ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
i paid $120 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
#uk-ireland 2026-03-26
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- bpc_sceptic — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 11:53
- nhs_pathway_nell — anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed… 11:54
- bpc_sceptic — i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy 12:57
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
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anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
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 - 260🎉14💀16🤝4
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
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ask your gp
check, dont trust me
supply was upstream
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
ni has its own rules
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Verification log updated: MKM — evidence added, status unchanged.
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
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
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
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
off label is different
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