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#eu 2025-07-16

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  • cat_on_the_tray — can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another 17:57
  • cat_on_the_tray — vat on imports from outside the eu applied from a very low threshold when i last imported, and the carrier handling fee was bigger than the vat 17:59
  • cat_on_the_tray — is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem 18:20
  • cat_on_the_tray — 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 the language thing… 18:22
  • cat_on_the_tray — 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 18:31
CO

can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another

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 - 260

vat on imports from outside the eu applied from a very low threshold when i last imported, and the carrier handling fee was bigger than the vat

CO

is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem

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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
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix

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FI

i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not

CO

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

FI

sorry to jump in a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year

RR

crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it

WV

as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it

RR

transit inside the eu was 12 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it

RR

sorry to jump in a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy

LT

that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu

LT

i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 7 days once

RR

germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription