[Meta] the TGA rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
the TGA rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining. This affects how posts get sorted and removed, so it belongs in the open. 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.…
the TGA shortage database is public and it is the source, not the news
Subsidy criteria and authority requirements are published. For eligibility questions those documents are authoritative and this board is not.
Push back: the compounded arrangements changed and the advice you are quoting predates the change.
Right, and the compounded supply position moved. Threads from two years ago are describing a different situation.
ask the pharmacy to check the wholesaler rather than guessing
Asked the pharmacist to check the wholesaler and had a definite answer in about four minutes.
pharmacy stock and national supply are different questions
Correcting myself: the compounded position changed and my earlier comment was describing the old one.
Rang three pharmacies for a private price and got three different numbers, all in the same city.
Checked the shortage database myself instead of reading the coverage. Expected resolution date was right there and the panic thread was wrong.
compounded supply arrangements changed and the threads have not caught up