mine was 18 months
#uk-ireland 2026-02-20
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- dublin_dose — 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… 17:31
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- VialBot — On this day 6 years ago this channel logged 44 messages. 20:05
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
supply was upstream
off label is different
unlicensed isnt illegal
that was last year
ask your gp
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
just a letter
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does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
genuine question does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
ok so the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
update from 11 months ago: my clinic price went up by €72 and the supply steadied in the same month
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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member reported only
check, dont trust me
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
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, i could be wrong
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
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is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
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anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
scotland differs
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
prices have moved since
coming back after 13 months, is the nhs picture any better
private clinic quoted me £94 a month, is that about right or am i being had
ok so is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
that was 2024
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
i paid $72 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait, not advice obviously
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
coming back to this 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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driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it