nobody here can tell you what will clear customs where you are and that is enforced in this channel
#asia 2026-06-13
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- ms_ms_mira — being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe 16:31
- osier_orders — as of about a year ago korea had the shortest path from deciding to starting of anywhere members here had described 18:38
- yyz_vial — whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all 20:44
- ms_ms_mira — korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern 21:39
getting seen in korea was faster than any route a uk member described at the time we were both describing it
the carrier matters
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
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part
anyone in japan paying out of pocket and what does that look like
summer shipping matters here too. i avoid july and august the way australian members avoid january
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
get it tested anyway
every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
Channel stats, last 30 days: 26 messages from 44 members.
a member in tokyo reported an out of pocket cost in the region of twenty thousand yen a month in 2024, at a clinic
being closer to the manufacturing does not shorten customs. my parcels from three hours away took as long as ones from europe
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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
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time
approval isnt cheap
right so does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices
singapore customs, is a personal quantity fine
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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
member reported range
unrelated but a korean member said their clinic visit took under an hour end to end, which is not a claim about the quality of the assessment
generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question
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, not advice obviously
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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korea is fast
language with a local pharmacy went better once i brought the compound name written down. spoken, it never worked once
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thailand and taiwan come up occasionally and we have almost no member reports from either, so i would not guess
write it down for the pharmacy
update from 10 months ago: availability in the region is broadly the same and the prices i track are slightly higher
hong kong members reported both clinic and pharmacy routes and a wide price range between the two, not advice obviously
follow up what does a month come to in singapore dollars
whats the position in taiwan or thailand, anyone at all
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customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border, ill dig out the number
lot number first
is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
same customs steps
diabetes indication only
korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
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