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c/newbiequestions·posted 2 years ago by u/laila_yilmaz

does first time actually matter or is it forum lore at this point

Answered Long Haul ×1 Clean Column ×2 Cold Box ×2

I have had 24 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 by about 22 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 96.8% against a claimed 99.1%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/constipation_clubside effects155 points·2 years ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/laila_yilmazOP184 points·2 years ago

That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.

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u/intent_to_treat160 points·2 years ago·edited

This is a good question, genuinely.

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u/dexa_twice_yearlybody comp48 points·2 years ago·edited

Not to be pedantic but beginner and what is are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/cato_batista72 points·2 years ago·edited

Every time this gets posted it hits the front page and every time someone has to re-explain it.

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u/asks_dumb_questions41 points·2 years ago

What does the wiki say?

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u/rekha_vestergaard13 points·2 years ago

the basics question is not dumb

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u/farid_jansen9 points·2 years ago

Yeah, that is totally normal for week 5.

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u/sigrid_kaufmann9 points·2 years ago

This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.

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u/elin_trevino13 points·2 years ago

Are you on a pen or vial?

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u/ruben_almeida64 points·2 years ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/ismael_chukwu18 points·2 years ago

no dose recommendations for individuals, even here

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u/laila_yilmazOP10 points·2 years ago

Titration means going slow. The 0.25mg is the starter, not the dose you stay on, not the dose you need to feel it.

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u/greta_chukwu7 points·2 years ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/britt_zamora4 points·2 years ago

link the wiki instead of retyping, but politely

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u/laila_yilmazOP-10 points·2 years ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/aurel_boateng7 points·2 years ago

the normal question is not dumb

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u/ruben_cabrera51 points·2 years ago

the first time question is not dumb

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u/mariam_cabrera35 points·2 years ago

the first time question is not dumb

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 16 weeks to accept.

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u/blunt_coldbox_202418 points·2 years ago

no dose recommendations for individuals, even here

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_pls14 points·2 years ago

is this normal week 23 — yes, probably

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u/ruben_cabrera38 points·2 years ago·edited

You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.

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u/ismael_chukwu26 points·2 years ago

Rodent data is rodent data. Dose scaling is not linear and the models tell you what to investigate, not what to expect.

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u/viktor_kirchner20 points·2 years ago

link the wiki instead of retyping, but politely

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u/piotr_bruun0 points·2 years ago

what is titration — it means going slow on the escalation

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u/viktor_kirchner1 point·2 years ago

what is bac water — bacteriostatic water, preservative included

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u/hassan_ostergaard7 points·2 years ago·edited

is this normal week 8 — yes, probably

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u/arne_restrepo4 points·2 years ago

link the wiki instead of retyping, but politely

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