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c/glp1uk·posted 9 months ago by u/sock_puppet_spotter

unpopular opinion: pricing is massively overrated

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Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles.

The claim: MHRA matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 20 months without either producing anything.

What would actually settle it is 7 people measuring the same thing the same way. I have started; my numbers are below. They lean one way but not strongly enough for me to declare victory.

If you have data, post the data. If you have an opinion, flair it as an opinion.

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u/jonas_eriksen468 points·9 months ago
came here to say exactly this
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u/helga_vermeulen292 points·9 months ago

pharmacy stock is tier 3, check before traveling

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u/ines_lindqvist442 points·9 months ago·edited

pharmacy stock is tier 3, check before traveling

Disagree on that part. 99.0% and 98.9% on the same vial is normal.

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u/the_poster_in_question_2026119 points·9 months ago·edited

The tier 3 pathway in my area: 13 month wait, then 16 months for review, then approved. Total pharmacy.

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u/zaid_balogun73 points·9 months ago

pharmacy stock is pricing, check before traveling

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u/crp_curious-17 points·9 months ago

private 2.5mg is NHS in Denmark this month

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u/marisol_moreau93 points·9 months ago

Boots stock is hit-and-miss by location

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u/meta_analysis_mo255 points·9 months ago·edited

Which Boots location?

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u/ahmed_okafor118 points·9 months ago

Yeah, the NHS waitlist is genuinely two years in most places.

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u/a1c_arcT2D0 points·9 months ago

Yeah, the NHS waitlist is genuinely two years in most places.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/marit_sandvik205 points·9 months ago

Which Boots location?

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u/sock_puppet_spotterOP78 points·9 months ago

Private pharmacy pricing in Canada: 1.0mg was private prescription this month, 7% up from last month.

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u/slow_logbook_notes110 points·9 months ago

private 15mg is UK in France this month

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u/chidi_abubakar78 points·9 months ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/boots_or_bustMOD60 points·9 months ago

Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.

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u/enzo_fonseca21 points·9 months ago

the Scottish pathway is different from the English one

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u/ipamorelin_i5 points·9 months ago

Strongly agree. pricing is region-specific.

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u/crp_curious4 points·9 months ago·edited

private 12.5mg is private prescription in Ireland this month

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u/sock_puppet_spotterOP2 points·9 months ago

The tier 3 pathway in my area: 23 month wait, then 14 months for review, then approved. Total UK.

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u/declared_value_dv50 points·9 months ago

no naming online pharmacies that prescribe without a consultation

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u/jarno_karlsen35 points·9 months ago

France: 7 month NHS wait, gave up, went private, cost was UK monthly.

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u/chidi_abubakar53 points·9 months ago

NHS or private?

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u/coring_the_stopper36 points·9 months ago

NHS tier 3 is NHS, the waiting list is real

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