everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
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#uk-ireland 2026-04-12
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- lot_number_lou — everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it 13:03
- nhs_pathway_nell — has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this 14:04
- VialBot — Archive lookup: swab_dry_first first appears in this channel on 2026-01-25. 16:09
- sulphur_burp — what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route 18:15
- belfast_bac — wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand 18:22
supply was upstream
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
ask your gp
ni has its own rules
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nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
member reported only
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
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ring more pharmacies
i paid €38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them, i could be wrong
ireland is separate
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
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anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
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northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
prices have moved since
mine was 18 months
while im here whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
while im here i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
right so 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
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
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 - 260check, dont trust me
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is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
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when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
slightly off topic but the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
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
unrelated but a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
off label is different
update from 19 months ago: my clinic price went up by $240 and the supply steadied in the same month
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follow up scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
snapshot not fact
right so did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
that was 2024
[edited]unlicensed isnt illegal
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
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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
coming back after 12 months, is the nhs picture any better
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
there was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it was not clear to me then and may be clearer now
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
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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private clinic quoted me $94 a month, is that about right or am i being had
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
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
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
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i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them