does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
#asia 2026-06-07
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- tokyo_taper — nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel 20:17
- VialBot — On this day 9 years ago this channel logged 120 messages. 21:31
- vienna_vial — customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border 21:59
anyone shipped from inside the region and had it take longer than from further away
diabetes indication only
nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel
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ok so insurance in the region tracked the diabetes indication in every country a member reported on
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part, i think
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same customs steps
member reported range
the carrier matters
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coming back to this singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once, i have it written down somewhere
customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries
figures are from last year
no letter no charge
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generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
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 - 260the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
is it easier to get seen about this in korea than in europe
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write it down for the pharmacy
follow up transit inside the region ran 10 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier
On this day 9 years ago this channel logged 120 messages.
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every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory
held for 20 days
[edited]Recon calculator: 2mg in 3ml = 5mg/ml.
update from 2 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
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get it tested anyway
lot number first
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right so singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two
is japan expensive because of the approval or in spite of it
is anyone here avoiding summer shipping the way the australians do