coming back to this has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
#uk-ireland 2026-06-23
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Highlights from this day
- private_script_pri — i paid $38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months… 18:15
- private_script_pri — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 18:48
- no_appetite_nia — the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me 18:54
prices have moved since
scotland differs
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
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
that was 2024
member reported only
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
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
off label is different
update from 5 months ago: my clinic price went up by €55 and the supply steadied in the same month
just a letter
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
i paid $38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
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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private clinic quoted me £72 a month, is that about right or am i being had
genuine question driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
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 - 260ok so the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
check, dont trust me
snapshot not fact