how much of what we believe about EMA actually comes from pharmacy threads
how much of what we believe about EMA actually comes from pharmacy threads. Searched first, found three threads that contradict each other, hence the post.
The translation cost of dealing with a foreign pharmacy was the thing I had not budgeted for.
The variation between pharmacies inside my own country was larger than the variation I had been chasing across the border.
A supply notice in one member state made the front page here and had no effect at all where I am.
Please do not ask me what dose you should be on. I genuinely do not know and neither does anyone else here.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Nothing here is medical or legal advice, and eligibility questions have national answers that a pharmacist where you live can give you in minutes.
Left up. It names the member state and the pack size, which is all we ask of a pricing post.
Cross-border prescription recognition exists under EU rules but is conditional and narrower than commonly assumed, with requirements about the prescription’s form and content.
EU-wide advice is almost always wrong somewhere
EU-wide advice is almost always wrong somewhere
Agreed — and normalising pack size before comparing prices is the fix for half these threads.
Supply notices are issued nationally. A notice in one member state does not imply availability problems in another, even for the same product.
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