genuine question i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
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- maintenance_mo — genuine question i have never been asked for id at a pharmacy for this and other members here have, so it seems to be down to the individual pharmacist 12:58
- same_chromato — northern ireland sits under different arrangements from great britain and those have changed more than once, so do not treat anything i say about it as current 13:36
- step_one_sian — how much do the online clinics actually check 13:37
- slow.taper — for the archive the private quotes i collected last spring ran from about 130 to about 250 a month depending on dose, and that will have moved since, from memory 17:03
genuine question i have never been asked for id at a pharmacy for this and other members here have, so it seems to be down to the individual pharmacist
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that was 2024
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy, still working it out
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
*that should say weekly
follow up i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
ireland is separate
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slightly off topic but what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
northern ireland sits under different arrangements from great britain and those have changed more than once, so do not treat anything i say about it as current
how much do the online clinics actually check
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the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
supply was upstream
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
just a letter
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
coming back after 25 months, is the nhs picture any better
snapshot not fact
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
quick one the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
off label is different
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
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
member reported only
check, dont trust me
what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
ring more pharmacies
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 - 260🧪3
scotland differs
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for the archive i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them, happy to be corrected
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
for the archive the private quotes i collected last spring ran from about 130 to about 250 a month depending on dose, and that will have moved since, from memory
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the pharmacy gap in my area lasted about six weeks when i went through it, and it was member reported as nationwide at the time, not advice obviously
update from 11 months ago: my clinic price went up by €94 and the supply steadied in the same month
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me