whats the wait like to see somebody about this in australia
#anz 2025-08-30
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Highlights from this day
- cold_pack_carla — tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly 19:31
- underfill_uma — how long is transit into australia running at the moment 21:05
- private_script_pri — insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it clinic versus pharmacy came out roughly even… 21:39
tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly
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a member in perth and a member in melbourne reported completely different transit times on the same supplier in the same month
keep a spare month
dont order in january
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anyone shipping to a rural australian address, does the last leg kill it
pbs is diabetes only afaik
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powder survived
an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close
as far as i understood it a year ago, the pbs listing covered the diabetes indication and not weight management, and that split catches people out
clinic versus pharmacy came out roughly even for me once the consult fees were counted in, i have it written down somewhere
medsafe not tga
reported by members, own currency, not comparable directly
private clinic, UK 145 - 220
statutory, DE 10 co-pay
private script, DE 180 - 240
pharmacy, PL 95 - 140
pharmacy, SE 210 - 260an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose, from memory
the pharmacist i asked was straightforward about supply and had no idea about anything else, which is fair enough, thats one data point
check thats still true
i was wrong about the compounding change taking effect immediately, it was phased, and i had told three people otherwise, your mileage will differ
is there a temperature controlled option worth paying for into australia
how long is transit into australia running at the moment
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anyone in nz paying out of pocket and willing to say what it comes to
underfill_umai was wrong about the compounding change taking effect immediately, it was phased, and…
nobody here can tell you what is allowed in australia and the mods will stop that conversation, thats just me
what happened to people who were on a compounded version
insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it
clinic versus pharmacy came out roughly even for me once the consult fees were counted in
lyophilised powder survived an australian summer for me. reconstituted would not have and i would not try it
supply steadied here
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update from 9 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down, not advice obviously
follow up whats the pbs position, is it covered for weight at all
coming back after 22 months, is supply any better in australia now
tga shortage notices were live for long stretches while i was following it. whether they are now i genuinely do not know