anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
#uk-ireland 2026-01-27
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- void_volume — quick one pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country 21:19
- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 101 messages from 21 members. 21:54
- maintenance_mo — 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 22:52
- void_volume — a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it 22:54
- void_volume — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 23:22
border force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door
genuine question everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
quick one pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
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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
member reported only
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter, take that with a pinch of salt
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
scotland differs
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
Channel stats, last 30 days: 101 messages from 21 members.
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy, take that with a pinch of salt
ireland is separate
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
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a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
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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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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