the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter, not advice obviously
#uk-ireland 2026-03-20
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- sulphur_burp — i paid £240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician… 17:41
- mhra_unlicensed — private clinic quoted me £94 a month, is that about right or am i being had 18:22
- dublin_dose — does anyone know whether the shortage list is public 19:45
- dublin_dose — did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35 20:22
- VialBot — Verification log updated: HJ — evidence added, status unchanged. 20:26
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
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
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
mine was 18 months
i paid £240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
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right so gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
private clinic quoted me £94 a month, is that about right or am i being had
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 - 260that was last year
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
genuine question a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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quick one whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
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
Channel stats, last 30 days: 46 messages from 20 members.
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
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when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
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nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, ymmv
Verification log updated: HJ — evidence added, status unchanged.
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
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i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
member reported only