a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
#uk-ireland 2026-02-02
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- private_script_pri — when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment 18:03
- step_one_sian — while im here northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service,… 19:41
- step_one_sian — 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 19:44
- private_script_pri — the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me update from 20 months ago:… 20:36
off label is different
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
prices have moved since
[edited]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 shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
while im here northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
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
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy, your mileage will differ
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
update from 20 months ago: my clinic price went up by $185 and the supply steadied in the same month
private clinic quoted me €38 a month, is that about right or am i being had