coming back to this 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, from memory
#eu 2026-05-30
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- lead_time_lars — poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany 16:33
- cat_on_the_tray — anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying 18:00
- nettle_notes — slightly off topic but nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early, happy to be corrected 18:27
diabetes yes weight no
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a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
in germany the split is privat versus kasse. a private prescription means you pay the pharmacy price yourself and when i checked last year that was a lot
varies by pharmacy
for the archive is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
check the date on that
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a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year, ymmv
spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
approval isnt reimbursement
has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
write simple english
poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany
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any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today, we shall see
anyone had a german pharmacy order it in and how long did that take
poland was cheapest
coming back after 17 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
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is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
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 - 260slightly off topic but nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early, happy to be corrected
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three working days
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
is vat charged on a parcel coming into the eu and how much are we talking
member reported
statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from
prices moved since
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privat means you pay
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i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 17 days once
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the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget