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#uk-ireland 2026-04-11

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Highlights from this day
  • step_one_sian — right so off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence 09:41
  • step_one_sian — while im here scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait 10:07
  • knees_first — the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing 12:07
SO

right so 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
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KF

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

SO

while im here scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait

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SB

a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them

KF

as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight

ring more pharmacies

the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing

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
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update from 9 months ago: my clinic price went up by £55 and the supply steadied in the same month

the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me

SO

vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax

did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35

mine was 18 months

SO

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

is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement