pbs is diabetes only afaik
#anz 2025-09-23
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- pharmac_pen — 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 tga and medsafe are… 17:49
- meniscus_mel — did the compounders give any notice before they stopped 18:56
- meniscus_mel — three gel packs and a foil liner got mine through a january delivery. the packs arrived liquid and the powder was fine 19:16
- meniscus_mel — tga and the shortage notices, is that still going where people are 20:51
insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it
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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
tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly
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shipping into an australian summer, what do people actually do about it
nz has it worse
three gel packs
nz members have consistently reported worse availability and higher prices than australia. that is anecdote, but it is repeated anecdote
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check thats still true
a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 3 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me
an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose, for what its worth
wouldnt risk reconstituted
pharmac hasnt funded it
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keep a spare month
[edited]did the compounders give any notice before they stopped
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three gel packs and a foil liner got mine through a january delivery. the packs arrived liquid and the powder was fine
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does anyone hold off ordering between december and february
is there a temperature controlled option worth paying for into australia
australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago
july is easy
did anyone stockpile before the compounding change came in
whats the wait like to see somebody about this in australia
medsafe not tga
Reminder set. I will post here in 7 days.
while im here the wait to see somebody was quoted to me as a few weeks privately and much longer publicly, when i asked in 2024
tga and the shortage notices, is that still going where people are
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what does a pharmacist in australia say if you just ask about supply
anyone shipping to a rural australian address, does the last leg kill it
the last leg to a rural address is where it bakes. the depot and the van are hotter than the plane ever was, ask me again in a month
people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through it
update on the earlier thing i was wrong about the compounding change taking effect immediately, it was phased, and i had told three people otherwise, n of 1 obviously