singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, i have it written down somewhere
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- seoul_swirl — singapore handles personal quantities of prescription medicine under its own rules and i would not try to summarise them from memory, i have it written down somewhere 18:48
- area_percent — anyone had a parcel stopped moving between two asian countries 19:21
- area_percent — 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, i could be… 19:24
- ms_ms_mira — write it down for the pharmacy 19:33
- ms_ms_mira — is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly 20:02
follow up a member in hong kong and a member in singapore compared the same dose and came out about forty percent apart
are the indian products the same compounds or something else entirely
japanese insurance covered the diabetes indication and not the weight one as far as anyone here could establish a year ago
japan approved it
the carrier matters more than the distance, and that is the thing this channel took two years to agree on
no letter no charge
sorry to jump in korea and the clinic culture, is it as easy to get as people say
physical proximity to the manufacturing changed my shipping cost far more than it changed my shipping time
forty percent apart
does a closer supplier actually mean fewer customs steps
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, i could be wrong
[edited]genuine question what does a month come to in singapore dollars
for the archive singapore was reported in here at around 400 to 600 singapore dollars a month a year or so ago, prescription only
customs inside asia, is it easier between neighbouring countries
write it down for the pharmacy
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how careful should i be about the claims on an indian generic
customs inside asia caught my parcel once in four years. that is my rate, not a regional statistic
is it covered by insurance anywhere in the region
every price in this channel is a snapshot from the month it was typed. pricing in the region moved a lot and unevenly
korea has a clinic culture where this is straightforward to obtain, and members reported that as both a convenience and a concern
avoid august