freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result
#canada 2026-04-25
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- van_isle_vial — coming back to this does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother 12:22
- private_script_pri — quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the… 14:03
- typosquat_tay — the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so spring ordering is easier and if you can wait,… 16:19
- private_script_pri — whats a realistic monthly figure with insurance 16:34
*that should say weekly
coming back to this does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
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depot delays in january, has anyone had a parcel sit out in the cold
diabetes covered, weight not
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
its provincial
i keep six weeks of stock going into winter rather than four, and that came out of one bad february
follow up spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
powder survived a freeze
how does coverage work if you have diabetes versus if you dont
update from 24 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially, ill dig out the number
quebec is different
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the last leg across the prairies in february is the risk. the flight is heated and the truck is not
while im here what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
gel packs either direction
i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double
that was a pilot not policy
is there a national picture at all or is it entirely provincial
for the archive a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
pharmacy price in canada versus the us, is the gap as big as people claim
there is no national picture. asking what canada does is asking thirteen questions at the same time
i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine
quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything
anyone in the prairies with a long last leg in february
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
has anyone had a vial actually freeze in transit
cheaper than the us
as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
quebec seems to be different again, is that right
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
the truck is the risk
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another, take that with a pinch of salt
the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
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
whats a realistic monthly figure with insurance
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nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
while im here anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all
is it worth just waiting until spring to order
hold till march
cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border, take that with a pinch of salt
six weeks of stock
wouldnt use a thawed solution
freezing not cooking
do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that
check your plan
coming back after 24 months, has any province changed its position
an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose