diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 9930facb5..3dcafb78a 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
     "allowedSitesLabel": "Erlaubte Stellen",
     "allowedSitesHint": "Alle ausgewählt lassen für keine Einschränkung. Global ausgeschlossene Stellen werden nie angeboten.",
     "viewToggleLabel": "Ansicht",
+    "viewToggleHint": "Wähle, ob deine Medikamente als Karten oder als Tabelle angezeigt werden.",
     "viewCards": "Kartenansicht",
     "viewTable": "Tabellenansicht",
     "viewSaveFailed": "Ansicht konnte nicht gespeichert werden",
@@ -1737,7 +1738,8 @@
     "reorderTitle": "Reihenfolge anpassen",
     "reorderDescription": "Bestimme die Reihenfolge deiner Medikamente – sie gilt für die Karten- und die Tabellenansicht.",
     "reorderSaved": "Reihenfolge gespeichert",
-    "reorderSaveFailed": "Reihenfolge konnte nicht gespeichert werden"
+    "reorderSaveFailed": "Reihenfolge konnte nicht gespeichert werden",
+    "customize": "Medikamente anpassen"
   },
   "charts": {
     "loadingLabel": "Diagramm wird geladen…",
@@ -3767,6 +3769,10 @@
       "insights": {
         "title": "Insights",
         "description": "Reihenfolge der Übersicht und der Navigations-Pills."
+      },
+      "medications": {
+        "title": "Medikamente",
+        "description": "Listenansicht und Reihenfolge der Medikamente."
       }
     },
     "profile": "Profil",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index f5927bd8b..a9ea8f561 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
     "allowedSitesLabel": "Allowed sites",
     "allowedSitesHint": "Leave all selected for no restriction. Sites you excluded globally are never offered.",
     "viewToggleLabel": "View",
+    "viewToggleHint": "Choose whether your medications appear as cards or as a table.",
     "viewCards": "Card view",
     "viewTable": "Table view",
     "viewSaveFailed": "View could not be saved",
@@ -1737,7 +1738,8 @@
     "reorderTitle": "Adjust order",
     "reorderDescription": "Set the order of your medications – it applies to both the card and the table view.",
     "reorderSaved": "Order saved",
-    "reorderSaveFailed": "Order could not be saved"
+    "reorderSaveFailed": "Order could not be saved",
+    "customize": "Customize medications"
   },
   "charts": {
     "loadingLabel": "Loading chart…",
@@ -3767,6 +3769,10 @@
       "insights": {
         "title": "Insights",
         "description": "Overview and navigation-pill order."
+      },
+      "medications": {
+        "title": "Medications",
+        "description": "List view and medication order."
       }
     },
     "profile": "Profile",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index 514b42a15..63018e39e 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
     "allowedSitesLabel": "Sitios permitidos",
     "allowedSitesHint": "Deja todos seleccionados para no aplicar restricciones. Los sitios que excluiste globalmente nunca se ofrecen.",
     "viewToggleLabel": "Vista",
+    "viewToggleHint": "Elige si tus medicamentos se muestran como tarjetas o como tabla.",
     "viewCards": "Vista de tarjetas",
     "viewTable": "Vista de tabla",
     "viewSaveFailed": "No se pudo guardar la vista",
@@ -1737,7 +1738,8 @@
     "reorderTitle": "Ajustar orden",
     "reorderDescription": "Define el orden de tus medicamentos: se aplica a la vista de tarjetas y a la de tabla.",
     "reorderSaved": "Orden guardado",
-    "reorderSaveFailed": "No se pudo guardar el orden"
+    "reorderSaveFailed": "No se pudo guardar el orden",
+    "customize": "Personalizar medicamentos"
   },
   "charts": {
     "loadingLabel": "Cargando la gráfica…",
@@ -3767,6 +3769,10 @@
       "insights": {
         "title": "Análisis",
         "description": "Orden de la vista general y de las pestañas de navegación."
+      },
+      "medications": {
+        "title": "Medicamentos",
+        "description": "Vista de lista y orden de los medicamentos."
       }
     },
     "profile": "Perfil",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index 68b82779e..9e24dfa09 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
     "allowedSitesLabel": "Sites autorisés",
     "allowedSitesHint": "Laissez tout sélectionné pour aucune restriction. Les sites exclus globalement ne sont jamais proposés.",
     "viewToggleLabel": "Affichage",
+    "viewToggleHint": "Choisis si tes médicaments s'affichent sous forme de cartes ou de tableau.",
     "viewCards": "Vue cartes",
     "viewTable": "Vue tableau",
     "viewSaveFailed": "L'affichage n'a pas pu être enregistré",
@@ -1737,7 +1738,8 @@
     "reorderTitle": "Modifier l'ordre",
     "reorderDescription": "Définis l'ordre de tes médicaments – il s'applique à la vue cartes et à la vue tableau.",
     "reorderSaved": "Ordre enregistré",
-    "reorderSaveFailed": "L'ordre n'a pas pu être enregistré"
+    "reorderSaveFailed": "L'ordre n'a pas pu être enregistré",
+    "customize": "Personnaliser les médicaments"
   },
   "charts": {
     "loadingLabel": "Chargement du graphique…",
@@ -3767,6 +3769,10 @@
       "insights": {
         "title": "Analyses",
         "description": "Ordre de la vue d'ensemble et des onglets de navigation."
+      },
+      "medications": {
+        "title": "Médicaments",
+        "description": "Vue de la liste et ordre des médicaments."
       }
     },
     "profile": "Profil",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 7290f0b4e..692bf94fe 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
     "allowedSitesLabel": "Siti consentiti",
     "allowedSitesHint": "Lascia tutti selezionati per nessuna restrizione. I siti esclusi globalmente non vengono mai proposti.",
     "viewToggleLabel": "Vista",
+    "viewToggleHint": "Scegli se i tuoi farmaci vengono mostrati come schede o come tabella.",
     "viewCards": "Vista a schede",
     "viewTable": "Vista tabella",
     "viewSaveFailed": "Impossibile salvare la vista",
@@ -1737,7 +1738,8 @@
     "reorderTitle": "Modifica ordine",
     "reorderDescription": "Imposta l'ordine dei tuoi farmaci: vale per la vista a schede e per la tabella.",
     "reorderSaved": "Ordine salvato",
-    "reorderSaveFailed": "Impossibile salvare l’ordine"
+    "reorderSaveFailed": "Impossibile salvare l’ordine",
+    "customize": "Personalizza i farmaci"
   },
   "charts": {
     "loadingLabel": "Caricamento del grafico…",
@@ -3767,6 +3769,10 @@
       "insights": {
         "title": "Approfondimenti",
         "description": "Ordine della panoramica e delle schede di navigazione."
+      },
+      "medications": {
+        "title": "Farmaci",
+        "description": "Vista elenco e ordine dei farmaci."
       }
     },
     "profile": "Profilo",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index 21e72f180..03223cb51 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
     "allowedSitesLabel": "Dozwolone miejsca",
     "allowedSitesHint": "Pozostaw wszystkie zaznaczone, aby nie stosować ograniczeń. Miejsca wykluczone globalnie nigdy nie są proponowane.",
     "viewToggleLabel": "Widok",
+    "viewToggleHint": "Wybierz, czy leki mają być wyświetlane jako karty, czy jako tabela.",
     "viewCards": "Widok kart",
     "viewTable": "Widok tabeli",
     "viewSaveFailed": "Nie udało się zapisać widoku",
@@ -1737,7 +1738,8 @@
     "reorderTitle": "Zmień kolejność",
     "reorderDescription": "Ustal kolejność swoich leków – obowiązuje w widoku kart i w tabeli.",
     "reorderSaved": "Kolejność zapisana",
-    "reorderSaveFailed": "Nie udało się zapisać kolejności"
+    "reorderSaveFailed": "Nie udało się zapisać kolejności",
+    "customize": "Dostosuj leki"
   },
   "charts": {
     "loadingLabel": "Ładowanie wykresu…",
@@ -3767,6 +3769,10 @@
       "insights": {
         "title": "Analizy",
         "description": "Kolejność przeglądu i pigułek nawigacyjnych."
+      },
+      "medications": {
+        "title": "Leki",
+        "description": "Widok listy i kolejność leków."
       }
     },
     "profile": "Profil",
diff --git a/src/app/medications/__tests__/list-view-toggle.test.tsx b/src/app/medications/__tests__/list-view-toggle.test.tsx
index 409997fb9..305737dd9 100644
--- a/src/app/medications/__tests__/list-view-toggle.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/medications/__tests__/list-view-toggle.test.tsx
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ vi.mock("@/components/medications/wizard/MedicationWizardDialog", () => ({
 vi.mock("@/components/medications/log-intake-dialog", () => ({
   LogIntakeDialog: () => null,
 }));
-vi.mock("@/components/medications/medication-reorder-dialog", () => ({
-  MedicationReorderDialog: () => null,
-}));
 
 import MedicationsPage from "@/app/medications/page";
 import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
@@ -133,9 +130,15 @@ describe("/medications — view renders from the persisted preference", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("offers the manual-order editor from the header", () => {
+  it("links the header customize glyph to /settings/medications", () => {
+    // v1.16.10 — same entry-point logic as the dashboard and insights
+    // headers: the Settings2 ghost icon is a plain link to the page's
+    // settings section (view preference + manual order live there).
     const html = renderPage({ version: 1, view: "cards", order: [] });
-    expect(html).toContain('aria-label="Adjust order"');
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/settings/medications"');
+    expect(html).toContain('aria-label="Customize medications"');
+    // The in-page order dialog is gone — no dialog trigger remains.
+    expect(html).not.toContain('aria-label="Adjust order"');
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/app/medications/page.tsx b/src/app/medications/page.tsx
index a0a611642..dcd1a4e54 100644
--- a/src/app/medications/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/medications/page.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import Link from "next/link";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   MedicationTableSkeleton,
 } from "@/components/medications/medication-table";
 import { MedicationViewToggle } from "@/components/medications/medication-view-toggle";
-import { MedicationReorderDialog } from "@/components/medications/medication-reorder-dialog";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import {
@@ -149,16 +149,13 @@ export default function MedicationsPage() {
   // two paths: log an intake (incl. a backdated one) against an existing
   // medication, or create a new medication (the existing wizard).
   const [logIntakeOpen, setLogIntakeOpen] = useState(false);
-  // v1.16.10 — manual-order editor (shared by both views).
-  const [reorderOpen, setReorderOpen] = useState(false);
 
   // v1.16.10 — the persisted list presentation: cards vs table plus the
   // manual medication order, server-side per user
   // (`GET`/`PUT /api/medications/layout`). The toggle writes
-  // optimistically; the reorder dialog saves explicitly.
-  const { layout, isLayoutLoading, setView } = useMedicationListLayout(
-    isAuthenticated,
-  );
+  // optimistically; the order editor lives at /settings/medications.
+  const { layout, isLayoutLoading, setView } =
+    useMedicationListLayout(isAuthenticated);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (shouldOpenFromUrl) {
@@ -268,25 +265,27 @@ export default function MedicationsPage() {
         </div>
         <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
           {/* v1.16.10 — card ⇄ table view toggle, persisted server-side
-              per user; plus the manual-order editor shared by both
-              views. The editor opens behind the same Settings2 glyph
-              the dashboard and insights headers use for their
-              customize entry points, in the same slot (left of the
-              add button). It only earns its slot once there is
-              something to reorder. */}
+              per user. The Settings2 glyph next to it is the customize
+              shortcut to /settings/medications (view preference + the
+              manual-order editor), exactly like the dashboard and
+              insights headers link to their settings sections, in the
+              same slot (left of the add button) and with the same
+              responsive 44-px mobile tap floor. */}
           <MedicationViewToggle view={layout.view} onChange={setView} />
-          {medsArray.length > 1 && (
-            <Button
-              variant="ghost"
-              size="icon"
-              className="size-11 sm:size-9"
-              onClick={() => setReorderOpen(true)}
-              aria-label={t("medications.reorderTitle")}
-              title={t("medications.reorderTitle")}
+          <Button
+            asChild
+            variant="ghost"
+            size="icon"
+            className="min-h-11 min-w-11 sm:min-h-9 sm:min-w-9"
+          >
+            <Link
+              href="/settings/medications"
+              aria-label={t("medications.customize")}
+              title={t("medications.customize")}
             >
-              <Settings2 className="h-4 w-4" />
-            </Button>
-          )}
+              <Settings2 className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+            </Link>
+          </Button>
           {/* v1.14.0 — the "Add" button is now a choice: log an intake
               (incl. a backdated one) against an existing medication, or
               create a new medication. v1.12.2 — match the dashboard Add
@@ -324,11 +323,7 @@ export default function MedicationsPage() {
         // persisted view (table rows vs card grid) so resolving the data
         // never swaps the footprint; while the view preference itself is
         // still loading the default cards skeleton stands in.
-        <div
-          role="status"
-          aria-busy="true"
-          aria-label={t("medications.title")}
-        >
+        <div role="status" aria-busy="true" aria-label={t("medications.title")}>
           {tableView && !isLayoutLoading ? (
             <MedicationTableSkeleton />
           ) : (
@@ -462,22 +457,6 @@ export default function MedicationsPage() {
           date+time that supports backdating. Submits to the existing
           per-medication intake route (same slot upsert as a live "Taken"
           tap) so the one-row-per-dose-slot invariant holds. */}
-      {/* v1.16.10 — manual-order editor. The list is the page's current
-          effective order (active block first, inactive after), so the
-          dialog opens showing exactly what both views render. */}
-      {reorderOpen && (
-        <MedicationReorderDialog
-          open={reorderOpen}
-          onOpenChange={setReorderOpen}
-          medications={[...activeMeds, ...inactiveMeds].map((m) => ({
-            id: m.id,
-            name: m.name,
-            dose: m.dose,
-            active: m.active,
-          }))}
-        />
-      )}
-
       {logIntakeOpen && (
         <LogIntakeDialog
           open={logIntakeOpen}
diff --git a/src/app/settings/[section]/page.tsx b/src/app/settings/[section]/page.tsx
index ad7eb5f22..f092b69ce 100644
--- a/src/app/settings/[section]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/settings/[section]/page.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { DashboardSection } from "@/components/settings/dashboard-section";
 import { ExportSection } from "@/components/settings/export-section";
 import { InsightsSection } from "@/components/settings/insights-section";
 import { IntegrationsSection } from "@/components/settings/integrations-section";
+import { MedicationsSection } from "@/components/settings/medications-section";
 import { NotificationsSection } from "@/components/settings/notifications-section";
 import { SectionPlaceholder } from "@/components/settings/section-placeholder";
 // v1.8.7.1 — `thresholds` (Targets) and `sources` (Sources) are two
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const SECTION_COMPONENTS: Record<
   notifications: NotificationsSection,
   dashboard: DashboardSection,
   insights: InsightsSection,
+  medications: MedicationsSection,
   thresholds: ThresholdsSection,
   sources: () => <SourcesSection />,
   api: ApiSection,
diff --git a/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-order-editor.test.tsx b/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-order-editor.test.tsx
index 29c7486a3..55e71c5c8 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-order-editor.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-order-editor.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 /**
- * v1.16.10 — reorder dialog mirrors the page's grouping.
+ * v1.16.10 — the inline manual-order editor mirrors the page's grouping.
  *
  * Both /medications views pin inactive medications after the active
- * block, so the dialog drafts TWO sections (Aktiv / Inaktiv) with a
+ * block, so the editor drafts TWO sections (Aktiv / Inaktiv) with a
  * muted heading each: drag and arrows work within a section, and the
  * saved order is active ids first, inactive ids after — by
- * construction, not by validation.
+ * construction, not by validation. The editor renders inline in the
+ * Medikamente settings section (`/settings/medications`); it started
+ * life as a dialog on the /medications page and kept its contract when
+ * it moved.
  *
  * Project convention is SSR-only component tests (`renderToStaticMarkup`)
  * plus pure-helper tests for the interactive plumbing an SSR mount
@@ -18,24 +21,6 @@ import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
 
 import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 
-// Radix Dialog portals at runtime; collapse to plain wrappers so the
-// body materialises in static markup (same trick as the sibling suites).
-vi.mock("@/components/ui/dialog", () => {
-  const Pass = ({ children }: { children?: React.ReactNode }) => (
-    <div>{children}</div>
-  );
-  return {
-    Dialog: ({ children }: { children?: React.ReactNode }) => (
-      <div data-slot="mock-dialog">{children}</div>
-    ),
-    DialogContent: Pass,
-    DialogDescription: Pass,
-    DialogFooter: Pass,
-    DialogHeader: Pass,
-    DialogTitle: Pass,
-  };
-});
-
 vi.mock("@tanstack/react-query", () => ({
   useQueryClient: () => ({}),
 }));
@@ -48,8 +33,8 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/queries/use-medication-list-layout", () => ({
   runSaveMedicationListOrder: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
 }));
 
-const { MedicationReorderDialog, buildSavedOrder, moveWithinSection } =
-  await import("../medication-reorder-dialog");
+const { MedicationOrderEditor, buildSavedOrder, moveWithinSection } =
+  await import("../medication-order-editor");
 
 function render(node: React.ReactNode): string {
   return renderToStaticMarkup(
@@ -90,31 +75,23 @@ describe("buildSavedOrder — active ids always precede inactive ids", () => {
   });
 
   it("an inactive med can never land above an active one in the SAVED order", () => {
-    // Drive the dialog's own move primitive as far up as it allows and
+    // Drive the editor's own move primitive as far up as it allows and
     // compose the save payload exactly like save() does.
     let inactive = ["i1", "i2"];
     inactive = moveWithinSection(inactive, "i2", -1); // i2 to the top of its group
     inactive = moveWithinSection(inactive, "i2", -1); // edge — no-op
     const saved = buildSavedOrder(["a1", "a2"], inactive);
     expect(saved).toEqual(["a1", "a2", "i2", "i1"]);
-    const firstInactiveIdx = Math.min(
-      saved.indexOf("i1"),
-      saved.indexOf("i2"),
-    );
+    const firstInactiveIdx = Math.min(saved.indexOf("i1"), saved.indexOf("i2"));
     const lastActiveIdx = Math.max(saved.indexOf("a1"), saved.indexOf("a2"));
     expect(firstInactiveIdx).toBeGreaterThan(lastActiveIdx);
   });
 });
 
-describe("<MedicationReorderDialog> — two-section rendering", () => {
+describe("<MedicationOrderEditor> — two-section rendering", () => {
   it("renders an Aktiv and an Inaktiv section with the rows grouped", () => {
-    const html = render(
-      <MedicationReorderDialog
-        open
-        onOpenChange={() => {}}
-        medications={MEDS}
-      />,
-    );
+    const html = render(<MedicationOrderEditor medications={MEDS} />);
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-order-editor"');
     expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-reorder-section-active"');
     expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-reorder-section-inactive"');
     // Muted group headings.
@@ -134,24 +111,26 @@ describe("<MedicationReorderDialog> — two-section rendering", () => {
 
   it("omits the Inaktiv section when every medication is active", () => {
     const html = render(
-      <MedicationReorderDialog
-        open
-        onOpenChange={() => {}}
-        medications={MEDS.filter((m) => m.active)}
-      />,
+      <MedicationOrderEditor medications={MEDS.filter((m) => m.active)} />,
     );
     expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-reorder-section-active"');
     expect(html).not.toContain(
       'data-slot="medication-reorder-section-inactive"',
     );
   });
+
+  it("hides the Save / Cancel pair until a draft exists (clean editor = no footer)", () => {
+    const html = render(<MedicationOrderEditor medications={MEDS} />);
+    expect(html).not.toContain(">Speichern<");
+    expect(html).not.toContain(">Abbrechen<");
+  });
 });
 
-describe("medication-reorder-dialog — structural guards (source)", () => {
+describe("medication-order-editor — structural guards (source)", () => {
   const src = readFileSync(
     join(
       process.cwd(),
-      "src/components/medications/medication-reorder-dialog.tsx",
+      "src/components/medications/medication-order-editor.tsx",
     ),
     "utf8",
   );
@@ -162,11 +141,11 @@ describe("medication-reorder-dialog — structural guards (source)", () => {
 
   it("each section owns its own DndContext, so a drag cannot cross groups", () => {
     // One <DndContext> inside the per-section component, none at the
-    // dialog level spanning both lists.
+    // editor level spanning both lists.
     const sectionBody = src.slice(src.indexOf("function ReorderSection"));
     expect(sectionBody).toContain("<DndContext");
-    expect(
-      src.slice(0, src.indexOf("function ReorderSection")),
-    ).not.toContain("<DndContext");
+    expect(src.slice(0, src.indexOf("function ReorderSection"))).not.toContain(
+      "<DndContext",
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/medications/medication-reorder-dialog.tsx b/src/components/medications/medication-order-editor.tsx
similarity index 79%
rename from src/components/medications/medication-reorder-dialog.tsx
rename to src/components/medications/medication-order-editor.tsx
index 794ac85b3..32cbac0a2 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/medication-reorder-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/medication-order-editor.tsx
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ import {
 } from "@dnd-kit/sortable";
 import { CSS } from "@dnd-kit/utilities";
 
-import {
-  Dialog,
-  DialogContent,
-  DialogDescription,
-  DialogFooter,
-  DialogHeader,
-  DialogTitle,
-} from "@/components/ui/dialog";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { reorderById } from "@/lib/insights-layout-reorder";
 import { prefersReducedMotion } from "@/lib/charts/reduced-motion";
@@ -44,14 +36,21 @@ import { runSaveMedicationListOrder } from "@/lib/queries/use-medication-list-la
  * mode rides (the standalone extraction of the dashboard's
  * `reorderWidgets` contract), so the surfaces cannot drift.
  *
- * The dialog mirrors the page's grouping: an Aktiv section and an
+ * Hosted inline by the Medikamente settings section
+ * (`/settings/medications`), exactly like the dashboard layout editor
+ * lives under `/settings/dashboard` — the editor used to be a dialog on
+ * the /medications page; the page header now links here instead.
+ *
+ * The editor mirrors the page's grouping: an Aktiv section and an
  * Inaktiv section (muted heading), each with its own drag context and
  * arrow bounds, so a row can only move WITHIN its group — both views
  * pin inactive medications after the active block, and an order that
  * crossed the boundary could never render. Save persists the id order
  * (active ids first, then inactive ids) through
  * `PUT /api/medications/layout` (order-only, the stored view is
- * preserved server-side).
+ * preserved server-side). The Save / Cancel pair only appears once a
+ * draft exists, following the dashboard layout section's draft state
+ * machine.
  */
 
 export interface ReorderMedication {
@@ -61,9 +60,7 @@ export interface ReorderMedication {
   active: boolean;
 }
 
-interface MedicationReorderDialogProps {
-  open: boolean;
-  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+interface MedicationOrderEditorProps {
   /** The full list in its current effective order (active block first). */
   medications: ReorderMedication[];
 }
@@ -100,28 +97,24 @@ export function moveWithinSection(
   ).map((r) => r.id);
 }
 
-export function MedicationReorderDialog({
-  open,
-  onOpenChange,
+export function MedicationOrderEditor({
   medications,
-}: MedicationReorderDialogProps) {
+}: MedicationOrderEditorProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const dragHintId = useId();
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
-  // Per-section draft id order — null means "the order the page passed
-  // in". Created on the first move so an untouched dialog can cancel
-  // without churn.
+  // Per-section draft id order — null means "the order the host passed
+  // in". Created on the first move so an untouched editor renders the
+  // persisted order without churn; Cancel simply clears the drafts.
   const [draftActive, setDraftActive] = useState<string[] | null>(null);
   const [draftInactive, setDraftInactive] = useState<string[] | null>(null);
 
   const byId = new Map(medications.map((m) => [m.id, m]));
   const activeIds =
-    draftActive ??
-    medications.filter((m) => m.active).map((m) => m.id);
+    draftActive ?? medications.filter((m) => m.active).map((m) => m.id);
   const inactiveIds =
-    draftInactive ??
-    medications.filter((m) => !m.active).map((m) => m.id);
+    draftInactive ?? medications.filter((m) => !m.active).map((m) => m.id);
 
   const labels = {
     moveUp: t("dashboard.moveUp"),
@@ -141,79 +134,73 @@ export function MedicationReorderDialog({
     if (ok) {
       setDraftActive(null);
       setDraftInactive(null);
-      onOpenChange(false);
     }
   }
 
-  function close(next: boolean) {
-    if (!next) {
-      setDraftActive(null);
-      setDraftInactive(null);
-    }
-    onOpenChange(next);
+  function cancel() {
+    setDraftActive(null);
+    setDraftInactive(null);
   }
 
+  // Presence of a draft implies dirty — no JSON comparison needed.
   const dirty = draftActive !== null || draftInactive !== null;
 
   return (
-    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={close}>
-      <DialogContent className="max-h-[85vh] overflow-y-auto sm:max-w-md">
-        <DialogHeader>
-          <DialogTitle>{t("medications.reorderTitle")}</DialogTitle>
-          <DialogDescription>
-            {t("medications.reorderDescription")}
-          </DialogDescription>
-        </DialogHeader>
+    <div className="space-y-4" data-slot="medication-order-editor">
+      {medications.length === 0 && (
+        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
+          {t("medications.emptyTitle")}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {activeIds.length > 0 && (
+        <ReorderSection
+          heading={t("common.active")}
+          ids={activeIds}
+          byId={byId}
+          dragHintId={dragHintId}
+          disabled={saving}
+          labels={labels}
+          onChange={setDraftActive}
+          dataSlot="medication-reorder-section-active"
+        />
+      )}
+      {inactiveIds.length > 0 && (
+        <ReorderSection
+          heading={t("common.inactive")}
+          ids={inactiveIds}
+          byId={byId}
+          dragHintId={dragHintId}
+          disabled={saving}
+          labels={labels}
+          onChange={setDraftInactive}
+          dataSlot="medication-reorder-section-inactive"
+        />
+      )}
+      {activeIds.length + inactiveIds.length > 0 && (
+        <p id={dragHintId} className="text-muted-foreground sr-only">
+          {t("dashboard.dragHandleHint")}
+        </p>
+      )}
 
-        <div className="space-y-4">
-          {activeIds.length > 0 && (
-            <ReorderSection
-              heading={t("common.active")}
-              ids={activeIds}
-              byId={byId}
-              dragHintId={dragHintId}
-              disabled={saving}
-              labels={labels}
-              onChange={setDraftActive}
-              dataSlot="medication-reorder-section-active"
-            />
-          )}
-          {inactiveIds.length > 0 && (
-            <ReorderSection
-              heading={t("common.inactive")}
-              ids={inactiveIds}
-              byId={byId}
-              dragHintId={dragHintId}
-              disabled={saving}
-              labels={labels}
-              onChange={setDraftInactive}
-              dataSlot="medication-reorder-section-inactive"
-            />
-          )}
-          {activeIds.length + inactiveIds.length > 0 && (
-            <p id={dragHintId} className="text-muted-foreground sr-only">
-              {t("dashboard.dragHandleHint")}
-            </p>
-          )}
-        </div>
-
-        <DialogFooter>
+      {dirty && (
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-2">
           <Button
             variant="outline"
-            onClick={() => close(false)}
+            size="sm"
+            onClick={cancel}
             disabled={saving}
           >
             {t("common.cancel")}
           </Button>
-          <Button onClick={() => void save()} disabled={saving || !dirty}>
+          <Button size="sm" onClick={() => void save()} disabled={saving}>
             {saving && (
               <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
             )}
             {t("common.save")}
           </Button>
-        </DialogFooter>
-      </DialogContent>
-    </Dialog>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/settings/__tests__/medications-section.test.tsx b/src/components/settings/__tests__/medications-section.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..901ed17ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/settings/__tests__/medications-section.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+ * v1.16.10 — the "Medikamente" settings section (`/settings/medications`).
+ *
+ * Hosts the /medications list customisation following the dashboard /
+ * insights pattern: the cards ⇄ table view preference (the shared header
+ * toggle, optimistic PUT) plus the manual-order editor INLINE (two
+ * grouped sections, explicit Save). SSR smoke assertions, matching the
+ * rest of the settings suite — the editor's interactive contract is
+ * pinned in `medication-order-editor.test.tsx`, the PUT side in
+ * `use-medication-list-layout.test.ts`.
+ */
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+
+import type { MedicationListLayout } from "@/lib/medication-list-layout";
+
+const MEDS = [
+  { id: "a1", name: "Ramipril", dose: "5 mg", active: true },
+  { id: "a2", name: "Aspirin", dose: "100 mg", active: true },
+  { id: "i1", name: "Amoxicillin", dose: "500 mg", active: false },
+];
+
+// Mutable holder so individual tests can inject a layout into the mocked
+// `useQuery` without re-mocking the module.
+const queryState: { layout: MedicationListLayout } = {
+  layout: { version: 1, view: "cards", order: [] },
+};
+
+vi.mock("@tanstack/react-query", () => ({
+  useQuery: ({ queryKey }: { queryKey: readonly unknown[] }) => {
+    if (Array.isArray(queryKey) && queryKey[0] === "medication-list-layout") {
+      return { data: queryState.layout, isLoading: false };
+    }
+    if (Array.isArray(queryKey) && queryKey[0] === "medications") {
+      return { data: MEDS, isLoading: false };
+    }
+    return { data: null, isLoading: false };
+  },
+  useQueryClient: () => ({ setQueryData: vi.fn(), getQueryData: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("sonner", () => ({
+  toast: { success: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/charts/reduced-motion", () => ({
+  prefersReducedMotion: () => true,
+}));
+
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { MedicationsSection } from "../medications-section";
+
+function render(locale: "en" | "de" = "en"): string {
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <I18nProvider initialLocale={locale}>
+      <MedicationsSection />
+    </I18nProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  queryState.layout = { version: 1, view: "cards", order: [] };
+});
+
+describe("<MedicationsSection> — SSR smoke", () => {
+  it("renders the section heading + description via i18n (no raw keys)", () => {
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html).toContain("settings-section-medications-title");
+    expect(html).toContain("List view and medication order.");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("settings.sections.");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("medications.view");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("medications.reorder");
+  });
+
+  it("renders the German copy end-to-end", () => {
+    const html = render("de");
+    expect(html).toContain("Listenansicht und Reihenfolge der Medikamente.");
+    expect(html).toContain("Reihenfolge anpassen");
+    expect(html).toContain(
+      "Wähle, ob deine Medikamente als Karten oder als Tabelle angezeigt werden.",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("hosts the view toggle bound to the persisted layout (cards pressed)", () => {
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html).toMatch(
+      /data-slot="medications-view-cards"[^>]*aria-pressed="true"|aria-pressed="true"[^>]*data-slot="medications-view-cards"/,
+    );
+    expect(html).toMatch(
+      /data-slot="medications-view-table"[^>]*aria-pressed="false"|aria-pressed="false"[^>]*data-slot="medications-view-table"/,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("reflects a persisted table view on the toggle", () => {
+    queryState.layout = { version: 1, view: "table", order: [] };
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html).toMatch(
+      /data-slot="medications-view-table"[^>]*aria-pressed="true"|aria-pressed="true"[^>]*data-slot="medications-view-table"/,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("renders the order editor INLINE with active rows before inactive", () => {
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-order-editor"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-reorder-section-active"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="medication-reorder-section-inactive"');
+    const lastActive = Math.max(
+      html.indexOf("Ramipril"),
+      html.indexOf("Aspirin"),
+    );
+    expect(lastActive).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("Amoxicillin"));
+  });
+
+  it("feeds the editor the saved order (active block re-sorted by layout.order)", () => {
+    // Alphabetical default would put Aspirin first; the saved order pins
+    // Ramipril to the top — the editor must open showing exactly what
+    // both /medications views render.
+    queryState.layout = { version: 1, view: "cards", order: ["a1", "a2"] };
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html.indexOf("Ramipril")).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("Aspirin"));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx b/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx
index dd2f00220..3a857c10a 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/__tests__/settings-shell.test.tsx
@@ -50,12 +50,16 @@ describe("SETTINGS_SECTION_SLUGS", () => {
     // between `thresholds` (Targets) and `ai`.
     // v1.15.18 — `insights` sits between `dashboard` and `thresholds`: the
     // overview-arrange + pill-sort customise surface for `/insights`.
+    // v1.16.10 — `medications` sits between `insights` and `thresholds`:
+    // the view-preference + manual-order customise surface for
+    // `/medications`, reached from the page header's Settings2 glyph.
     expect([...SETTINGS_SECTION_SLUGS]).toEqual([
       "account",
       "integrations",
       "notifications",
       "dashboard",
       "insights",
+      "medications",
       "thresholds",
       "sources",
       "ai",
@@ -149,6 +153,10 @@ describe("<SettingsShell>", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("Notifications");
     expect(html).toContain("Dashboard");
     expect(html).toContain("Insights");
+    // v1.16.10 — the /medications customise surface is its own nav entry
+    // between Insights and Targets.
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/settings/medications"');
+    expect(html).toContain("Medications");
     // The ampersand is HTML-escaped by React SSR — assert on the encoded
     // form so we don't accidentally match a parser that double-escapes.
     expect(html).toContain("API &amp; Tokens");
@@ -181,6 +189,9 @@ describe("<SettingsShell>", () => {
     // per-metric overrides moved out into their own "Persönliche Zielwerte"
     // section, which is the new entry below the Dashboard one.
     expect(html).toContain("Dashboard");
+    // v1.16.10 — the /medications customise surface ("Medikamente").
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/settings/medications"');
+    expect(html).toContain("Medikamente");
     // v1.8.7.1 — Targets and Sources are two separate German nav
     // entries again: "Zielwerte" and "Quellen".
     expect(html).toContain("Zielwerte");
diff --git a/src/components/settings/medications-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/medications-section.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e4830cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/settings/medications-section.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { LayoutGrid, Loader2, Pill } from "lucide-react";
+
+import {
+  MedicationOrderEditor,
+  type ReorderMedication,
+} from "@/components/medications/medication-order-editor";
+import { MedicationViewToggle } from "@/components/medications/medication-view-toggle";
+import { apiGet } from "@/lib/api/api-fetch";
+import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { applyMedicationOrder } from "@/lib/medications/medication-order";
+import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
+import { useMedicationListLayout } from "@/lib/queries/use-medication-list-layout";
+
+/**
+ * v1.16.10 — the "Medikamente" settings section (analogous to the
+ * Dashboard and Insights sections). Hosts two blocks:
+ *   1. The list VIEW preference — cards vs table, written optimistically
+ *      through the same `PUT /api/medications/layout` the page header
+ *      toggle uses (the toggle component is shared).
+ *   2. The manual ORDER editor — two grouped lists (Aktiv / Inaktiv)
+ *      with drag + arrow reordering, flushed by an explicit Save,
+ *      persisted as active-ids-then-inactive-ids on the same layout row.
+ *
+ * Both write through the same `/api/medications/layout` contract the
+ * /medications page reads, so a save here repaints both list views.
+ */
+
+/** The slice of the medications list the order editor needs. */
+interface MedicationListEntry {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  dose: string;
+  active: boolean;
+}
+
+export function MedicationsSection() {
+  const { t } = useTranslations();
+  const { layout, isLayoutLoading, setView } = useMedicationListLayout();
+
+  const { data: medications, isLoading } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: queryKeys.medications(),
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      return apiGet<MedicationListEntry[]>("/api/medications");
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Defensive against stale service-worker responses or any future API
+  // shape change: only map when we actually have an array. The editor
+  // receives the page's current effective order (active block first,
+  // inactive after) so it opens showing exactly what both views render.
+  const medsArray = Array.isArray(medications) ? medications : [];
+  const ordered: ReorderMedication[] = [
+    ...applyMedicationOrder(
+      medsArray.filter((m) => m.active),
+      layout.order,
+    ),
+    ...applyMedicationOrder(
+      medsArray.filter((m) => !m.active),
+      layout.order,
+    ),
+  ].map((m) => ({ id: m.id, name: m.name, dose: m.dose, active: m.active }));
+
+  return (
+    <section
+      aria-labelledby="settings-section-medications-title"
+      className="space-y-6"
+    >
+      <header className="space-y-1">
+        <h1 id="settings-section-medications-title" className="sr-only">
+          {t("settings.sections.medications.title")}
+        </h1>
+        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">
+          {t("settings.sections.medications.description")}
+        </p>
+      </header>
+
+      {/* View preference — cards vs table. The shared header toggle
+          writes optimistically, so there is no Save button here. */}
+      <div
+        id="medications-view"
+        className="bg-card border-border scroll-mt-28 space-y-4 rounded-xl border p-4 sm:p-6"
+      >
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+          <LayoutGrid className="text-muted-foreground h-5 w-5" />
+          <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold">
+            {t("medications.viewToggleLabel")}
+          </h2>
+        </div>
+        <div className="border-border bg-background/30 flex min-h-12 items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded-md border px-3 py-2">
+          <p className="text-muted-foreground min-w-0 text-xs">
+            {t("medications.viewToggleHint")}
+          </p>
+          {isLayoutLoading ? (
+            <Loader2 className="text-muted-foreground h-4 w-4 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
+          ) : (
+            <MedicationViewToggle view={layout.view} onChange={setView} />
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Manual order — applies to both list views. */}
+      <div
+        id="medications-order"
+        className="bg-card border-border scroll-mt-28 space-y-4 rounded-xl border p-4 sm:p-6"
+      >
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+          <Pill className="text-muted-foreground h-5 w-5" />
+          <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold">
+            {t("medications.reorderTitle")}
+          </h2>
+        </div>
+        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
+          {t("medications.reorderDescription")}
+        </p>
+        {isLoading || isLayoutLoading ? (
+          <div className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
+            <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
+            {t("common.loading")}
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <MedicationOrderEditor medications={ordered} />
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/settings/section-placeholder.tsx b/src/components/settings/section-placeholder.tsx
index 1c72d8a01..e3c6bff7c 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/section-placeholder.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/section-placeholder.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   Layers,
   LayoutDashboard,
   Link2,
+  Pill,
   Settings2,
   SlidersHorizontal,
   Sparkles,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ const SLUG_ICON: Record<SettingsSectionSlug, LucideIcon> = {
   notifications: Bell,
   dashboard: LayoutDashboard,
   insights: TrendingUp,
+  medications: Pill,
   thresholds: SlidersHorizontal,
   sources: Layers,
   ai: Sparkles,
diff --git a/src/components/settings/section-slugs.ts b/src/components/settings/section-slugs.ts
index d476fa92d..9a92818fb 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/section-slugs.ts
+++ b/src/components/settings/section-slugs.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@
 // `/api/auth/me/source-priority`) and reading them as one page made the
 // surface long; splitting them back keeps each concern self-contained.
 // Both slugs are served by the dynamic `[section]` route below.
+// v1.16.10 — `medications` sits after `insights`: the customise surface
+// for the /medications list (view preference + manual order), following
+// the dashboard / insights pattern of a dedicated settings section
+// reached from the page header's Settings2 glyph.
 export const SETTINGS_SECTION_SLUGS = [
   "account",
   "integrations",
   "notifications",
   "dashboard",
   "insights",
+  "medications",
   "thresholds",
   "sources",
   "ai",
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx b/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx
index 1ca71948b..bf979d8fc 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   Layers,
   LayoutDashboard,
   Link2,
+  Pill,
   Settings2,
   SlidersHorizontal,
   Sparkles,
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ export const SETTINGS_SECTIONS: readonly SettingsSection[] = [
     titleKey: "settings.sections.insights.title",
     icon: TrendingUp,
   },
+  {
+    slug: "medications",
+    titleKey: "settings.sections.medications.title",
+    icon: Pill,
+  },
   {
     slug: "thresholds",
     titleKey: "settings.sections.thresholds.title",