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c/researchpeptides·posted 8 months ago by u/rekha_mbeki

[Results] 47 weeks, 46kg, and identity was the hard part

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

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

I say this having got it wrong for 5 months. My triglycerides 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/marit_laurent30 points·8 months ago

Strongly agree. Evidence level matters.

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u/rekha_mbekiOP20 points·8 months ago

Came off after 6 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.

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u/controversial_only-13 points·8 months ago

purity and identity are two questions

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u/bastian_ekstrom1 point·8 months ago

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

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u/heart_rate_bump18 points·8 months ago

What are you comparing it against though?

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u/santiago_rasmussen12 points·8 months ago

the identity literature is thin on humans

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u/naomi_antonsen0 points·8 months ago

research use only, handling and analysis, not administration

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u/crp_curious3 points·8 months ago

Which country? Half the answers in this thread only apply in France.

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u/elin_varga5 points·8 months ago

What was the batch number and which service?

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