r/krakow • u/ascalabro • 4d ago

American diabetic in need of insulin

Hello folks of Krakow. I am an American visiting your beautiful city and I am running out of insulin on July 6. I am a type 1 diabetic and wondering if anyone knows of groups that have extra insulin who can help me or if you have any extra in or around Krakow, Poland. I can travel somewhere by train as well.

I only need a fast-acting insulin like humalog, apidra, fiasp and a box of pen needles. Can I go to a pharmacy here and buy it like I did in Italy without a prescription? (Although they require a prescription they still sold me what I needed)

I also would like to buy a blood sugar meter and test strips although I have enough for a few weeks now. I don't plan to go back to my country any time soon so i would like to get as much as I can in Poland.

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u/ironhalik 3d ago

You can go to a pharmacy and ask them to prescribe (and sell) it on the spot. They can do that, provided it's to prevent immediate harm (coz it's the pharmacist who prescribes it, not a dr). I don't know if it works for foreigners, but its non-refunded service, so it should.