Availability by country, dated, with primary sources

Whatever the answer on availability turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, invite the correction.

Worth separating two things that post #16 runs together.

Customs practice varies between entry points within the same country, which is why two people in the same jurisdiction report different experiences honestly.

Filing this under things that are true until someone shows me otherwise.

This follows post #16 rather than contradicting it.

Reading this availability thread as someone who came in with a fixed view: the third and seventh replies moved me and the confident ones did not.

The number people quote for availability is a central estimate presented without its interval, and the interval is wide enough that the estimate is nearly uninformative on its own.

Post #19 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit.

Import rules for personal use: what you can import for personal use depends on your country's rules, not on where it is sold. Checking your country's rules before ordering is prudent.

It took me longer than it should have to see that.

A first-hand dated account for a region with thin coverage is worth more here than any summary, and the regions with thin coverage are most of them.

Speaking for myself and not for anyone else who has posted here.

I read post #18 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

Availability, approval and reimbursement are three separate questions and a country can be in a different state on each.

Temperature-controlled material and long-haul travel is a practical problem with practical solutions, none of which are on the packaging.

Written in the hope of being told what I have missed.

Answering the availability question as asked, then the question I think is meant. As asked: yes, with the qualification below. As meant: it depends on how the first measurement was taken.

Language matters for finding primary sources. The authoritative document is usually not in English and the translation usually is not authoritative.

Noting that I have skin in this question and have tried to discount for it.

Same experience here, different supplier, so it is at least not unique to one of them.

Taking post #24 at face value and following it one step further.

What I would want before treating availability as settled: the method, the sample, and whether anyone tried to find the opposite result. Two of the three are usually missing.

Both are useful and they are different contributions. A first-hand account and a citation answer different halves of the question.

Not the whole picture, but the part of it I can speak to.

The arithmetic in post #28 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.

If someone has run availability properly I would rather read that than my own reconstruction of it. Posting mine only because the thread has gone quiet.

Regulatory position dates: a regulatory position is only current as of when it was written. Rechecking is prudent, especially if you saw it months ago.

I keep a log of this specifically because memory is unreliable about it.