is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
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#uk-ireland 2026-04-13
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Highlights from this day
- gorse_gains — a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us 09:30
- gorse_gains — 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 cheapest legitimate route i found… 09:32
- group_buy_gwen — gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing 13:11
- group_buy_gwen — the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee 13:20
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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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
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
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
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
mine was 18 months
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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
did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
private clinic quoted me £120 a month, is that about right or am i being had
driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
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i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
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, someone check my working
ask your gp
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
ireland is separate
how much do the online clinics actually check
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
member reported only
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
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ni has its own rules
[edited]pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out