that was last year
#uk-ireland 2025-08-15
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Highlights from this day
- belfast_bac — northern ireland sits under different arrangements from great britain and those have changed more than once, so do not treat anything i say about it as current 16:09
- belfast_bac — 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 16:30
- slow.taper — coming back to this gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing 17:25
- apob_over_ldl — the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing 19:02
- void_volume — cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision, from memory 22:45
northern ireland sits under different arrangements from great britain and those have changed more than once, so do not treat anything i say about it as current
ni has its own rules
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
quick one anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
private clinic quoted me €240 a month, is that about right or am i being had
supply was upstream
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
scotland differs
mine was 18 months
prices have moved since
bea_reconstitutesquick one anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
that was 2024
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just a letter
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, thats one data point
*Janoshik not the other one
coming back to this gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
member reported only
off label is different
ireland is separate
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
unlicensed isnt illegal
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
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unrelated but the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
slightly off topic but how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
ask your gp
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision, from memory
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