freezing not cooking
#canada 2026-02-16
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Highlights from this day
- reta_resting_hr — 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 16:28
- back_from_away — transit was 18 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility 17:11
- VialBot — Batch lookup KP-0925: 7 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-08-24. 19:00
- back_from_away — i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use,… 20:19
canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
update from 24 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially
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
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*VendorInvestigate not the other one
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that, anyway
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
is provincial coverage as much of a patchwork as it looks from outside
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one, we shall see
cheaper than the us
i keep six weeks of stock going into winter rather than four, and that came out of one bad february
transit was 18 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
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follow up anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all
gel packs either direction
as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory
*PeptideMeter not the other one
powder survived a freeze
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
unrelated but does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
pharmacy price in canada versus the us, is the gap as big as people claim
hold till march
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thirteen questions not one
the truck is the risk
how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat
diabetes covered, weight not
that was a pilot not policy
Batch lookup KP-0925: 7 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-08-24.
i compared a canadian pharmacy quote against an american one on the same dose and the american one was more than double, from memory
there is no national picture. asking what canada does is asking thirteen questions at the same time
member reported 2024
six weeks of stock
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
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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what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
does private insurance cover it in canada or only some plans