generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
#asia 2026-03-07
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- quiet_head_qi — closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part 10:29
- sgp_subq — does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices 11:59
- secretagogue_sy — 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, ask me again… 12:04
- secretagogue_sy — singapore pricing, anyone able to put a number on it 13:01
- secretagogue_sy — i treat a claim about an indian generic the way i treat any claim about any product. get a lot number and get it tested, happy to be corrected the room does not treat… 13:02
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
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japan approved it for both indications a while ago as i understood it, and the approval did not make it cheap
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
update from 15 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
same customs steps
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avoid august
customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic
anyone compared a japanese pharmacy price against a private clinic in the region
member reported range
hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described
quick one insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
diabetes indication only
a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic, happy to be corrected
get it tested anyway
does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
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the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way
every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
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, ask me again in a month
singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, we shall see
singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on, from memory
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
singapore pricing, anyone able to put a number on it
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i treat a claim about an indian generic the way i treat any claim about any product. get a lot number and get it tested, happy to be corrected
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
genuine question nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel
coming back after 25 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like
*that should say weekly
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
how long is transit within asia running
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
korea is fast
japan approved it
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
while im here how do people handle the language side with a local pharmacy
is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
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