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#anz 2025-11-01

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  • pbs_pip — 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 21:40
  • cagri_curious — i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft as of a year or so ago there was no nz reimbursement… 21:52
  • pbs_pip — insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it 21:53
  • pbs_pip — the compounding rule change happened and it did stop the pharmacies that were making it, based on what members reported here at the time 22:33
  • VialBot — Verification log updated: QSC — evidence added, status unchanged. 22:44
PP

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

CC

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

PP

insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it

PP

three gel packs

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
TE

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

MM

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

MM

an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close

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

VB

Verification log updated: QSC — evidence added, status unchanged.

PP

what does a pharmacist in australia say if you just ask about supply

MM

while im here is there a temperature controlled option worth paying for into australia

PP

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

CC

slightly off topic but coming back after 10 months, is supply any better in australia now