i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
#uk-ireland 2026-03-31
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- knees_first — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 18:25
- reship_rita — as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight 18:59
- group_buy_gwen — whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk 19:30
genuine question 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
genuine question driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it, take that with a pinch of salt
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, someone check my working
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
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wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
member reported tier 3 waits in england were all over the place, from nine months to nearly three years, as of about a year ago
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
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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i paid £38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
member reported only
unrelated but did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
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
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quick one what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
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follow up 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
update on the earlier thing the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
just a letter
coming back after 21 months, is the nhs picture any better
member reported tier 3 waits in england were all over the place, from nine months to nearly three years, as of about a year ago
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
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 - 260is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
19:20ferrous_ash pinned a message
ask your gp
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
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supply was upstream
how much do the online clinics actually check
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whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
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ok so nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
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
Channel stats, last 30 days: 70 messages from 49 members.
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision, thats just me
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
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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off label is different
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the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
prices have moved since
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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
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the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
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*PeptideMeter not the other one
private clinic quoted me $240 a month, is that about right or am i being had
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
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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
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria