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#anz 2026-05-17
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Highlights from this day
- factory_direct_fi — the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it 16:47
- factory_direct_fi — i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft 17:06
- VialBot — Verification log updated: BCH — evidence added, status unchanged. 17:08
- VialBot — Testing queue: 7 submissions open, 83 awaiting dispatch. 18:46
- pbs_pip — is there any reimbursement in nz at all or is it fully private 19:53
the pharmacist i asked was straightforward about supply and had no idea about anything else, which is fair enough
supply steadied here
the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it
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australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago
coming back after 25 months, is supply any better in australia now
how long is transit into australia running at the moment
is it cheaper through a clinic or a pharmacy in australia
i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft
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Verification log updated: BCH — evidence added, status unchanged.
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while im here tga and the shortage notices, is that still going where people are
whats the pbs position, is it covered for weight at all
a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 9 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me, for what its worth
three gel packs and a foil liner got mine through a january delivery. the packs arrived liquid and the powder was fine
the members who were on a compounded version mostly moved to the branded product and paid more, from what i saw
keep a spare month
powder survived
tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly
wouldnt risk reconstituted
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factory_direct_fithe honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment…
clinic versus pharmacy came out roughly even for me once the consult fees were counted in
summer is the risk
i was wrong about the compounding change taking effect immediately, it was phased, and i had told three people otherwise
australian pricing, whats a realistic monthly figure
is there a temperature controlled option worth paying for into australia
did the compounders give any notice before they stopped
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does anyone hold off ordering between december and february
anyone shipping to a rural australian address, does the last leg kill it
Testing queue: 7 submissions open, 83 awaiting dispatch.
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insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it
the last leg to a rural address is where it bakes. the depot and the van are hotter than the plane ever was
three gel packs
a member in perth and a member in melbourne reported completely different transit times on the same supplier in the same month, n of 1 obviously
pbs is diabetes only afaik
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pharmac in new zealand, has anything moved on funding
is there any reimbursement in nz at all or is it fully private
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 - 260😂12🧊16🔥5
transit was 19 days for me and the tracking went dark for a week in the middle, which is normal for that route
what happened to people who were on a compounded version
Channel stats, last 30 days: 118 messages from 16 members.
nz has it worse
while im here the compounding rule change happened and it did stop the pharmacies that were making it, based on what members reported here at the time
pharmac hasnt funded it
several members lost their compounded supply with roughly two months notice. that is the reported experience, not a rule i can quote at you
i tested a vial after a summer transit out of pure paranoia and it came back 97.4. one vial, one result
nobody here can tell you what is allowed in australia and the mods will stop that conversation
the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it
tga shortage notices were live for long stretches while i was following it. whether they are now i genuinely do not know
the wait to see somebody was quoted to me as a few weeks privately and much longer publicly, when i asked in 2024, thats one data point
medsafe not tga
an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close
update on the earlier thing 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, ill dig out the number
nz members have consistently reported worse availability and higher prices than australia. that is anecdote, but it is repeated anecdote
the seasonal thing works both ways. a july parcel into australia is an easy parcel
any pricing in this channel is a snapshot from whenever it was typed. australian prices moved a lot in two years
update from 6 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down
i pay for the fastest service in summer purely to shorten the hot part, not to get it any sooner
genuine question pharmac had not funded it for weight when i last read about it and the nz members in here were all paying privately, thats just me
that was a year ago
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