the depot is the problem
#anz 2026-05-23
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Highlights from this day
- batch_bandit — what does a pharmacist in australia say if you just ask about supply 19:24
- two_lifts_a_week — any pricing in this channel is a snapshot from whenever it was typed. australian prices moved a lot in two years 20:48
- batch_bandit — tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly 22:06
- brisbane_bac — an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close 22:30
update on the earlier thing update from 11 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down
temperature controlled shipping into australia exists and the quote i got was more than the peptide
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anyone had a parcel sit in a hot depot for 3 days
anyone shipping to a rural australian address, does the last leg kill it
i pay for the fastest service in summer purely to shorten the hot part, not to get it any sooner
summer is the risk
what does a pharmacist in australia say if you just ask about supply
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📉17❤️17⚠️1
medsafe not tga
Recon calculator: 30mg in 5ml = 2mg/ml.
pharmac in new zealand, has anything moved on funding
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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the members who were on a compounded version mostly moved to the branded product and paid more, from what i saw
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genuine question an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose
whats the pbs position, is it covered for weight at all
update on the earlier thing nz members have consistently reported worse availability and higher prices than australia. that is anecdote, but it is repeated anecdote
Reminder for meniscus_mel: dose day is today. Set 6 days ago.
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
*that should say weekly
insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it
ok so several members lost their compounded supply with roughly two months notice. that is the reported experience, not a rule i can quote at you
did the compounders give any notice before they stopped
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nz has it worse
a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 4 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me
while im here how bad is the heat problem in january really
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keep a spare month
pharmac had not funded it for weight when i last read about it and the nz members in here were all paying privately
anyone in nz paying out of pocket and willing to say what it comes to
for the archive the wait to see somebody was quoted to me as a few weeks privately and much longer publicly, when i asked in 2024
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pbs is diabetes only afaik
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Reminder for two_lifts_a_week: dose day is today. Set 9 days ago.
any pricing in this channel is a snapshot from whenever it was typed. australian prices moved a lot in two years
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does anyone hold off ordering between december and february
the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it, ymmv
what happened to people who were on a compounded version
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coming back to this is nz supply tied to australian supply in practice
member reported figure
i pay for the fastest service in summer purely to shorten the hot part, not to get it any sooner
wouldnt risk reconstituted
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follow up is there a temperature controlled option worth paying for into australia
slightly off topic but the pharmacist i asked was straightforward about supply and had no idea about anything else, which is fair enough
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how many gel packs is enough for an australian summer
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three gel packs
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the seasonal thing works both ways. a july parcel into australia is an easy parcel
nz supply has tracked australian supply closely in everything members have reported. the two markets are not independent, i could be wrong
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tga and medsafe are separate regulators making separate decisions, and people conflate them constantly
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slightly off topic but lyophilised powder survived an australian summer for me. reconstituted would not have and i would not try it
how long is transit into australia running at the moment
australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago
an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close
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supply steadied here