is it cheaper through a clinic or a pharmacy in australia
#anz 2026-06-28
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- salt_bridge — follow up a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 8 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me i tested a vial after a summer transit… 11:02
- two_lifts_a_week — tga and the shortage notices, is that still going where people are 13:54
- 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, take that with a… 15:56
- ten_of_ten — an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose, happy to be corrected 16:34
- two_lifts_a_week — shipping into an australian summer, what do people actually do about it 17:29
several members lost their compounded supply with roughly two months notice. that is the reported experience, not a rule i can quote at you
anyone in nz paying out of pocket and willing to say what it comes to
update from 19 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down
the wait to see somebody was quoted to me as a few weeks privately and much longer publicly, when i asked in 2024
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coming back after 21 months, is supply any better in australia now
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is nz supply tied to australian supply in practice
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supply steadied here
how long is transit into australia running at the moment
transit was 7 days for me and the tracking went dark for a week in the middle, which is normal for that route
people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through it
follow up a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 8 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me
i tested a vial after a summer transit out of pure paranoia and it came back 97.4. one vial, one result
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as of a year or so ago there was no nz reimbursement for weight indications at all, so check rather than taking that as current
three gel packs and a foil liner got mine through a january delivery. the packs arrived liquid and the powder was fine
dont order in january
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anyone shipping to a rural australian address, does the last leg kill it
medsafe not tga
check thats still true
did the compounders give any notice before they stopped
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whats the wait like to see somebody about this in australia
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i pay for the fastest service in summer purely to shorten the hot part, not to get it any sooner
pharmac had not funded it for weight when i last read about it and the nz members in here were all paying privately
right so the last leg to a rural address is where it bakes. the depot and the van are hotter than the plane ever was
what does a pharmacist in australia say if you just ask about supply
anyone tested a vial after a summer transit down here
three gel packs
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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, ymmv
tga and the shortage notices, is that still going where people are
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sorry to jump in nobody here can tell you what is allowed in australia and the mods will stop that conversation
july is easy
unrelated but clinic versus pharmacy came out roughly even for me once the consult fees were counted in
a member in perth and a member in melbourne reported completely different transit times on the same supplier in the same month
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tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly
nz supply has tracked australian supply closely in everything members have reported. the two markets are not independent
the compounding rule change happened and it did stop the pharmacies that were making it, based on what members reported here at the time
temperature controlled shipping into australia exists and the quote i got was more than the peptide
people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through 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, take that with a pinch of salt
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summer is the risk
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an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose, happy to be corrected
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that was a year ago
shipping into an australian summer, what do people actually do about it
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keep a spare month
unrelated but did anyone stockpile before the compounding change came in
an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose
australian pricing, whats a realistic monthly figure
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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wouldnt risk reconstituted