unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about TGA is guesswork
The title is the argument: unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about TGA is guesswork. Here is the rest of it.
The compounded arrangements changed while I was mid-thread and I was arguing from a superseded position.
Read the published criteria for my indication rather than asking. Twenty minutes, and it answered everything I had been guessing at.
Asked the pharmacist to check the wholesaler and had a definite answer in about four minutes.
Screenshot none of this. Read the whole thread, including the parts where I am told I am wrong.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Country added to the title. Australia and New Zealand answers differ and the thread was unusable without it.
ask the pharmacy to check the wholesaler rather than guessing
Correcting myself: the compounded position changed and my earlier comment was describing the old one.
Disagree — that is registration status, and the question was about subsidy. Different decisions, different bodies.
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.
Which indication is the script written for?
the shortage listing has an expected resolution date on it
Assumed the New Zealand position applied here. It does not, and someone corrected me politely with the actual source.
the TGA shortage database is public and it is the source, not the news
The national shortage database is a primary source with expected resolution dates attached. It is public, searchable, and consistently more accurate than reporting about it.
Did the pharmacy check with the wholesaler, or is that a shelf observation?
The national shortage database is a primary source with expected resolution dates attached.
Adding the quickest step — ask the pharmacist to check the wholesaler.
pharmacy stock and national supply are different questions
Adding the quickest step — ask the pharmacist to check the wholesaler.
Agreed — the database rather than the coverage, every time.
This. New Zealand has its own regulator and its own funding decisions and the answers genuinely differ.
This.
Disagreeing with this bit: that advice predates the change in compounded arrangements.
That is a pharmacy-level stock issue rather than a national supply issue. They feel identical and are not.
This.
zeynep_weiss is right that the two countries are separate systems and the answers diverge.
I would not treat one pharmacy’s quote as the national price. Variation between them is substantial.
personal importation rules exist and are narrow
the Medsafe position in New Zealand is its own thing entirely
Checked the shortage database myself instead of reading the coverage. Expected resolution date was right there and the panic thread was wrong.
PBS listing and TGA registration are two different questions
PBS listing and TGA registration are two different questions
This is the distinction that makes the rest of the board legible.
say which state only if it matters, but always say which country
Is this about registration or about subsidy?
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