off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
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#uk-ireland 2026-01-06
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- retention_time — off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence 22:56
- maintenance_mo — anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying 23:02
- assay_not_purity — a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us 23:16
- maintenance_mo — nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, i have it written down somewhere 23:49
that was 2024
off label is different
anyone in ireland willing to compare 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 - 260what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
ask your gp
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
Batch lookup H-2814: 6 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-07-30.
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
just a letter
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
snapshot not fact
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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 a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
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
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ireland is separate
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check, dont trust me
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a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it, i have it written down somewhere
i paid $94 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
member reported only
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, i have it written down somewhere
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that was last year
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