update on the earlier thing everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
#uk-ireland 2025-12-16
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- bea_reconstitutes — the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee, not advice obviously 20:55
- private_script_pri — ok so whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare i paid $94 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was… 20:58
- chlorhex — the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing, ill dig out the number 21:06
- bea_reconstitutes — i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out 21:35
supply was upstream
member reported only
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee, not advice obviously
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ok so whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
i paid $94 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing, ill dig out the number
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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
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
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
unlicensed isnt illegal
genuine question 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
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
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ask your gp
Inter-lab diff for lot G-0641: 96.8% vs 99.2%. Within expected range.
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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how much do the online clinics actually check
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
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scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
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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, not advice obviously
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight, for what its worth
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
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention, we shall see
New independent result logged — WWB, lot SG-1177, purity 98.6% (PeptideMeter).
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
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
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that was last year
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*that should say weekly
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
prices have moved since
scotland differs
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private clinic quoted me $72 a month, is that about right or am i being had
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wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
check, dont trust me
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while im here the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
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
right so ireland is separate
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did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
coming back after 8 months, is the nhs picture any better
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
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just a letter