any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
#eu 2025-12-09
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- LC_MS_Lena — spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to 22:34
- sharps_bin_sid — slightly off topic but i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not 23:11
- customs_owl — 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, from memory 23:24
how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
varies by pharmacy
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
write simple english
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how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
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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
coming back after 2 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
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
prices moved since
germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
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, ymmv
is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself
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
[edited]anyone had a german pharmacy order it in and how long did that take
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
netherlands was reported in here at around 200 euros a month out of pocket a year or so ago, with conditions attached to any reimbursement
[edited]check the date on that
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
cross border in theory
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i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
slightly off topic but 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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that was 2024 pricing
is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling, i have it written down somewhere
what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
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, from memory
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nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy, take that with a pinch of salt
for the archive what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly, thats just me
diabetes yes weight no
approval isnt reimbursement