nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
#eu 2025-07-06
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- lyophile_liv — that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu 15:38
- lyophile_liv — the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does, i think 16:36
- coa_or_cope — parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly 17:09
- comment_fatigue — ok so ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other, i think 18:22
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has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
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anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
write simple english
statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation, thats one data point
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a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist knows that is another matter
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does, i think
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poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany
update from 18 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway
update on the earlier thing transit inside the eu was 19 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it, ill dig out the number
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
prices moved since
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 10 days once
25 days inside the eu
three working days
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
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check the date on that
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
update on the earlier thing a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
you can carry a personal quantity between eu countries in practice. the rules on quantity and prescription vary and i would not rely on my reading of them
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
diabetes yes weight no
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not, i think
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
ok so ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other, i think
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nordics are brutal
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that was 2024 pricing
while im here nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, ymmv
crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it, not advice obviously