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Monday, 3 August 2026
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Practical guides for daily life in Portugal, the everyday mechanics of pharmacies, healthcare, paperwork, and getting things done.

Farmácia Gaspar, a pharmacy in the Bairro Novo neighborhood of Figueira da Foz
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How to Save Money at the Pharmacy in Portugal

If you're comparing prices pharmacy to pharmacy for a prescription medicine, you're optimizing the wrong thing. Portugal's pricing system fixes most of that by law, the real savings are somewhere else.

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