nordics are brutal
#eu 2026-05-25
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- nordic_price_nils — for the archive ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other 22:19
- vienna_vial — the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year 22:40
- fasting_insulin — poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three… 23:28
for the archive ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
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that was 2024 pricing
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
diabetes yes weight no
approval isnt reimbursement
germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
genuine question 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
*Janoshik not the other one
is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
[edited]the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
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that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget
24 days inside the eu
coming back after 19 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
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genuine question is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
privat means you pay
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
[edited]follow up i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
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
slightly off topic but nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
three working days
member reported
cross border in theory
coming back to this how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
write simple english
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does a prescription from one eu country work in another
prices moved since
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported
poland was cheapest
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update on the earlier thing i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling, still working it out
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
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check the date on that
slightly off topic but any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
Recon calculator: 5mg in 5ml = 8mg/ml.
crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it
has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
*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
varies by pharmacy
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