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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#uk-ireland 2025-12-09
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- dublin_dose — 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 18:31
- gall_bladder_gav — scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait, happy to be corrected 19:48
- knees_first — unrelated but off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence, from memory 22:17
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
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 - 260how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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while im here i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
ring more pharmacies
how much do the online clinics actually check
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private clinic quoted me €38 a month, is that about right or am i being had
[edited]genuine question when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
mine was 18 months
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait, happy to be corrected
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that was 2024
ireland is separate
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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, from memory
off label is different
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
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
snapshot not fact
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
while im here how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
update from 23 months ago: my clinic price went up by €185 and the supply steadied in the same month
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
ni has its own rules
unrelated but off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence, from memory
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*PeptideMeter not the other one
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
slightly off topic but did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
scotland differs
supply was upstream
for the archive the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention