shortage is the most under-discussed thing on this board
shortage is the most under-discussed thing on this board. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments.
Someone posted US advice in an Australian thread and it took four replies to untangle it. Say your country.
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
The compounded arrangements changed while I was mid-thread and I was arguing from a superseded position.
Happy to answer the boring questions. Those are usually the ones worth asking.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Pharmacy-level availability and national supply are different questions: a pharmacy can be out while the wholesaler is not, and the pharmacist can check in minutes.
PBS-subsidised or private script?
PBS listing and TGA registration are two different questions
PBS listing and TGA registration are two different questions
controversial_only is right that the two countries are separate systems and the answers diverge.
PBS criteria are published and searchable
a streamlined authority code is not the same as a general listing
The two decisions that this whole board turns on, kept apart.
Registration means a product may lawfully be supplied. Subsidy listing means the public system will fund it, for a defined indication, against published criteria. They are made by different bodies on different timetables, and a product can be registered and unsubsidised for a given use for a long time.
Almost every "why can I not get this" thread here is really a question about the second decision being answered with facts about the first. Say which one you are asking about and the thread resolves in two replies.
Left up. It links the primary database rather than coverage of it, which is what we ask for.
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personal importation rules exist and are narrow
Where to look instead of asking, which will nearly always be faster.
The national shortage database is public, searchable and carries expected resolution dates. The subsidy criteria for each indication are published. Your pharmacist can check wholesaler availability in a few minutes, which is a different question from what is on the shelf.
Between those three, most questions on this board are answerable in half an hour with primary sources. The board is genuinely useful for experience, pricing comparison and the parts that are not written down anywhere — it is a poor substitute for a document that exists.
Disagree — that is registration status, and the question was about subsidy. Different decisions, different bodies.
the Medsafe position in New Zealand is its own thing entirely
Assumed the New Zealand position applied here. It does not, and someone corrected me politely with the actual source.
Compounded supply arrangements have changed materially in recent years. Advice predating that change describes a situation that no longer applies.
the price you pay depends on the listing status of your indication
Personal importation provisions exist, are narrow, and carry conditions. Any summary of them here should be checked against the current official wording rather than a forum post.
Personal importation provisions exist, are narrow, and carry conditions.
Adding the quickest step — ask the pharmacist to check the wholesaler.
pharmacy stock and national supply are different questions
Correction: that is the registration decision, not the subsidy listing. They are made by different bodies.
Have you checked the shortage database directly?
do not import US advice into an Australian thread
This. New Zealand has its own regulator and its own funding decisions and the answers genuinely differ.
Agreed that the published criteria are the authority. They are searchable and most people never look.
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