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#canada 2026-03-13

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  • still_here_2024 — insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction, i could be wrong 16:02
  • still_here_2024 — do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably 16:15
  • taper_tess — while im here private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers 16:35
  • verify_or_dont — a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter 18:16
TT

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

TT

is there a national picture at all or is it entirely provincial

anyone in the prairies with a long last leg in february

TT

i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything

PP

genuine question transit was 16 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility

member reported 2024

TT

quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago

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PP

the winter risk in canada is freezing rather than cooking, and this channel took a while to internalise that

TT

an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose

SH

insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction, i could be wrong

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as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright

TT

while im here private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers

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quebec seems to be different again, is that right

TT

canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here

PP

any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them

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follow up anyone in ontario able to say what theyre actually paying

BB

the last leg across the prairies in february is the risk. the flight is heated and the truck is not

PP

my monthly cost with partial insurance came to about 120 canadian dollars, which is not a number anybody else can use, i could be wrong

i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine

thirteen questions not one

i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double

VO

a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter

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VO

a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that, anyway

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the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so