stalled for 14 weeks at 0.5mg and I refuse to panic this time
Genuinely asking, not being difficult.
Everyone in c/meta repeats that ALT is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 5 threads of people agreeing with each other.
Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?
I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.
best — the order this archive was captured in
eGFR noise on rapid loss is real. 24 week noise, 40 week trend. Do not panic at week 66.
This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.
Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.
This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.
Ferritin tanked from 20 to 12. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.
Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.
Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.
This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.
I am going to push back on this slightly.
Ferritin tanked from 14 to 19. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.