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#canada 2026-05-23
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- factory_direct_fi — the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about the border question comes up a lot and nobody… 20:37
- van_isle_vial — unrelated but an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose, we shall see spring ordering is easier and… 20:57
- ghk_gia — i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine 21:05
- VialBot — Reminder set. I will post here in 8 days. 22:28
- reta_resting_hr — genuine question private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers 23:22
a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
quebec is different
has anyone had a vial actually freeze in transit
is there a national picture at all or is it entirely provincial
the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about
the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly
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i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything
gel packs either direction
wouldnt use a thawed solution
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
[edited]right so is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory
unrelated but an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose, we shall see
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
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 - 260does the postal service or the courier handle winter better
i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine
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do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably
canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time
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freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result
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quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright, n of 1 obviously
the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly
anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all
factory_direct_fii hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody…
winter shipping, is freezing the actual risk rather than heat
depot delays in january, has anyone had a parcel sit out in the cold
postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
six weeks of stock
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
update on the earlier thing transit was 20 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so
a frozen and thawed reconstituted vial is the one thing i would not use, and i cannot point you at a study for that, from memory
coming back after 14 months, has any province changed its position
diabetes covered, weight not
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that was a pilot not policy
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
anyone in ontario able to say what theyre actually paying
the last leg across the prairies in february is the risk. the flight is heated and the truck is not
pharmacy price in canada versus the us, is the gap as big as people claim
Reminder set. I will post here in 8 days.
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how long is transit into canada running
anyone in the prairies with a long last leg in february
the winter risk in canada is freezing rather than cooking, and this channel took a while to internalise that
its provincial
[edited]the truck is the risk
is provincial coverage as much of a patchwork as it looks from outside
genuine question private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
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*Janoshik not the other one
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