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#anz 2025-10-11

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  • pharmac_pen — australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago, i have it written down somewhere 15:52
  • electrolyte_eli — how bad is the heat problem in january really 17:15
  • pharmac_pen — i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft 19:48
PP

australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago, i have it written down somewhere

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

anyone in nz paying out of pocket and willing to say what it comes to
as far as i understood it a year ago, the pbs listing covered the diabetes indication and not weight management, and that split catches people out

EE

tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly

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the depot is the problem

SA

i tested a vial after a summer transit out of pure paranoia and it came back 98.6. one vial, one result, ill dig out the number
australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago

SN

three gel packs and a foil liner got mine through a january delivery. the packs arrived liquid and the powder was fine

anyone tested a vial after a summer transit down here

TL

the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it

TL

slightly off topic but people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through it

TL

as far as i understood it a year ago, the pbs listing covered the diabetes indication and not weight management, and that split catches people out

EE

the members who were on a compounded version mostly moved to the branded product and paid more, from what i saw

EE

nobody here can tell you what is allowed in australia and the mods will stop that conversation

three gel packs

TL

update from 21 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down

PP

nz members have consistently reported worse availability and higher prices than australia. that is anecdote, but it is repeated anecdote

nz supply has tracked australian supply closely in everything members have reported. the two markets are not independent

PP

anyone shipping to a rural australian address, does the last leg kill it

PP

i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft

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CP

i keep a spare month in the fridge specifically because summer ordering down here is a gamble

PP

as of a year or so ago there was no nz reimbursement for weight indications at all, so check rather than taking that as current

EE

the compounding rule change happened and it did stop the pharmacies that were making it, based on what members reported here at the time

PP

the wait to see somebody was quoted to me as a few weeks privately and much longer publicly, when i asked in 2024

VB

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SA

slightly off topic but is there any reimbursement in nz at all or is it fully private

whats the pbs position, is it covered for weight at all