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Freestyle Libre sensors in Austria or Germany

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Hello, can anyone advise me about getting a Libre 2 sensor in the Austrian Tyrol, or at a push Germany as we are within driving distance of the border.
We're on holiday, a sensor has just been knocked off and phoning round local pharmacies isn't bringing much joy !!! I'm pretty sure you can buy one here without a prescription but it's actually finding a stockist that is the problem.
 
CoolUserName said:
Hello, can anyone advise me about getting a Libre 2 sensor in the Austrian Tyrol, or at a push Germany as we are within driving distance of the border.
We're on holiday, a sensor has just been knocked off and phoning round local pharmacies isn't bringing much joy !!! I'm pretty sure you can buy one here without a prescription but it's actually finding a stockist that is the problem.
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I'm not sure, but it may be you need to order from Abbott directly. Problem is, I couldn't find a way to order one on their Austrian website, perhaps it's prescription only?
Here is the website: https://www.freestyle.abbott/at-de/home.html anf the phone number for their customer service: 0800 93 00 93
On the German website it seemed to be easy to oorder, but I guess that would need an address to send it to in Germany: https://www.freestylelibre.de/produkte/freestyle-libre-2-sensor.html

I think what I would do in your situation is try Facebook to find some Austria diabetes groups to ask there.

Good luck!

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Hi, thanks for your reply. We're going to call Abbot Austria first thing tomorrow and hopefully won't have to drive too far to get a sensor. Then I'm going to remind my son about the importance of always bringing a spare!!!
 
Hi, if anyone else ever has the same issue you can order the Libre sensors through an Austrian pharmacy. The trouble is they take a day or 3 to arrive and cost 144 Euros
 
Just a heads up, they may be geolocked? So you may need to download the Austrian app to use them....
 
EllieM said:
Just a heads up, they may be geolocked? So you may need to download the Austrian app to use them....
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Very unlikely within Europe. I've bought lots of French sensors and used them in the Netherlands without issue. I think it's just the US sensors that are different.
CoolUserName said:
Hi, if anyone else ever has the same issue you can order the Libre sensors through an Austrian pharmacy. The trouble is they take a day or 3 to arrive and cost 144 Euros
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How far are you from France?
It's been a few years since I had to buy my sensors, but they were a lot cheaper than in the Netherlands (at the time it was 38 vs 60 euros), and you could simply buy them at every pharmacy.
 
Antje77 said:
Very unlikely within Europe. I've bought lots of French sensors and used them in the Netherlands without issue. I think it's just the US sensors that are different.

How far are you from France?
It's been a few years since I had to buy my sensors, but they were a lot cheaper than in the Netherlands (at the time it was 38 vs 60 euros), and you could simply buy them at every pharmacy.
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We are a very long way from France. We've opted to pay 50 euros for some extra testing strips instead of paying for a sensor as we'll be home on Saturday, thank goodness
 
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