cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
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#uk-ireland 2025-11-22
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- private_script_pri — cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision 20:28
- lipase_lore — scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait 22:06
- lipase_lore — update from 2 months ago: my clinic price went up by £185 and the supply steadied in the same month 22:24
- gall_bladder_gav — is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk 23:21
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
just a letter
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unlicensed isnt illegal
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
ring more pharmacies
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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
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mine was 18 months
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
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assay_not_purityi rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a…
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
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
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
that was last year
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
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unrelated but an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
scotland differs
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
quick one 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
while im here the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
supply was upstream
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vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
ireland is separate
sorry to jump in driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
private clinic quoted me €94 a month, is that about right or am i being had
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
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
member reported only
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 - 260ok so 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
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
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that was 2024
prices have moved since
update from 2 months ago: my clinic price went up by £185 and the supply steadied in the same month
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anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
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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, thats just me
off label is different
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snapshot not fact
check, dont trust me
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
i paid $185 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
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northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
while im here did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35