Originally Posted by fassy

Well, there was a time UK was in the EU...(*) and in the EU prescription from any physician can be used in any pharmacy. The only issue could be, that in the country you try to get the medication, they won't carry it. But then they usually would find a suitable alternative.

See here: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizen...s/index_en.htm

(*) which means, this - at least officially - seized to be in effect for UK docs or UK pharmacies. Same as the One Stop Security agreement, I guess there are soooooo many agreements which are now void and nobody really realizes this until hit by it.