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, i think
#eu 2026-02-27
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- fasting_insulin — 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, not advice… 19:19
- rezept_rolf — is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself 20:44
- relabel_watch — nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, ill dig out the number 21:20
write simple english
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
handling fee is worse than vat
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
prices moved since
nordics are brutal
check the date on that
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
update from 7 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway
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, not advice obviously
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 - 260how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
approval isnt reimbursement
privat means you pay
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does a prescription from one eu country work in another
member reported
diabetes yes weight no
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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poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
poland was cheapest
is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself
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a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, ill dig out the number
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cross border in theory
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nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early, for what its worth
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu, for what its worth
*PeptideMeter not the other one