lyophilised powder survived an australian summer for me. reconstituted would not have and i would not try it
#anz 2026-05-29
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Highlights from this day
- swirl_not_shake — a member in perth and a member in melbourne reported completely different transit times on the same supplier in the same month, take that with a pinch of salt tga… 14:49
- meniscus_mel — the pharmacist i asked was straightforward about supply and had no idea about anything else, which is fair enough i tested a vial after a summer transit out of pure… 15:37
- swirl_not_shake — an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close 19:05
transit was 18 days for me and the tracking went dark for a week in the middle, which is normal for that route
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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, take that with a pinch of salt
tga shortage notices were live for long stretches while i was following it. whether they are now i genuinely do not know
*PeptideMeter not the other one
tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly
dont order in january
supply steadied here
i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft, take that with a pinch of salt
the seasonal thing works both ways. a july parcel into australia is an easy parcel
pbs is diabetes only afaik
i keep a spare month in the fridge specifically because summer ordering down here is a gamble
nobody here can tell you what is allowed in australia and the mods will stop that conversation
the pharmacist i asked was straightforward about supply and had no idea about anything else, which is fair enough
i tested a vial after a summer transit out of pure paranoia and it came back 98.6. one vial, one result
the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it
shipping into an australian summer, what do people actually do about it
nz has it worse
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the members who were on a compounded version mostly moved to the branded product and paid more, from what i saw
slightly off topic but update from 20 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down
people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through it
does the pbs cover it for diabetes but not for weight
anyone had a parcel sit in a hot depot for 7 days
the wait to see somebody was quoted to me as a few weeks privately and much longer publicly, when i asked in 2024
did the compounding rule change actually stop everything or just the big places
australian pricing, whats a realistic monthly figure
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that was a year ago
several members lost their compounded supply with roughly two months notice. that is the reported experience, not a rule i can quote at you, not advice obviously
coming back after 5 months, is supply any better in australia now
a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 5 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me
an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close
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how bad is the heat problem in january really
is there a temperature controlled option worth paying for into australia