Hello!
I am traveling to france for a few months and I am a type 1 diabetic, so I will need to buy Humalog and Lantus insulin pens.
Does anyone know of a common chain pharmaceutical store, which is located in all of France where I could get them?
And something very important, do I need a prescription to buy them in France and in that pharmacy?
They look something like this.
Thanks!
Iām not a diabetic but I would have thought a prescription was needed. You can make an appointment with a GP and get them to give you a checkup and prescription. Youāll have to pay of course,
Hello Stanley and welcome to the forum.
I believe we have some members who have knowledge of diabetesā¦ hopefully someone will come back to you soon.
by the wayā¦ which country will you be coming from ???
cheers
Glargine and Humalog should be available without any difficulty - but you will need a prescription (ordonnance).
If in France āfor a few monthsā you would need to make sure you have healthcare provision anyway.
You need a prescription, they are widely available and the box of 5 you showed above will cost about ā¬45. Someone in the French system would be reimbursed a minimum of 65%. We donāt really have chain chemists.
You need to ask your UK doctor to give you a cross-border prescription, which you fill at any pharmacy. The only chains are parapharmacies and they donāt provide prescribed drugs. Or if you are over here for three months or less bring them with you - you can get big enough cool bags.
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Interesting - I didnāt know you could do that
Pity that you wonāt be able to after the end of the year.
Hi Stanley, not the real Stanley Kubrick are you? The famous film director? If not thatās a very unusual name!
@Stella
Maybe his or her real name is Barry Lyndon. Or Clark Work-Orange. Or something else entirely.
I think that Stanley died
This is very helpful, thank you!
Stanleyā¦
Please can you tell us a little about yourselfā¦
Iāve already asked which country you will be coming fromā¦ and Iām intrigued to know why you are comingā¦ Holiday or Workā¦???
cheers 
Surely itās up to each person to provide as much or as little info as they wish? He had a genuine query, so thatās enough isnāt it?
I get your point @JaneJones but there is no point in mentioning prescriptions from the UK if the OP comes from elsewhereā¦ 
And also if you use a pseudonym,which I am not saying he is, use one less obvious
True ānuffā¦
For what itās worthā¦
ādeparting countryā will play a major part in what the OP can and cannot doā¦ re medications etcā¦ they are all so different.
eg what can be transported in cool bagsā¦ verboten in some situations I believeā¦ 
and the scenarios of Holiday and Workā¦ are very different and throw up different Health/Medical Insurance needs/means
Had I asked for shoe size or favourite colourā¦ that, I agree, might get me verbally smackedā¦ 
Perhaps we are all finally succumbing to coronavirusitisā¦ 
Hi Stella!,
Cheers, Sorry, I couldnāt really reply to anyone until I could grab my computer.
Well, Iām originally from Spain, but Iām traveling from the united states because I live over here.
I do have a medical insurance, that of course on the policy covers me in any foreign country for a good amount, in case of any emergency Iāll be taken out of it and sent back to where I live
Iām just going to visit around, to check on some friends, I have acquaintances and friends in both Paris and Bordeaux, and the south of France too, and I plan to visit them all.
My name itās Oscar, not too far away from Stanley Kubrick I honestly didnāt knew I had to use like my legitimate name and surname
