Where to get specific vaccines and hard-to-find medications in Istanbul, Turkey?
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 1 day ago
TL;DR
Rotavirus vaccine availability is checked at pharmacies near Sabiha Gökçen Airport, HPV vaccination requires a private clinic visit (not just a pharmacy), and hard-to-find medications like Vasobral are sometimes brought back by travelers instead.
What the community said
Someone asked whether the Rotarix/RotaTeq rotavirus vaccine can be bought at a pharmacy inside Sabiha Gökçen Airport and taken to Russia — no confirmed answer, best to check directly with airport pharmacies on arrival.
1 day ago Sabiha Gökçen Airport, RotaTeq vaccine
The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) can't just be bought and self-administered at a regular pharmacy — it needs to be given by medical staff at a private clinic.
1 day ago HPV vaccine, private clinic
For the hard-to-find drug Vasobral (2 boxes), which isn't sold in Russia, a traveler was looking for someone flying to Moscow to hand-carry the medication personally — no pharmacy delivery option was mentioned.
1 day ago Vasobral, 2 boxes