Lekarna Slovenija

The history of Slovenian pharmacies is intertwined with broader historical, cultural, and political developments in Slovenia.

Medical practice in the Middle Ages in Slovenia, as in most of Europe, was rooted in monasteries and included herbology. Monk pharmacists probably prepared and provided medicines based on available herbs and traditional knowledge.

The development of organized pharmacies in Slovenian cities can be traced back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Like others in Europe, these pharmacies provided medicines for the local population and played a role in public health. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Austrian Empire, of which Slovenia was also a part, began to standardize and regulate medical and pharmaceutical practice.

The Empire established standards for the education of pharmacists and the operation of pharmacies. During this period, due to the influence and rule of the Austrian Empire, Slovenian pharmacists were often educated in institutions outside of Slovenia, such as Vienna.

After World War I, Slovenia became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Yugoslavia). This change has affected various sectors, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals. It strove for further professionalization and standardization of pharmaceutical practices.

After World War II and with the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, healthcare, including pharmacy, was nationalized. A more centralized approach to health care and drug distribution was adopted.

Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. In the following years, various industries were reformed, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The country moved closer to a model that allowed private ownership of pharmacies, albeit under strict regulations, to ensure public access and quality. Modernization and harmonization with European Union standards were crucial, especially after Slovenia entered the EU in 2004. Today, Slovenian pharmacies combine traditional values with modern pharmaceutical practices.

There are both public and private pharmacies in Slovenia, and the profession has continued to develop with the progress of medicine and technology. Great emphasis is placed on ensuring quality, safety, and accessibility for patients. It is worth noting that the history of Slovenian pharmacy is a rich and multifaceted topic, and the overview is concise. Detailed studies and historical records provide a deeper insight into the complexities and nuances of pharmacy development in Slovenia.

Our pharmacy mission

Moja lekarna is a Slovenian family business that retails medical and pharmaceutical products (medicines) and accessories, cosmetics, nutritional supplements, and other products related to health and medicine. It is a physical pharmacy founded in 2007 in Žužemberk in Dolenjska.

Moja lekarna is the first pharmacy on the Slovenian market to establish its own natural and advanced online version, Moja-lekarna.com. Sales are spread throughout Slovenia. In addition to a large selection of medical and pharmaceutical products, the online pharmacy Moja Lekarna also offers advice and education regarding using medicines and accessories. The employees are educated in various fields and provide professional assistance to their customers from many categories of healthcare, medicine, cosmetics, and nutrition.

The company strives for quality pharmacy practice and raising people's awareness of accurate and confirmed information. The online pharmacy is the first online version of a pharmacy in the Slovenian market. It contains all or more products than a physical store, including warehousing, consulting, faster access to products, easier product browsing, and online ordering and payment.

Our team's consulting service

The consulting service Moja Lekarna includes competent members of our pharmaceutical team, who offer their acquired knowledge by writing numerous articles and answering customer questions. At Moja Lekarna, we are proud to be able to professionally supplement the sale of online pharmacy products with a wide range of consultants, pharmacists, and other professional colleagues.

In addition to consulting services, we also write many articles on topics that are most interesting to our clients and the general public. With its wide selection of products; cosmetics, nutritional supplements, medical devices, and medicines, we strive to offer our customers and visitors to the website and physical pharmacy a rich range of knowledge and answers to all the questions that are the most common or even rarer and harder to find elsewhere on the Internet.

At Moja Lekarna, we want to establish a strong bond between pharmaceutical and general knowledge, which everyone can understand and thus implement in their lives. Because we live in a time when many self-help products are available, we want to describe to our customers all the ways of treatment and upgrading the quality of life and well-being, depending on their ailments.

We strive to use our knowledge to offer people the highest possible quality and comprehensive advice on various topics and products. We also advise and write about various health conditions, nutritional supplements, holistic and alternative treatment options, nutrition, everyday problems, and medicines people encounter at different times. With this, we want to raise people's awareness as much as possible and help them achieve their goals in the health field.