Self-medication: indication fields with greatest turnover in pharmacies, drugstores and consumer markets, food retail markets, discount stores and mail order companies (in millions of Euros). Classification: years, Germany, indication fields ^Info

Indication fields	Year (descending)
	2001 Info	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013
All indications	4,267	4,752	4,663	-	-	-
Tranquillisation and sleep	221	202	179	191	198	213
Skin and mcous membranches, wound healing agents	335	339	417	437	468	486
Cardiac, cirruculation and veins agents	338	461	402	380	365	355
Cough and cold remedies	866	1,114	1,193	1,171	1,184	1,341
Stomach and digestion	559	609	643	638	601	620
Analgesics/muscle pain and arthralgia	806	813	825	-	909	960
Rheumatism and muscle pain agents	330	334	376	373	.	.
Analgesics	476	479	449	445	.	.
Tonics and geriatric agents (including garlic)	260	188	123	111	114	114
Vitamins and minerals	399	389	260	252	241	242
Others	483	637	621	615	570	62

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• The medicines market in Germany
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Comment(s)

• Until 2000 the data for Old Länder and New Länder and East Berlin were also collected. This data is in a separate static table - Self-medication, pharmaceuticals turnover (1995 to 2000); see "links".

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• This table is continued in the following table:
• Self-medication, indication fields with the greatest turnover (starting from 2014)

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The Federal Health Monitoring System 18. Apr 2024