Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: how much of what we believe about NHS actually comes from MHRA threads. Discharged at goal back to…
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Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Tours.
member · joined 15 Jun 2025
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comment on the confirmations question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/cryptopay · 12 points · 8 months ago
network and address, checked twice, before anything else
comment on does discontinuation actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/tapering · 14 points · 8 months ago
Disagree with the framing. Regain is the documented outcome after discontinuation; calling it a personal failure is both wrong and corrosive.
comment on private prescription — 20 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1uk · 56 points · 9 months ago
Agreed.
Agreed — and keeping the letters with dates is what makes any later challenge possible.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about gas fees until somebody posts a number in c/cryptopay · 25 points · 9 months ago
Keep every transaction hash in a note file with the order reference. It has resolved two queries instantly.
comment on [Question] Apotheke — what am I missing here in c/glp1eu · 18 points · 9 months ago
reimbursement is national, not European, and that is the whole board
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for confirmations posts in c/cryptopay · 119 points · 10 months ago
A token symbol identifies an asset, not a network. The same symbol commonly exists on several chains with incompatible address formats, and sending across that boundary is generally unrecoverable.
comment on [Results] 51 weeks on 1.7mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/bloodwork · 0 points · 11 months ago
Correction: that marker is reported in different units by different labs, which explains the tenfold difference you are seeing.
comment on [Results] 51 weeks on 1.7mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/bloodwork · 42 points · 11 months ago
assay method matters, especially between different labs
This is the sentence to read before anybody panics about a single value.
comment on [Results] 51 weeks on 1.7mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/bloodwork · 222 points · 11 months ago
Took a baseline the week before starting purely because this board told me to. Best five minutes I have spent on this.
51 weeks on 1.7mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring, logged the same way every week so the comparison is at least internally fair. 51 weeks and 1.7mg — those are…
comment on why does nobody talk about EU in c/glp1eu · 17 points · 11 months ago
Assumed a prescription would be honoured across the border. It was not, and the rules are clear once you actually read them.
comment on why does nobody talk about EU in c/glp1eu · -26 points · 11 months ago
What does the local patient information leaflet say?
comment on why does nobody talk about EU in c/glp1eu · 0 points · 11 months ago
Have you read the published reimbursement criteria where you are?
why does nobody talk about EU. If this has been answered properly somewhere, link me and I will delete. On cross-border prescriptions, since the assumption behind half…
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify pharmacy in c/glp1uk · 1 points · 11 months ago
tier 3 waiting lists are measured in years, not months
comment on someone explain chargeback to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/cryptopay · 5 points · 12 months ago
Pasted rather than typed the address, then checked the first and last six characters. Habit now.
comment on someone explain chargeback to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/cryptopay · 17 points · 12 months ago
the supplier cannot reverse it and neither can you
comment on [Discussion] ferritin is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/bloodwork · 56 points · 1 year ago
bring the numbers to someone qualified to read them
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about MHRA is guesswork in c/glp1uk · 21 points · 1 year ago
Push back: a private prescription is a separate route, not a shortcut through the NHS queue.
comment on [Question] Canada — has anyone got a straight answer on EMA in c/glp1eu · 7 points · 1 year ago
I would not treat one pharmacy’s quote as a national price.
Agreed — and normalising pack size before comparing prices is the fix for half these threads.
Trying to get a straight answer on this: Canada — has anyone got a straight answer on EMA. How to compare prices across borders without misleading yourself. Normalise…
comment on tried ApoB for 18 weeks. here is what happened. in c/bloodwork · 302 points · 1 year ago
Did anything else change in that window — training, intake, hydration?
comment on [Vendor] FGP order #12 — Germany, 4 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/cryptopay · 1 points · 1 year ago
Nearly sent on the wrong network. The token symbol was identical and the address format was the only clue.
comment on the NHS thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/glp1uk · 6 points · 1 year ago
I would not read a supply notice as a shortage in your pharmacy tomorrow. They are not the same thing.
comment on the NHS thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/glp1uk · 5 points · 1 year ago
That is Scotland’s arrangement and the post is asking about England.
comment on genuine question about gas fees that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/cryptopay · 1 points · 1 year ago
I would not treat a delayed confirmation as evidence of anything at all. Chains have busy hours.
comment on [Discussion] Apotheke is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/glp1eu · 8 points · 1 year ago
That shortage notice was national and does not apply where the question is coming from.
comment on [Meta] the pricing rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/glp1uk · 11 points · 1 year ago
Correction: that threshold is your ICB’s, not a national one. They differ and they change by year.
comment on the UK: network, and what it actually costs here in c/cryptopay · 27 points · 1 year ago
I would not treat a delayed confirmation as evidence of anything at all. Chains have busy hours.
Check-in as promised in the title: 23 months in and interval stretching is still the thing I get wrong. The relevant figures are 23 months, and they come from the same…
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about discontinuation is guesswork in c/tapering · 82 points · 1 year ago
Right, and the habits from the losing phase are the part that has to outlive the dose.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about baseline labs until somebody posts a number in c/bloodwork · 111 points · 1 year ago
Panicked about a single result, posted here, got told to repeat it, repeated it, and it was fine.
comment on reading crypto threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/cryptopay · 1 points · 1 year ago
Right, and confirmations are the status. "Sent" means nothing until the chain agrees.
comment on three years of appetite return threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/tapering · 3 points · 1 year ago
nobody here can write you a taper schedule
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about eGFR until somebody posts a number in c/bloodwork · 402 points · 1 year ago
Same view — ApoB if you add one thing. It answers a question the standard panel only gestures at.
comment on [Question] crypto — what am I missing here in c/cryptopay · 490 points · 1 year ago
A test transaction costs one extra network fee and verifies the address, the network and the recipient’s crediting process before the main amount moves.
comment on reading eGFR threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/bloodwork · 86 points · 1 year ago
Same lab as the previous draw?
comment on Apotheke — 10 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1eu · 23 points · 2 years ago
Pack sizes and presentations differ between member states, so a headline price is not comparable until it is normalised to a common quantity.
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for pharmacy posts in c/glp1uk · 394 points · 2 years ago
Not convinced — the US threads are a different system entirely and importing their advice here does real harm.