- Messages
- 111
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
- Dislikes
- **** doctors. Airport travel.
Hey.
I'm about to travel for a couple of months in Europe. One thing that concerns me is being able to get a prescription for Insulin and test strips that I can use in Europe. I know that buying stuff without a prescription is VERY expensive. Just to give you and idea - in Spain a few cartridges of Insulin with a prescription from the local Spanish doctor was around 7 euros - without it it was above 70 euros (so 10 times the price).
It's not really feasible to take 2 month meds with me as I'll be backpacking - so the insulin is gonna get pretty hot at some stage, not to mention that the basul bolus regime isn't very good for travelling as you end up with loads of bulky pens (not like the good old days of mixed insulin where you just had 1 pen and the smaller cartridges to fit in the pen).
Anyway, what I need to know - preferably from people that have done this kind of thing is what my best option could be. I have a European health insurance card (EHIC). But not sure if I could just turn up at a doctors in a European country and immediately register as a temporary patient without an address to get a prescription, or if there is some kind of Euro prescription that I could get here in the UK and then use it out there when needed.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
I'm about to travel for a couple of months in Europe. One thing that concerns me is being able to get a prescription for Insulin and test strips that I can use in Europe. I know that buying stuff without a prescription is VERY expensive. Just to give you and idea - in Spain a few cartridges of Insulin with a prescription from the local Spanish doctor was around 7 euros - without it it was above 70 euros (so 10 times the price).
It's not really feasible to take 2 month meds with me as I'll be backpacking - so the insulin is gonna get pretty hot at some stage, not to mention that the basul bolus regime isn't very good for travelling as you end up with loads of bulky pens (not like the good old days of mixed insulin where you just had 1 pen and the smaller cartridges to fit in the pen).
Anyway, what I need to know - preferably from people that have done this kind of thing is what my best option could be. I have a European health insurance card (EHIC). But not sure if I could just turn up at a doctors in a European country and immediately register as a temporary patient without an address to get a prescription, or if there is some kind of Euro prescription that I could get here in the UK and then use it out there when needed.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.