canadian pharmacy pricing was well below the american equivalent in every comparison members have made in here, happy to be corrected
#canada 2026-06-11
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- reta_resting_hr — insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction 15:50
- triple_ag_tom — a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter 17:32
- yyz_vial — i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything, take that with a pinch of salt an ontario member… 17:38
- yyz_vial — while im here how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title… 17:39
i was wrong in here about a province covering it, i had read about a pilot programme and assumed it was policy
canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time
six weeks of stock
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
depot delays in january, has anyone had a parcel sit out in the cold
quebec is different
does anyone hold their orders between december and march
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
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pharmacy price in canada versus the us, is the gap as big as people claim
quebec seems to be different again, is that right
diabetes covered, weight not
[edited]transit was 4 days for me with a week of nothing in the middle at a customs facility
is provincial coverage as much of a patchwork as it looks from outside
genuine question do canadian pharmacies stock it reliably
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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 difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about
anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all
the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for
a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
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as of when i last checked, some provinces covered the diabetes indication and none i knew of covered weight outright
right so i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine
i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything, take that with a pinch of salt
an ontario member reported around 350 canadian dollars a month at a pharmacy in 2024. one price at one dose
while im here how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers