following ways:
- Send an electronic request for a renewal through Kela's MyKanta -on ...
Do the following
You may renew your prescription at a doctor's appointment, in which case the prescription will be valid immediately. If the prescription renewal doesn't require seeing a doctor, ask for a renewal at the electronic MyKanta -service, contact the health station in your town of residence, or ask a pharmacy to refer the request for a renewal to the person, who wrote the prescription.
To whom and on what terms
The requests for prescription renewals should be always delivered to the unit, that has been treating you.
Background information
Prescription renewal requests must always be submitted to the unit where the patient was treated. A doctor’s appointment may be required to renew the prescription. When renewing a prescription, the doctor must check that the medicine is compatible with any other medications used by the patient.
You can request the renewal of your prescription during a doctor’s appointment, at a pharmacy, in Kela’s MyKanta online service, or by contacting your local health and social services centre. If there are no problems with the renewal, it will be completed within eight days.