update from 6 months ago: my clinic price went up by $240 and the supply steadied in the same month, ask me again in a month
#uk-ireland 2025-12-07
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- void_volume — when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment 22:45
- truncation_tru — 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 22:58
- VialBot — Verification log updated: SWB — evidence added, status unchanged. 23:03
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
quick one northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
that was 2024
just a letter
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
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 - 260the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me, i think
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does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
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
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while im here i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
Verification log updated: SWB — evidence added, status unchanged.
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
follow up a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
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member reported tier 3 waits in england were all over the place, from nine months to nearly three years, as of about a year ago
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
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
ring more pharmacies
quick one whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it, take that with a pinch of salt