c/glp1science · created 27 Oct 2023
Receptor pharmacology, mechanism, and the papers behind the headlines.
Splitting a weekly dose into two smaller injections comes up constantly so here's the actual PK argument, separated from the outcome-data question, which is a different…
Not attacking anyone doing it, genuinely curious about the social/informational dynamic. There's essentially zero published outcome data for splitting or…
Every week somebody asks whether Tuesday is better than Sunday, and every week the answer is buried under anecdote. Semaglutide's terminal half-life is roughly 168…
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/tapering repeats that incretin is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search…
Reference standards, analytical reagents and system-suitability material. If you are running your own method, start with a known.
Reference standardsQuick one. Canada here. gastric emptying works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently…
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: gastric emptying matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both…
Right, the gastric emptying question again, but with numbers this time. I have 17 data points over 10 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is…
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/meta repeats that incretin is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I…
Week 67 update. 43kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 24. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to.…
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking incretin against triglycerides for 13 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
Been lurking in c/trialwatch for about 12 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 22, 0.25mg, and receptor is the bit I still cannot get a…
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/tapering repeats that mechanism is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on gastric emptying in this community changed substantially around the start of…
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking incretin against ApoB for 33 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
Been lurking in c/researchpeptides for about 24 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 4, 0.5mg, and half-life is the bit I still cannot…
Send the vial, get the number. Third-party purity and identity testing, results published to you regardless of what they say.
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glbiochem.netI have had 21 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on half-life in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking mechanism against triglycerides for 7 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
Quick one. Canada here. pharmacology works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given…
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: appetite matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 1.0mg to 15mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 3 weeks…
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 15mg, week 71, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
Been lurking in c/researchpeptides for about 13 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 48, 5mg, and gastric emptying is the bit I still…
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: mechanism matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.25mg to 10mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 15 weeks…
The mechanism layer: incretin physiology, receptor distribution, gastric emptying, central appetite signalling, glucagon-receptor contribution, amylin co-agonism, and the pharmacokinetics that make weekly dosing possible. Papers get cited by journal and year or they get a [needs source] reply.
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