the carrier matters
#asia 2026-02-17
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- bengaluru_bac — language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once 21:30
- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 121 messages from 39 members. 21:58
- factory_direct_fi — update on the earlier thing a korean member said their clinic visit took under an hour end to end, which is not a claim about the quality of the assessment 23:12
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
[edited]japan approved it for both indications a while ago as i understood it, and the approval did not make it cheap, happy to be corrected
write it down for the pharmacy
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india generics, is that a real landscape now or mostly talk
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
coming back after 22 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
unrelated but is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
same customs steps
japan approved it
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 - 260language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
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closer isnt simpler
korea is fast
figures are from last year
no letter no charge
getting seen in korea was faster than any route a uk member described at the time we were both describing it
i was wrong about japanese pricing by a factor of two when i quoted it in here, because i was quoting a clinic and somebody else was quoting a pharmacy
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is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
Channel stats, last 30 days: 121 messages from 39 members.
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whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
how careful should i be about the claims on an indian generic
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i treat a claim about an indian generic the way i treat any claim about any product. get a lot number and get it tested
what does a month come to in singapore dollars
quick one korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
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avoid august
diabetes indication only
quick one transit inside the region ran 8 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier
anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
forty percent apart
lot number first
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hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
update on the earlier thing a korean member said their clinic visit took under an hour end to end, which is not a claim about the quality of the assessment
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held for 19 days
[edited]update on the earlier thing does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
member reported range
is japan expensive because of the approval or in spite of it
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