is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
#eu 2025-07-27
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- karl_fischer — 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, thats one… 22:46
- rezept_rolf — a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that 23:01
- VialBot — Inter-lab diff for lot E-2205: 98.1% vs 96.8%. Within expected range. 23:10
- comment_fatigue — pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more 23:22
- customs_owl — has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this 23:42
is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
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, thats one data point
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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a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
check the date on that
*that should say weekly
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
genuine question how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
[edited]no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from, i could be wrong
a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
20 days inside the eu
genuine question as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
transit inside the eu was 16 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it
is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago, thats one data point
Inter-lab diff for lot E-2205: 98.1% vs 96.8%. Within expected range.
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nordics are brutal
sorry to jump in spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
member reported
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
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anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
in germany the split is privat versus kasse. a private prescription means you pay the pharmacy price yourself and when i checked last year that was a lot
write simple english
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
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while im here 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, not advice obviously
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, your mileage will differ
right so my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
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approval isnt reimbursement
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
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