pharmac hasnt funded it
#anz 2026-06-19
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Highlights from this day
- pharmac_pen — whats the wait like to see somebody about this in australia 09:20
- brisbane_bac — i pay for the fastest service in summer purely to shorten the hot part, not to get it any sooner 09:55
- two_lifts_a_week — i keep a spare month in the fridge specifically because summer ordering down here is a gamble 11:03
- mood_dip_mari — insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it, take that with a pinch of salt 12:27
- ten_of_ten — the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it 13:47
is there any reimbursement in nz at all or is it fully private
member reported figure
july is easy
i do not order between december and february. that is my own rule after a january parcel arrived warm and soft
*that should say weekly
the seasonal thing works both ways. a july parcel into australia is an easy parcel
how bad is the heat problem in january really
powder survived
whats the wait like to see somebody about this in australia
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lyophilised powder survived an australian summer for me. reconstituted would not have and i would not try it
i pay for the fastest service in summer purely to shorten the hot part, not to get it any sooner
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an nz member put their monthly cost at roughly 500 new zealand dollars in 2024. one person at one dose
what does a pharmacist in australia say if you just ask about supply
an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close
pharmac in new zealand, has anything moved on funding
pharmac had not funded it for weight when i last read about it and the nz members in here were all paying privately
is it cheaper through a clinic or a pharmacy in australia
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people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through it
a parcel of mine sat in a queensland depot for 7 days in summer, and it tested fine afterwards, which surprised me
is nz supply tied to australian supply in practice
[edited]i keep a spare month in the fridge specifically because summer ordering down here is a gamble
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the pharmacist i asked was straightforward about supply and had no idea about anything else, which is fair enough
medsafe not tga
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an australian summer transit is the worst cold chain problem discussed in this channel and it is not close, we shall see
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whats the pbs position, is it covered for weight at all
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insulated pouch, gel packs frozen solid, fastest leg you can buy. that is the whole summer protocol as this room has it, take that with a pinch of salt
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Verification log updated: QST — evidence added, status unchanged.
update from 20 months ago: supply where i am steadied and the price never came back down
sorry to jump in a member in perth and a member in melbourne reported completely different transit times on the same supplier in the same month
three gel packs
sorry to jump in transit was 9 days for me and the tracking went dark for a week in the middle, which is normal for that route, from memory
people did stockpile before the compounding change and some of them are still working through it
the honest summary for australia is that the rules changed under people mid treatment and the room is still sore about it
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three gel packs and a foil liner got mine through a january delivery. the packs arrived liquid and the powder was fine
right so the members who were on a compounded version mostly moved to the branded product and paid more, from what i saw
the last leg to a rural address is where it bakes. the depot and the van are hotter than the plane ever was
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, from memory
australian figures members reported ran from about 130 to 400 a month depending on route and dose, as of about a year ago
i tested a vial after a summer transit out of pure paranoia and it came back 96.8. one vial, one result