Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

Information and Services in Turkey Section => Health & Healthcare => Topic started by: lance on December 28, 2011, 16:03:57 PM

Title: Diabetes
Post by: lance on December 28, 2011, 16:03:57 PM

Can you buy blood sugar testing gadgets over here or do you have to keep going to the hospital . ;)

Title: Diabetes
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 28, 2011, 19:28:44 PM

Lance, go and see the Chemist opposite the small Migros in Fethiye.  I am sure he will be able to help with your question.

Title: Diabetes
Post by: Ovacikpeedoff on December 28, 2011, 20:01:05 PM

Yes you can buy blood testers in many chemists. The only problem I found in Turkey was that I would buy a tester and when I went back  some months later to buy  a new box test strips they no longer sold them. I was a type 2 diabetic and only needed to test my sugar levels a couple of times a week. This meant that a box of test strips lasted about 4 to 6 months. The test strips are expensive and have a limited life.

The chemist I used would give me a new tester. At one stage I had 8 of them and no test strips.

Title: Diabetes
Post by: quackers on December 29, 2011, 10:14:28 AM

I buy test strips in the medical equipment shops and yes they are fairly expensive