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c/glp1eu·posted 6 months ago by u/fabio_ibarra

[Discussion] reimbursement is doing more work than we give it credit for

Discussion Long Haul ×6

Confession thread, sort of.

I went from 15mg to 7.5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 13 weeks later, at which point I had no way of knowing whether the dose increase did anything or whether it would have broken anyway.

So now I have sulphur burps I did not need and a data point I cannot interpret. Two lessons in one.

Posting it in the hope that somebody at week 52 reads it before doing the same thing.

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u/patient_labslip_log53 points·6 months ago

apotheke, receta, pharmacy — twenty-seven different answers

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u/marit_laurent60 points·6 months ago

Yeah, EU rules is usually national rules.

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u/no_refunds_nr-30 points·6 months ago

the Spain answer is not the Spain answer

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u/emeka_beaulieu1 point·6 months ago·edited

pricing posts need date and currency

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u/priya_guerrero1 point·6 months ago

Which country? Rules differ.

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u/erez_yilmaz1 point·6 months ago

private and public prescription routes differ

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u/marit_mwangi1 point·6 months ago

private and public prescription routes differ

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

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u/no_refunds_nr1 point·6 months ago

reimbursement reality differs sharply

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u/fabio_ibarraOP1 point·6 months ago

Week 82 for me and the honest summary is: 35kg down, reflux manageable, and I have thought about food maybe four times today.

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u/amira_dumitru27 points·6 months ago

reimbursement reality differs sharply

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u/zaid_eriksen7 points·6 months ago

Strongly agree. Pricing is local.

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u/preservative_free_p26 points·6 months ago

Today's date for the pricing?

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u/stablecoin_steve16 points·6 months ago

Mechanistically the bit that matters is Apotheke. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

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u/solene_ilunga5 points·6 months ago·edited

the 23-country variation is the whole point

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u/priya_palacios4 points·6 months ago

prescription costs in the UK this month

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u/oskar_malinowski1 point·6 months ago

private and public prescription routes differ

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u/fabio_ibarraOP3 points·6 months ago·edited

prescription costs in the UK this month

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

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u/hydration_hank11 points·6 months ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/fabio_ibarraOP7 points·6 months ago

pharmacy stock varies by country and season

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u/nl_verzekering5 points·6 months ago

You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.

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u/jarno_karlsen8 points·6 months ago

Which country? Rules differ.

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u/aa_analysis_andy5 points·6 months ago

private and public prescription routes differ

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u/gastric_emptying_g7 points·6 months ago

Which country? Rules differ.

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