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#asia 2026-04-10
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- electrolyte_eli — is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere 10:17
- VialBot — Assay note: GL Biochem lot E-2205 reported at 96.8% of label content. 11:50
- gall_bladder_gav — closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part 13:17
- hydrate_hana — the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there 15:17
for the archive is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border
transit inside the region ran 15 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier
is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
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held for 4 days
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slightly off topic but thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
japan approved it
follow up sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler
singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only, anyway
Recon calculator: 5mg in 1.5ml = 10mg/ml.
Assay note: GL Biochem lot E-2205 reported at 96.8% of label content.
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whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
approval isnt cheap
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same customs steps
as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described
update from 10 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
avoid august
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closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
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is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price
singapore pricing, anyone able to put a number on it
korea and the clinic culture, is it as easy to get as people say
member reported range
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
figures are from last year
the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way
how careful should i be about the claims on an indian generic
genuine question anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like
write it down for the pharmacy
india has a real generics manufacturing base and a real domestic market. what a specific product is, and whether it matches its label, is a separate question every single time, from memory
hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
get it tested anyway
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
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slightly off topic but a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart, not advice obviously
[edited]diabetes indication only
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a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 12 days with no letter and no charge, i have it written down somewhere
is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
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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