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c/newbiequestions·posted 2 months ago by u/aurel_mwangi

does basics actually matter or is it forum lore at this point

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first time. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.

Everything else people worry about in c/tirzepatide is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort first time out first, and almost nobody does.

I say this having got it wrong for 8 months. My ApoB was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.

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u/cato_batista27 points·2 months ago

pens versus vials, same molecule, different price

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u/asks_dumb_questions-4 points·2 months ago

The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.

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u/ruben_almeida23 points·2 months ago

Yeah, that is totally normal for week 11.

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u/greta_perrin18 points·2 months ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 9–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.

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u/ruben_cabrera7 points·2 months ago·edited

Yeah, that is totally normal for week 11.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 65 weeks to accept.

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u/asks_dumb_questionsMOD14 points·2 months ago

Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.

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u/sulphur_burps_sue6 points·2 months ago

is this normal week 12 — yes, probably

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u/fabio_nkemelu2 points·2 months ago

is this normal week 12 — yes, probably

Disagree on that part. 96.8% and 96.2% on the same vial is normal.

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u/greta_chukwu9 points·2 months ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with beginner, not with what you concluded.

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_pls7 points·2 months ago·edited

Small correction: the trial was 13 weeks, not 21. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/mariam_cabrera3 points·2 months ago

Titration means going slow. The 2.4mg is the starter, not the dose you stay on, not the dose you need to feel it.

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u/adaeze_cabrera1 point·2 months ago

Slight fix: the number was 97.6, not 97.4. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/aurel_mwangiOP1 point·2 months ago

This is a good question, genuinely.

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u/aurel_mwangiOP1 point·2 months ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/nl_verzekering9 points·2 months ago

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/rt_shift_reggie5 points·2 months ago

be kind, condescending answers are removed

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