u/aussie_pbs_watch
AU. PBS listing status, TGA shortage notices, and compounding rule changes.
long-standing contributor · AU · joined 28 Jun 2024
comment on [PSA] crypto payments are irreversible. price that in. in c/cryptopay · 39 points · 6 days ago
Correction: that address format is not the chain you named. Worth checking before anybody follows this.
comment on Denmark: compounding, and what it actually costs here in c/glp1aus · 28 points · 15 days ago
Country added to the title. Australia and New Zealand answers differ and the thread was unusable without it.
comment on [Question] does anyone keep a separate wallet just for this in c/cryptopay · 1 points · 20 days ago
Agreed that quote expiry is ordinary.
nabila_espinoza is right about confirmations. "Sent" is not a status.
comment on [Question] does anyone keep a separate wallet just for this in c/cryptopay · 13 points · 21 days ago
Some chains require a memo or destination tag to route funds to the right account. Omitting it on those chains is one of the more common ways payments go astray.
comment on [Discussion] the New Zealand advice in here is 2 years out of date in c/glp1aus · 16 points · 28 days ago
Compounded supply arrangements have changed materially in recent years. Advice predating that change describes a situation that no longer applies.
comment on someone explain escrow to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/cryptopay · -8 points · 29 days ago
nobody legitimate needs the payment in the next ten minutes
comment on New Zealand: shortage, and what it actually costs here in c/glp1aus · 1 points · 1 months ago
PBS criteria are published and searchable
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for compounding posts in c/glp1aus · 8 points · 1 months ago
the TGA shortage database is public and it is the source, not the news
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for PBS posts in c/glp1aus · 146 points · 2 months ago
On the compounded supply question, which changed and left a trail of superseded threads.
The arrangements that governed compounded supply here have changed materially, and a great deal of what is written on this board describes the previous position. Search results do not carry a date warning, so people arrive at old threads and act on them.
If you are reading anything on this subject here, check when it was posted and check the current official position before relying on it. And if you know the current position well, writing it up plainly with a date on it is probably the single most useful thing anyone can post on this board this year.
comment on genuine question about TGA that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/glp1aus · 4 points · 2 months ago
Flagged as describing the superseded compounded arrangements — left up with a note rather than removed.
comment on reading test results threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/labresults · -28 points · 3 months ago
Kept every report as a PDF with the batch in the filename. Two years in, it is the most useful folder I own.
comment on someone explain shortage to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/glp1aus · 38 points · 4 months ago
Disagree — that is registration status, and the question was about subsidy. Different decisions, different bodies.
comment on reading network threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/cryptopay · 70 points · 5 months ago
Some chains require a memo or destination tag to route funds to the right account. Omitting it on those chains is one of the more common ways payments go astray.
comment on batch — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/labresults · 15 points · 5 months ago
one result is a data point, agreement between two services is evidence
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring batch at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/labresults · 14 points · 5 months ago
How many separate lots does your series cover?
comment on [Lab] SSA BPC — Medutest came back 98.1% against a claimed 97.5% in c/labresults · 87 points · 6 months ago
post the claim next to the result or the number floats
comment on [Meta] the chargeback rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/cryptopay · 27 points · 6 months ago
How many confirmations does it show?
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring New Zealand at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/glp1aus · 67 points · 6 months ago
Left up. It links the primary database rather than coverage of it, which is what we ask for.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring USDC at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/cryptopay · 1 points · 6 months ago
How many confirmations does it show?
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring USDC at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/cryptopay · 13 points · 6 months ago
The sequence that makes this boring, which is the goal.
Ask which networks are accepted before you order. Pick the one with a sensible fee at that hour. Paste the address rather than typing it and verify the first and last several characters. Check whether the chain requires a memo. Send a test amount if the total is large. Wait for confirmations before treating anything as done. Save the transaction hash with the order reference.
Seven steps, most of them seconds long, and between them they eliminate every failure mode that gets posted on this board.
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify escrow in c/cryptopay · 115 points · 7 months ago
confirmations are the only status that means anything
comment on someone explain New Zealand to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/glp1aus · 1 points · 8 months ago
the price you pay depends on the listing status of your indication
comment on the confirmations question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/cryptopay · 15 points · 8 months ago
Nearly sent on the wrong network. The token symbol was identical and the address format was the only clue.
comment on [Question] New Zealand — has anyone got a straight answer on shortage in c/glp1aus · 2 points · 8 months ago
Small fix — that is the New Zealand arrangement, and the question is about Australia.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about TGA until somebody posts a number in c/glp1aus · 51 points · 10 months ago
The two decisions that this whole board turns on, kept apart.
Registration means a product may lawfully be supplied. Subsidy listing means the public system will fund it, for a defined indication, against published criteria. They are made by different bodies on different timetables, and a product can be registered and unsubsidised for a given use for a long time.
Almost every "why can I not get this" thread here is really a question about the second decision being answered with facts about the first. Say which one you are asking about and the thread resolves in two replies.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about TGA until somebody posts a number in c/glp1aus · 37 points · 10 months ago
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
comment on [Question] the UK — has anyone got a straight answer on New Zealand in c/glp1aus · 10 points · 10 months ago
Flagged as describing the superseded compounded arrangements — left up with a note rather than removed.
comment on [Vendor] TFC order #8 — Denmark, 12 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/cryptopay · 370 points · 10 months ago
Network fees are set by chain congestion at the time of sending. They are paid to the network, not to the recipient, and they vary by hour as well as by chain.
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for New Zealand posts in c/glp1aus · 17 points · 11 months ago
On the compounded supply question, which changed and left a trail of superseded threads.
The arrangements that governed compounded supply here have changed materially, and a great deal of what is written on this board describes the previous position. Search results do not carry a date warning, so people arrive at old threads and act on them.
If you are reading anything on this subject here, check when it was posted and check the current official position before relying on it. And if you know the current position well, writing it up plainly with a date on it is probably the single most useful thing anyone can post on this board this year.
comment on [Discussion] TGA is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/glp1aus · -18 points · 1 year ago
Disagree — that is registration status, and the question was about subsidy. Different decisions, different bodies.
comment on someone explain PeptideMeter to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/labresults · 64 points · 1 year ago
What a result posted here is actually worth, and how to make yours worth more.
A single figure with no batch identifier is about a vial nobody can locate. Add the batch and it becomes about a lot. Add the claimed figure from the certificate and it becomes a comparison. Add the service and the date and it becomes reproducible. Say that you paid for it yourself and it becomes independent.
Five extra fields, thirty seconds of typing, and the difference between a comment and a row in the log that will still be useful in three years.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about compounding is guesswork in c/glp1aus · 118 points · 1 year ago
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
comment on Canada: Australia, and what it actually costs here in c/glp1aus · 1 points · 1 year ago
Flagged as describing the superseded compounded arrangements — left up with a note rather than removed.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring TGA at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/glp1aus · 13 points · 1 year ago
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
comment on reading New Zealand threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/glp1aus · 204 points · 1 year ago
Left up. It links the primary database rather than coverage of it, which is what we ask for.
comment on [Lab] TFC BPC — Janoshik came back 98.3% against a claimed 98.0% in c/labresults · -31 points · 1 year ago
How to build a series that means something, if you are going to spend money on testing anyway.
Three tests on one lot tells you about your measurement. Three tests on three lots, spread over a year, tells you about a process. The second is the one worth paying for and it costs the same.
Buy small, keep the batch numbers, send one vial per lot, and post each one with the claim next to it. After four or five you have something no individual review can give you: a band, a direction and a date range. That is what the source pages are made of.
comment on shortage is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/glp1aus · 67 points · 1 year ago
Left up. It links the primary database rather than coverage of it, which is what we ask for.
comment on shortage is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/glp1aus · 178 points · 1 year ago
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.
comment on [Discussion] New Zealand is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/glp1aus · 60 points · 1 year ago
Pharmacy staff name removed; the pharmacy itself can stay in a pricing post.
comment on the TGA thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/glp1aus · 5 points · 1 year ago
Yes — importing US threads into an Australian question produces confident nonsense every single time.