powder survived a freeze
#canada 2025-07-06
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- still_here_2024 — does the postal service or the courier handle winter better 17:09
- VialBot — Verification log updated: KP — evidence added, status unchanged. 17:38
- slow.taper — a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that 18:26
- van_isle_vial — freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result, i have it written down somewhere 18:29
- van_isle_vial — quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago 19:49
nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
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wouldnt use a thawed solution
as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose, from memory
[edited]winter shipping, is freezing the actual risk rather than heat
the canada to us gap was reported at roughly a third to a half of the us price a year or two ago, and that will have moved
does the postal service or the courier handle winter better
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a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
postal in winter
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about
postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for
Verification log updated: KP — evidence added, status unchanged.
canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that
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any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them, someone check my working
freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result, i have it written down somewhere
update from 26 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially
an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one
diabetes covered, weight not
i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine
for the archive there is no national picture. asking what canada does is asking thirteen questions at the same time
quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
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