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
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#uk-ireland 2026-03-30
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- vale_vials — 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 16:28
- sharps_bin_sid — genuine question what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the… 19:41
- sharps_bin_sid — 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 i would not… 19:42
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
follow up as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
off label is different
how much do the online clinics actually check
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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
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
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a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
quick one does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
just a letter
ring more pharmacies
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 was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment, ill dig out the number
ireland is separate
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
Reminder for bpc_sceptic: dose day is today. Set 6 days ago.
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prices have moved since
unlicensed isnt illegal
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 - 260pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
that was 2024
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, someone check my working
ask your gp
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee, ymmv
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
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, anyway
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
ok so 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
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
genuine question what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
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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
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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*that should say weekly
that was last year