#eu 2025-08-11

has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it

cross border in theory

slightly off topic but 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

nordics are brutal

a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries

anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly

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, anyway

what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu

poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany

a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that

spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to

the price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here

does a prescription from one eu country work in another

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

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

update from 3 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway

approval isnt reimbursement

the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does

for the archive 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

how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu

how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all

how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours