an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024, anyway
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- triple_ag_tom — an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024, anyway 16:19
- slow.taper — 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 16:20
- bpc_sceptic — i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out 16:49
- vacuum_vic — cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision 18:26
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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scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
follow up coming back after 20 months, is the nhs picture any better
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
that was 2024
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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ask your gp
[edited]scotland differs
check, dont trust me
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
unlicensed isnt illegal
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
right so has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
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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, not advice obviously
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
supply was upstream
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cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
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snapshot not fact
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what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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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
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
ok so private clinic quoted me £120 a month, is that about right or am i being had
ring more pharmacies
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while im here update from 9 months ago: my clinic price went up by £185 and the supply steadied in the same month
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 - 260gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
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just a letter
member reported only
prices have moved since
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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
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
follow up how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
ni has its own rules
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
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the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing