diabetes covered, weight not
#canada 2025-09-23
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- typosquat_tay — i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy 21:29
- VialBot — Inter-lab diff for lot F-1330: 96.8% vs 99.2%. Within expected range. 21:38
- van_isle_vial — any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them 22:22
the truck is the risk
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powder survived a freeze
thirteen questions not one
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nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them, i have it written down somewhere
the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so
does private insurance cover it in canada or only some plans
quick one does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
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the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
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canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here
Inter-lab diff for lot F-1330: 96.8% vs 99.2%. Within expected range.
postal in winter
hold till march
wouldnt use a thawed solution
an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one
gel packs either direction
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while im here a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
six weeks of stock
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
its provincial
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
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that
any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them
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 - 260the 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
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
[edited]anyone in ontario able to say what theyre actually paying
sorry to jump in quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory
the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about, take that with a pinch of salt
does the postal service or the courier handle winter better
update from 22 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially