nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
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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- ferritin_fay — the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about, from memory 19:36
- ferritin_fay — slightly off topic but i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double, ymmv i compared a… 19:39
- provincial_pat — i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me 20:19
- provincial_pat — i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine, i think 21:29
- yyz_vial — private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers 21:51
quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
transit was 12 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
quebec seems to be different again, is that right
update on the earlier thing do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably
right so does private insurance cover it in canada or only some plans
postal in winter
its provincial
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the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about, from memory
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cheaper than the us
slightly off topic but i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double, ymmv
i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double
freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result
powder survived a freeze
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thirteen questions not one
postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
wouldnt use a thawed solution
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
freezing not cooking
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
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the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so
the winter risk in canada is freezing rather than cooking, and this channel took a while to internalise that
transit was 20 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border
hold till march
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
the truck is the risk
the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
is there a national picture at all or is it entirely provincial
ok so as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
check your plan
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for the archive i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything
coming back after 16 months, has any province changed its position
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
has anyone compared a canadian pharmacy price to an american one properly
i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine, i think
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whats a realistic monthly figure with insurance
is it worth just waiting until spring to order
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
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six weeks of stock
*week 16 not week 6
an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one
does the postal service or the courier handle winter better
gel packs either direction
is provincial coverage as much of a patchwork as it looks from outside
that was a pilot not policy
ok so gel packs either direction
is a frozen lyophilised vial ruined or is that fine