ask your gp
#uk-ireland 2025-05-31
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Highlights from this day
- swab_dry_first — off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence, i think 19:46
- dublin_dose — i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out 19:54
- swab_dry_first — driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it 19:55
- alcohol_hits — the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing there was a two year limit in the nhs… 20:10
- sulphur_burp — gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing 20:42
that was last year
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence, i think
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
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 - 260just a letter
for the archive anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
there was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it was not clear to me then and may be clearer now
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter, not advice obviously
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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slightly off topic but anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
update from 8 months ago: my clinic price went up by $185 and the supply steadied in the same month
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
ireland is separate
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an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
unlicensed isnt illegal
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
that was 2024
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
*Medutest not the other one