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c/compounding·posted 8 months ago by u/milos_mensa

[Meta] proposal — a flair for 503B posts

Pricing

I have had 4 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe.

Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 40 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 98.4% against a claimed 97.2%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/hugo_bergstrom32 points·8 months ago

Are we talking 503A or 503B?

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u/sigrid_kaufmann-16 points·8 months ago

telehealth prescriber models exist, pricing differs by state

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u/ayesha_radich1 point·8 months ago

Which state? Rules vary.

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u/quiet_moderatorMOD18 points·8 months ago

Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.

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u/controversial_only6 points·8 months ago

telehealth prescriber models exist, pricing differs by state

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u/lift_heavy_thingsresistance training5 points·8 months ago·edited

Yeah, 503A and 503B are different regulatory animals.

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u/helga_vermeulen21 points·8 months ago

Strongly agree. API source transparency matters.

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u/honest_syringe_202510 points·8 months ago·edited

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/naomi_erdogan7 points·8 months ago

telehealth costs state board plus compounding markup, total varies

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u/pavel_kravchenko2 points·8 months ago

the shortage list is temporary, it ends and compounding becomes illegal again

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u/kian_ferreira9 points·8 months ago

Moved states and the compounding landscape changed completely. Different rules, different pharmacies, different costs.

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u/rohan_steiner2 points·8 months ago

Yeah, 503A and 503B are different regulatory animals.

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