that was a pilot not policy
#canada 2026-03-02
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- verify_or_dont — freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result 07:20
- fridge_thermo — canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time 08:31
- VialBot — Inter-lab diff for lot B-0114: 99.2% vs 99.4%. Within expected range. 08:32
- verify_or_dont — the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for 13:02
coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
is it worth just waiting until spring to order
transit was 4 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
[edited]how does coverage work if you have diabetes versus if you dont
anyone in ontario able to say what theyre actually paying
postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
has anyone compared a canadian pharmacy price to an american one properly
the truck is the risk
freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result
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sorry to jump in as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
whats a realistic monthly figure with insurance
any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them, thats just me
postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers, i have it written down somewhere
canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time
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Inter-lab diff for lot B-0114: 99.2% vs 99.4%. Within expected range.
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ok so winter shipping, is freezing the actual risk rather than heat
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
its provincial
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nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
i keep six weeks of stock going into winter rather than four, and that came out of one bad february
*Janoshik not the other one
canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here
[edited]check your plan
reported by members, own currency, not comparable directly
private clinic, UK 145 - 220
statutory, DE 10 co-pay
private script, DE 180 - 240
pharmacy, PL 95 - 140
pharmacy, SE 210 - 260i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything
cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border
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quebec seems to be different again, is that right
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that
the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for
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cheaper than the us
an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
diabetes covered, weight not
anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all
the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so