the honest position on india is that i have seen good material and bad material and the paperwork told me nothing either way
#asia 2026-04-24
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- tokyo_taper — a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 6 days with no letter and no charge, for what its worth generics being available and generics being… 22:07
- quiet_head_qi — japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price, i could be wrong india has a real generics… 22:30
- ms_ms_mira — how do people handle the language side with a local pharmacy 22:58
a parcel of mine was held inside the region and released after 6 days with no letter and no charge, for what its worth
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, your mileage will differ
write it down for the pharmacy
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Digest for the week of 2025-12-06 has been published.
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
same customs steps
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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
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for the archive anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price, i could be wrong
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
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
lot number first
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there
every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
japan approved it
ok so does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
the carrier matters
update on the earlier thing singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
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how do people handle the language side with a local pharmacy
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transit inside the region ran 18 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier
member reported range
korea and the clinic culture, is it as easy to get as people say
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
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, ask me again in a month
get it tested anyway
anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like
as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described
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, n of 1 obviously