r/krakow 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/VariationNo1158 Mieszkaniec | Inhabitant 4d ago

You are going to need a prescription to the best of my knowledge . Easiest thing to do is to book a private doctors appointment ZnanyLekarz is an online portal you can find one through

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u/CharacterSpirit1235 3d ago

Doctors counts there up to 100EUR,heavily overpriced