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
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#uk-ireland 2025-08-31
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- spreadsheet_stu — 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 21:40
- spreadsheet_stu — the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing 21:49
- spreadsheet_stu — there was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it was not clear to me then and may be clearer now 22:23
- ferrous_ash — northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice 22:48
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
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quick one gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
ireland is separate
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i paid €120 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
the pharmacy gap in my area lasted about six weeks when i went through it, and it was member reported as nationwide at the time
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there was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it was not clear to me then and may be clearer now
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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the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
check, dont trust me
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
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 - 260*Janoshik not the other one
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait