a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist knows that is another matter, thats one data point
#eu 2025-11-02
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- lyophile_liv — nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget 22:19
- lyophile_liv — a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that 22:22
- VialBot — Archive lookup: lead_time_lars first appears in this channel on 2025-04-12. 23:17
- lead_time_lars — nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early 23:28
- gip_glp_gil — a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries, still working it… 23:31
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
member reported
germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
unrelated but can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
unrelated but has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
8 days inside the eu
poland was cheapest
slightly off topic but how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
you can carry a personal quantity between eu countries in practice. the rules on quantity and prescription vary and i would not rely on my reading of them
right so anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget
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a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
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ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
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varies by pharmacy
ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
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
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is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
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
approval isnt reimbursement
anyone had a german pharmacy order it in and how long did that take
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 19 days once
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today, i could be wrong
write simple english
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send both languages
three working days
is vat charged on a parcel coming into the eu and how much are we talking
a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
Archive lookup: lead_time_lars first appears in this channel on 2025-04-12.
check the date on that
how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
diabetes yes weight no, n of 1 obviously
privat means you pay
nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
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a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries, still working it out
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
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is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today