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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- vacuum_vic — 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 17:48
- maintenance_mo — 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 18:54
- knees_first — nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england 20:37
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
mine was 18 months
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i paid $38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
unlicensed isnt illegal
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
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gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
[edited]cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
slightly off topic but everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
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
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 - 260ni has its own rules
[edited]just a letter
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
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prices have moved since
New independent result logged — WXT, lot G-0641, purity 98.6% (Janoshik).
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off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
unrelated but private clinic quoted me €72 a month, is that about right or am i being had
off label is different
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check, dont trust me
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
update from 20 months ago: my clinic price went up by €55 and the supply steadied in the same month, happy to be corrected
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
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member reported only
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scotland differs
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ireland is separate
snapshot not fact
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it, we shall see
whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
supply was upstream
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect, ill dig out the number
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment, i could be wrong
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whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
ask your gp
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
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that was last year
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england