i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
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
#eu 2025-10-27
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- VialBot — Assay note: FGP lot B-0114 reported at 99% of label content. 22:03
- vienna_vial — german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024 22:34
- vienna_vial — i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not 22:56
- lot_number_lou — handling fee is worse than vat 23:58
that was 2024 pricing
nordics are brutal
cross border in theory
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germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
coming back after 15 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
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does a prescription from one eu country work in another
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
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other, n of 1 obviously
send both languages
diabetes yes weight no
follow up a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
varies by pharmacy
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
ok so 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
[edited]a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
update from 23 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway
Assay note: FGP lot B-0114 reported at 99% of label content.
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nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
member reported
update on the earlier thing as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it, ymmv
approval isnt reimbursement
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
a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
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can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
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is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
handling fee is worse than vat
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