ok so the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way
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- manila_meniscus — ok so the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way 02:28
- tokyo_taper — a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart 02:30
- manila_meniscus — generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question 03:16
- secretagogue_sy — every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly 04:15
- tokyo_taper — physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time 10:08
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
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lot number first
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whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
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
coming back after 8 months, has anything changed on availability in the region
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
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singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, someone check my working
the carrier matters
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
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
no letter no charge
anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic, your mileage will differ
avoid august
a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 12 days with no letter and no charge
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two
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
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
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the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
[edited]same customs steps
write it down for the pharmacy
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
update on the earlier thing transit inside the region ran 11 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier
korea is fast
closer isnt simpler
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 - 260is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
member reported range
sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler
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is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
approval isnt cheap
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
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as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time
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japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price
korea and the clinic culture, is it as easy to get as people say
how do people handle the language side with a local pharmacy
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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
diabetes indication only
is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do
how long is transit within asia running
singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine