Canada: Australia, and what it actually costs here
Canada: Australia, and what it actually costs here. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. 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. Compounded supply…
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.
This. New Zealand has its own regulator and its own funding decisions and the answers genuinely differ.
Flagged as describing the superseded compounded arrangements — left up with a note rather than removed.
the shortage listing has an expected resolution date on it
Asked the pharmacist to check the wholesaler and had a definite answer in about four minutes.
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.
keep the script and the receipt for private health claims
Push back: the compounded arrangements changed and the advice you are quoting predates the change.
Same. Private pricing varies here as much as anywhere and people assume it is fixed.