CHECK Magazin - Gesundheitsmagazin für Männer No.9
Alkoholmissbrauch und dessen Folgen sind die zweithäufigste Ursache für Krankenhausbehandlungen in Deutschland. Mehr als 150 internistische, neurologische und psychiatrische Diagnosen werden mit Alkoholmissbrauch assoziiert. Doch eine Gruppe fällt beim Thema Alkoholkonsum besonders auf: Queere Menschen, darunter insbesondere schwule und bisexuelle Männer.
Alkoholmissbrauch und dessen Folgen sind die zweithäufigste Ursache für Krankenhausbehandlungen in Deutschland. Mehr als 150 internistische, neurologische und psychiatrische Diagnosen werden mit Alkoholmissbrauch assoziiert. Doch eine Gruppe fällt beim Thema Alkoholkonsum besonders auf: Queere Menschen, darunter insbesondere schwule und bisexuelle Männer.
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Trans* health<br />
WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT<br />
THE DRUGS ARE COMPATIBLE<br />
ENGLISH<br />
The Schönhauser Apotheke in<br />
Prenzlauer Berg is a contact point for<br />
the community with a diverse team that<br />
has an open ear for our many questions.<br />
Now a separate department for trans*<br />
health is being set up under the care of<br />
Anaïs Schulz.<br />
“Feel free to pop in<br />
spontaneously and<br />
ask for a chat.“<br />
Hello, Anais, with what concerns do trans*<br />
people come to your pharmacy?<br />
So far, people have come to us because they<br />
became aware of us in the Sonntags Club<br />
e.V.. Many simply drop in and ask if we know<br />
anything about hormone therapy. They want<br />
to know what exactly happens when certain<br />
medications are taken. Sometimes there are<br />
very specific questions, for example about<br />
contraindications, or you have a certain<br />
previous illness and are not sure whether it<br />
is compatible with hormone therapy. A lot of<br />
people don‘t know exactly what to expect.<br />
What contraindications can occur?<br />
Absolute contraindications are rare. We<br />
know that some drugs are incompatible with<br />
hormone therapy. If, for example, an epilepsy<br />
or migraine diagnosis is made, you have to<br />
take a close look at which hormones can also<br />
be taken. However, these are very individual<br />
situations that are always clarified with the<br />
attending physicians. We always make sure<br />
that the drugs are compatible.<br />
You are currently building up the department<br />
and the network for it. How are you doing<br />
this?<br />
Mainly through exchange and further training.<br />
For example, we talk to doctors who specialise<br />
in trans* people. Then we contact the<br />
Sunday Club e.V. At the moment it all works<br />
through word of mouth, so it‘s an exciting<br />
phase in which we‘re all just getting to know<br />
each other and organising ourselves.<br />
Is it also possible to drop by spontaneously?<br />
We have separate consultation rooms where<br />
we can talk in private. Depending on how busy<br />
we are, we may need to make an appointment,<br />
but feel free to pop in and ask to speak.<br />
Anaïs Schulz is a pharmaceutical technical<br />
assistant at the Schönhauser pharmacy.<br />
Schönhauser Apotheke<br />
Danziger Str. 5, 10435 Berlin<br />
www.schoenhauser.family<br />
Interview: Torsten Schwick<br />
FOTO: SCHÖNHAUSER APOTHEKE<br />
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