is the korean clinic route cheaper than a pharmacy elsewhere
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#asia 2026-05-07
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- ms_ms_mira — the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on 19:42
- secretagogue_sy — 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… 21:35
- secretagogue_sy — update on the earlier thing every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly 21:42
- invoice_mismatch — follow up anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like 21:58
the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
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japan approved it
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
is japan expensive because of the approval or in spite of it
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
no letter no charge
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physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time
member reported range
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two, not advice obviously
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
are the indian products the same compounds or something else entirely
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
how do people handle the language side with a local pharmacy
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
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while im here summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
unrelated but sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler
closer isnt simpler
get it tested anyway
forty percent apart
approval isnt cheap
getting seen in korea was faster than any route a uk member described at the time we were both describing it, your mileage will differ
lot number first
customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic, still working it out
genuine question hong kong, is it pharmacy or clinic in practice
coming back to this anyone compared a japanese pharmacy price against a private clinic in the region
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 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 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
follow up anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like
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same customs steps
secretagogue_sycoming back to this anyone compared a japanese pharmacy price against a private clinic…
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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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
unrelated but japan being expensive despite the approval is the pattern. approval sets the licence and the pricing system sets the price, take that with a pinch of salt
a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
genuine question 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
insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
diabetes indication only