[Question] France — has anyone got a straight answer on EU
Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: France — has anyone got a straight answer on EU. Asked in my own language at a local pharmacy and got a clearer answer in five minutes than a fortnight of forum reading. On cross-border prescriptions, since the assumption behind half these threads is wrong. There are EU…
a shortage in one member state is not a shortage in all of them
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Are you comparing the same presentation, or different pack sizes?
ask for the Beipackzettel or the local equivalent, it answers most questions
private pricing varies enormously between neighbouring countries
pharmacy margins are regulated differently in each country
private pricing varies enormously between neighbouring countries
Agreed — and normalising pack size before comparing prices is the fix for half these threads.
pack sizes differ, so per-month comparisons need care
EU-wide advice is almost always wrong somewhere
Cosigning on cross-border prescriptions. The rules exist and they are narrower than the summaries suggest.