pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
#uk-ireland 2026-04-27
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — Assay note: SSA lot A-2418 reported at 99.2% of label content. 09:10
- triple_ag_tom — i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that 12:14
- triple_ag_tom — northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice 12:18
- gall_bladder_gav — a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us, we shall see 12:23
- void_volume — quick one how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years member reported tier 3 waits in england were all over… 12:59
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, thats one data point
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
Assay note: SSA lot A-2418 reported at 99.2% of label content.
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
supply was upstream
unlicensed isnt illegal
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has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
prices have moved since
member reported only
follow up is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
ring more pharmacies
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that was last year
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
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
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
ask your gp
for the archive i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy, from memory
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
ireland is separate
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
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northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
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just a letter
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us, we shall see
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i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
that was 2024
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
quick one how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
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
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax, thats one data point
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
ok so gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
update from 15 months ago: my clinic price went up by £38 and the supply steadied in the same month
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, still working it out
*PeptideMeter not the other one
scotland differs
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update on the earlier thing 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
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