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#canada 2026-03-26
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- ten_of_ten — any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them, for what its worth 14:20
- food_noise_off — is it worth just waiting until spring to order 14:49
- food_noise_off — postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours 15:02
- provincial_pat — coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another, ask me again in a month 15:33
- vale_vials — anyone in the prairies with a long last leg in february 18:43
diabetes covered, weight not
cheaper than the us
hold till march
does private insurance cover it in canada or only some plans
cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
i keep six weeks of stock going into winter rather than four, and that came out of one bad february, anyway
thirteen questions not one
the last leg across the prairies in february is the risk. the flight is heated and the truck is not
the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about
i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double
has anyone compared a canadian pharmacy price to an american one properly
any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them, for what its worth
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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 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
is it worth just waiting until spring to order
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postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
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is there a national picture at all or is it entirely provincial
update from 3 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially
quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
coming back to this do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably
postal in winter
[edited]coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another, ask me again in a month
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wouldnt use a thawed solution
there is no national picture. asking what canada does is asking thirteen questions at the same time
the truck is the risk
gel packs either direction
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nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
is a frozen lyophilised vial ruined or is that fine
the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for, anyway
check your plan
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an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose
how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat
six weeks of stock
anyone in the prairies with a long last leg in february
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