#uk-ireland 2025-11-29

coming back to this update from 22 months ago: my clinic price went up by $240 and the supply steadied in the same month

nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england

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

the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing

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

off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence

is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies

member reported only

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

whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare

a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us

the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria

did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35

coming back after 14 months, is the nhs picture any better

ni has its own rules

how much do the online clinics actually check

wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand

Testing queue: 6 submissions open, 108 awaiting dispatch.

an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024

i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that, we shall see

anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round

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
i paid £94 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them

as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight

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, i have it written down somewhere

cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision, your mileage will differ

i paid $185 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them

that was 2024

update on the earlier thing the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter

the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention

the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me

does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real

unlicensed isnt illegal

for the archive what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word

mine was 18 months

private clinic quoted me £94 a month, is that about right or am i being had