postal in winter
#canada 2025-12-05
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- is_this_forever — my monthly cost with partial insurance came to about 120 canadian dollars, which is not a number anybody else can use 19:32
- VialBot — On this day 9 years ago this channel logged 14 messages. 19:53
- half_life_hal — update on the earlier thing i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything 20:18
as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
the winter risk in canada is freezing rather than cooking, and this channel took a while to internalise that
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
sorry to jump in i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double
an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one
hold till march
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a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
powder survived a freeze
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there is no national picture. asking what canada does is asking thirteen questions at the same time
gel packs either direction
quebec is different
has anyone compared a canadian pharmacy price to an american one properly
winter shipping, is freezing the actual risk rather than heat
how does coverage work if you have diabetes versus if you dont
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
[edited]how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat
wouldnt use a thawed solution
what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
does anyone hold their orders between december and march
canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here
for the archive the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so
update on the earlier thing anyone in ontario able to say what theyre actually paying
slightly off topic but how long is transit into canada running
canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time
did anyone get stopped at the border bringing it back
quick one the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for, not advice obviously
transit was 6 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
cheaper than the us
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
is a frozen lyophilised vial ruined or is that fine
my monthly cost with partial insurance came to about 120 canadian dollars, which is not a number anybody else can use
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i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
thirteen questions not one
On this day 9 years ago this channel logged 14 messages.
diabetes covered, weight not
ok so spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
while im here do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably
any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them, for what its worth
freezing not cooking
while im here quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
update on the earlier thing i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything
six weeks of stock