postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
#canada 2026-01-26
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- fridge_thermo — what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy 22:54
- dose_day_drift — a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that 22:58
- still_here_2024 — a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter 23:24
canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here
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an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose
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how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat
update on the earlier thing the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about
wouldnt use a thawed solution
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cheaper than the us
genuine question coming back after 12 months, has any province changed its position
i keep six weeks of stock going into winter rather than four, and that came out of one bad february, thats one data point
what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
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 - 260✅2🎉3❤️10
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that
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my monthly cost with partial insurance came to about 120 canadian dollars, which is not a number anybody else can use
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
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private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
how long is transit into canada running
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free, ill dig out the number
its provincial
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the last leg across the prairies in february is the risk. the flight is heated and the truck is not
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transit was 19 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
diabetes covered, weight not
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
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does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
did anyone get stopped at the border bringing it back
right so a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory