ireland is separate
#uk-ireland 2026-02-28
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- vacuum_vic — the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing 15:57
- knees_first — has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter… 16:58
- step_one_sian — unlicensed in mhra terms means there is no uk marketing authorisation for that product. it is not the same as illegal and it is not the same as approved 17:38
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter, happy to be corrected
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
Digest for the week of 2025-07-03 has been published.
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
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snapshot not fact
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
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
scotland differs
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
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does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
that was last year
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
private clinic quoted me €120 a month, is that about right or am i being had
unrelated but pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
check, dont trust me
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whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
mine was 18 months
unlicensed isnt illegal
unlicensed in mhra terms means there is no uk marketing authorisation for that product. it is not the same as illegal and it is not the same as approved
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is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
genuine question wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
update from 14 months ago: my clinic price went up by £185 and the supply steadied in the same month
sorry to jump in i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
that was 2024
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment