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UK and Irish access: specialist weight-management waiting lists, private clinic pricing month by month, pharmacy supply gaps, what "unlicensed" means in practice, Northern Ireland’s two sets of rules, Irish reimbursement, and parcels meeting Border Force.
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2026-06-30slightly off topic but has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this25 msgs · 5 people2026-06-27ring more pharmacies16 msgs · 6 people2026-06-26off label is different23 msgs · 5 people2026-06-23coming back to this has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this29 msgs · 6 people2026-06-21i have never been asked for id at a pharmacy for this and other members here have, so it seems to be down to the…63 msgs · 12 people2026-06-20the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria14 msgs · 5 people2026-06-17the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention54 msgs · 9 people2026-06-14anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round41 msgs · 10 people2026-06-13the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter, anyway36 msgs · 8 people2026-06-12check, dont trust me26 msgs · 5 people2026-06-10coming back to this i have never been asked for id at a pharmacy for this and other members here have, so it seems to…16 msgs · 3 people2026-06-09for the archive the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter16 msgs · 5 people2026-06-08nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england15 msgs · 4 people2026-06-07scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait45 msgs · 9 people2026-06-06what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route20 msgs · 6 people2026-06-04i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy12 msgs · 3 people2026-06-02nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england41 msgs · 10 people2026-06-01anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round34 msgs · 8 people2026-05-31genuine question did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 3538 msgs · 9 people2026-05-28prices have moved since15 msgs · 5 people2026-05-26that was last year16 msgs · 5 people2026-05-23ok so the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one…20 msgs · 4 people2026-05-18the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria26 msgs · 8 people2026-05-17a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us17 msgs · 5 people2026-05-16Inter-lab diff for lot A-2418: 99.2% vs 99.4%. Within expected range.39 msgs · 10 people2026-05-14i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out20 msgs · 3 people2026-05-12i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them14 msgs · 3 people2026-05-10genuine question border force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up…57 msgs · 11 people2026-05-09the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter unlicensed in…30 msgs · 8 people2026-05-08the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted…29 msgs · 5 people
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did anyone get through the nhs route and how2026-06-13 · 17 msgsanyone in scotland or wales finding it different from2026-06-07 · 16 msgshow many pharmacies do people ring before giving up2026-05-31 · 14 msgsoff label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here2026-04-28 · 9 msgsi paid £38 a month at a private clinic2026-04-20 · 16 msgsthe shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far2026-03-26 · 11 msgslicensed, off-label, unlicensed and not-a-medicine-at-all2026-03-21 · 5 msgsthe honest position on uk policy is that it2026-02-21 · 16 msgsi rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it2025-12-14 · 16 msgswhat does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses2025-10-05 · 11 msgscoming back to this border force stopped a parcel2025-09-07 · 6 msgsthere was a two year limit in the nhs2025-08-31 · 8 msgsdriving never came up for me at all and2025-08-07 · 13 msgsi was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant2025-07-28 · 14 msgsmember reported tier 3 waits in england were all2025-07-06 · 8 msgswhat happens at the end of the two years2025-07-05 · 15 msgsthe shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far2025-05-13 · 12 msgsi rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it2025-02-15 · 16 msgsi would not repeat any of the nhs criteria2025-01-11 · 15 msgsvat was not charged on the private prescription i2024-10-12 · 12 msgs