the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
#eu 2025-07-22
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Highlights from this day
- fibre_first — the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither 21:53
- fasting_insulin — handling fee is worse than vat 22:07
- fasting_insulin — the price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here 22:41
- fibre_first — nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget 22:47
- LC_MS_Lena — i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling 22:50
ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
varies by pharmacy
handling fee is worse than vat
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anyone in sweden or denmark want to compare notes
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
26 days inside the eu
is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
while im here how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
the price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here
what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
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 - 260nordics are brutal