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c/glp1uk·posted 2 years ago by u/gustav_solberg

pricing vs NHS — genuinely asking which matters more

PSA Well Actually ×6 Sourced ×2

pharmacy. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.

Everything else people worry about in c/progresspics is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort pharmacy out first, and almost nobody does.

I say this having got it wrong for 21 months. My fasting insulin was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.

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u/lane_watcherMOD259 points·2 years ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/nhs_waitlist_nUK112 points·2 years ago·edited

the tier 3 pathway is the only free route, it is slow

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u/gustav_solbergOP69 points·2 years ago

Denmark: 19 month NHS wait, gave up, went private, cost was pricing monthly.

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u/cormac_erdogan211 points·2 years ago·edited

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

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u/vitamin_d_void160 points·2 years ago

England or Scotland? Different pathways.

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u/diego_almeida66 points·2 years ago

the Scottish pathway is different from the English one

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u/nhs_waitlist_nUK115 points·2 years ago

Boots stock is hit-and-miss by location

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u/rt_shift_reggie26 points·2 years ago

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

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u/emil_marchand84 points·2 years ago

Strongly agree. NHS is region-specific.

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u/coring_the_stopper19 points·2 years ago

MHRA supply notices change monthly, follow the actual list

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u/pavel_kravchenko52 points·2 years ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/adaeze_krastev37 points·2 years ago·edited

price posts need the date — UK pricing moves monthly

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u/a1c_arcT2D29 points·2 years ago

NHS tier 3 is private prescription, the waiting list is real

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u/emeka_beaulieu39 points·2 years ago
search before post, but also, welcome
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u/gustav_solbergOP28 points·2 years ago

price posts need the date — UK pricing moves monthly

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u/gustav_solbergOP22 points·2 years ago

France: 10 month NHS wait, gave up, went private, cost was pricing monthly.

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u/ireland_drugs_pay26 points·2 years ago

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

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u/pavel_kravchenko20 points·2 years ago·edited

Which Boots location?

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u/lina_almeida9 points·2 years ago

pharmacy stock is tier 3, check before traveling

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u/diego_almeida4 points·2 years ago

pharmacy stock is tier 3, check before traveling

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

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u/priya_guerrero26 points·2 years ago

The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.

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u/marit_coelho19 points·2 years ago

no naming online pharmacies that prescribe without a consultation

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u/ignacio_roos15 points·2 years ago

no naming online pharmacies that prescribe without a consultation

Adding to this: pharmacy is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/blunt_coldbox294 points·2 years ago

the tier 3 pathway is the only free route, it is slow

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u/the_poster_in_question_202610 points·2 years ago

no naming online pharmacies that prescribe without a consultation Adding to this: pharmacy is doing more work than the comment implies.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 21 weeks to accept.

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u/zaid_balogun5 points·2 years ago

NHS or private?

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u/nadia_trevino0 points·2 years ago

NHS tier 3 is private prescription, the waiting list is real

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u/meta_analysis_mo7 points·2 years ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with private prescription, not with what you concluded.

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