update from 17 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher, from memory
#asia 2026-02-16
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- triumph_watch — generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question, your mileage will differ update… 17:54
- septum_sal — insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on 18:36
- kev_measures — whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all 19:18
- sgp_subq — singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path… 19:24
- tokyo_taper — how long is transit within asia running 19:41
transit inside the region ran 26 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier
what does a month come to in singapore dollars
sorry to jump in japan approved it for both indications a while ago as i understood it, and the approval did not make it cheap
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question, your mileage will differ
update from 18 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border
forty percent apart
member reported range
india generics, is that a real landscape now or mostly talk
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
i was wrong about japanese pricing by a factor of two when i quoted it in here, because i was quoting a clinic and somebody else was quoting a pharmacy
the indian landscape is qualitatively different from research supply, it is a licensed pharmaceutical industry, and that is still not a guarantee about the vial you received
insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
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diabetes indication only
india has a real generics manufacturing base and a real domestic market. what a specific product is, and whether it matches its label, is a separate question every single time
singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, i could be wrong
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
ok so korea and the clinic culture, is it as easy to get as people say
singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
korea is fast
coming back after 21 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
the carrier matters
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whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
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singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described
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how long is transit within asia running
get it tested anyway
are the indian products the same compounds or something else entirely
korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
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
closer isnt simpler
japan approved it
the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time, we shall see
singapore pricing, anyone able to put a number on it
held for 9 days
is japan expensive because of the approval or in spite of it