unlicensed isnt illegal
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 - 260follow up member reported tier 3 waits in england were all over the place, from nine months to nearly three years, as of about a year ago, take that with a pinch of salt
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
just a letter
sorry to jump in update from 21 months ago: my clinic price went up by £185 and the supply steadied in the same month
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
update from 26 months ago: my clinic price went up by £55 and the supply steadied in the same month
unlicensed in mhra terms means there is no uk marketing authorisation for that product. it is not the same as illegal and it is not the same as approved, someone check my working
member reported only
ni has its own rules
coming back after 3 months, is the nhs picture any better
[edited]the private quotes i collected last spring ran from about 130 to about 250 a month depending on dose, and that will have moved since
i paid €55 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them, take that with a pinch of salt
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
genuine question gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
private clinic quoted me $55 a month, is that about right or am i being had
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
off label is different
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
[edited]snapshot not fact
how much do the online clinics actually check
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
mine was 18 months
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
that was last year
i have never been asked for id at a pharmacy for this and other members here have, so it seems to be down to the individual pharmacist
ireland is separate
border force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door
Digest for the week of 2024-03-30 has been published.
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision