avoid august
#asia 2026-01-22
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- secretagogue_sy — generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question a member in tokyo reported an… 21:05
- abdo_two_inch — singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only 21:12
- abdo_two_inch — i keep the compound name and the dose written in the local language in my phone and it has been more useful than any app, your mileage will differ 21:40
- factory_direct_fi — insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide… 21:59
get it tested anyway
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
update from 19 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
member reported range
a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic
forty percent apart
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic
singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
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 - 260what does a month come to in singapore dollars
diabetes indication only
singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, ymmv
*PeptideMeter not the other one
i keep the compound name and the dose written in the local language in my phone and it has been more useful than any app, your mileage will differ
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how do people handle the language side with a local pharmacy
held for 8 days
coming back after 4 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
closer isnt simpler
insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
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nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel, your mileage will differ
slightly off topic but is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
right so as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described