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c/compounding·submitted 1 year ago by u/rt_shift_reggie

help me understand telehealth, I have read the wiki twice

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help me understand telehealth, I have read the wiki twice. Searched first, found three threads that contradict each other, hence the post. Compounded preparations are not approved products and carry no bioequivalence claim. That is a statement about regulatory category, not about quality. Why "compounded" is not…

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u/quiet_moderatorMOD93 points·1 year ago

Reminder that nothing here is medical advice and this board cannot tell you which arrangement to choose.

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u/sofia_nascimento50 points·1 year ago

Yes. The shortage list is the legal hinge for the whole arrangement and its status is public.

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u/tobias_vukovic27 points·1 year ago

Reminder that nothing here is medical advice and this board cannot tell you which arrangement to choose.

This is the distinction the whole board runs on. Everything else follows from it.

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u/burned_once_twice-30 points·1 year ago

Paid noticeably more at one clinic than another for what turned out to be the same facility behind both.

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u/incretin_ivypharmacology1 point·1 year ago

Salt form matters for mass: a preparation specified as one salt and dosed as the free base gives you a different amount of peptide for the same number on the label.

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u/marit_laurent1 point·1 year ago

I would not read the price difference as a quality signal. Most of it is the consultation model, not the vial.

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u/milos_mensa1 point·1 year ago

Small fix — 503B facilities register with the regulator; 503A pharmacies are licensed by the state board. Different mechanisms.

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