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
#uk-ireland 2025-09-10
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- group_buy_gwen — a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it 10:25
- ollie_orders — everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it 12:35
- meal_prep_mick — the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing 12:46
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
for the archive the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us, i think
supply was upstream
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
ni has its own rules
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
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New independent result logged — SGN, lot A-2601, purity 98.1% (Medutest).
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
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i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
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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
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
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax, anyway
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
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
[edited]the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
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
member reported only
scotland differs
ring more pharmacies
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
off label is different
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
maintenance_mothe online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and…
sorry to jump in i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
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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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is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
for the archive does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
sorry to jump in has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
[edited]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
maintenance_mothe online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and…
slightly off topic but an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024, someone check my working
for the archive update from 23 months ago: my clinic price went up by €185 and the supply steadied in the same month
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me, still working it out
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country