A discharge device for discharging pharmaceutical liquids, with a housing, a liquid reservoir with a receiving space for storing the pharmaceutical liquid, and a discharge opening which is provided on the housing and which connects the receiving space to an environment and serves to dispense the pharmaceutical liquid. A pretensioned spring mechanism is provided, by means of which liquid in the receiving space of the liquid reservoir is subjected to pressure and which, in the assembled state of the discharge device, is not accessible for input of energy.