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#asia 2026-06-28

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  • VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot H-2814. Nothing logged either way. 18:41
  • half_life_hal — singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only, someone check my working 19:29
  • ms_ms_mira — 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… 19:33
  • manila_meniscus — customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border the room does not treat closer as… 19:36
  • hydrate_hana — generics being available and generics being right for your situation are different questions, and only one of them is a chat question 19:41

the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on

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VB

Purity check: no report on file for lot H-2814. Nothing logged either way.

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HL

sourcing is physically closer here, why is it not simpler
closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part

HL

singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only, someone check my working

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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, anyway

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does anyone in hong kong want to compare prices

MM

customs between asian countries has not been noticeably easier in anything members have reported. each border is its own border
the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there

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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

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MM

transit inside the region ran 21 days for me, which was not faster than a longer route with a better carrier

diabetes indication only

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 - 260

singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory

MM

closer supplier, fewer flight hours, same number of customs steps. the steps are the slow part

MM

korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern

HH

the room does not treat closer as safer, and it took a few bad experiences to get us there

VB

Reminder for ms_ms_mira: dose day is today. Set 5 days ago.