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c/semaglutide·posted 2 years ago by u/diego_sorensen

switched from 2.4mg to 1.7mg and the injection-site soreness got better, not worse

Results Clean Column ×9 Slow Clap ×2

I have had 6 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 36 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 97.9% against a claimed 94.2%, 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/sorted_by_new0 points·2 years ago

The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.

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u/anya_salgado1 point·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/slow_logbook_notes1 point·2 years ago

the quiet is real. the food noise just stops.

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u/katrin_diallo1 point·2 years ago

Hard agree. Week 4 me needed this. Week 41 me is nodding smugly.

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u/diego_sorensenOP1 point·2 years ago

Went up because the scale stalled, not because I needed to. Do not be me. The stall broke on its own at the higher dose.

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u/b12_baseline1 point·2 years ago

Strongly agree. If it is not working at 12.5mg after 84 weeks, going up is not automatically the answer.

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u/archived_thread_a-36 points·2 years ago

stalled at 2.5mg, went up, and regretted it, the stall would have broken anyway

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u/diego_sorensenOP1 point·2 years ago

The thing nobody prepared me for was that the appetite does not come back for a long time after you stop.

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u/tomas_kimani210 points·2 years ago

titration speed is Ozempic plus side effects, period

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u/archived_thread_a138 points·2 years ago

nope, 0.25 counts, it is just not the dose most people stay on

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u/nikhil_teixeira88 points·2 years ago

titration speed is Ozempic plus side effects, period

Disagree on that part. 93.7% and 99.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/titration_marshalMOD135 points·2 years ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/viktor_nkemelu92 points·2 years ago

This is what I tell everyone in c/newbiequestions and they never believe me until week 7.

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u/dose_creep_dan23 points·2 years ago

okay but what dose of sema are you on

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u/b12_baseline26 points·2 years ago·edited

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

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u/test_it_yourselfvetting19 points·2 years ago

pens are overpriced, research vials are research grade, same molecule different price

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u/anya_erdogan6 points·2 years ago·edited

How long were you at 1.0mg before you moved up?

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u/arne_restrepo58 points·2 years ago

pens are overpriced, research vials are research grade, same molecule different price

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u/rasmus_kimani107 points·2 years ago

Did you time the injection consistently each week or was it more ad hoc?

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u/osman_ferrari57 points·2 years ago

Ozempic versus Wegovy versus research grade is the wrong argument, they are literally the same molecule

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u/katrin_diallo92 points·2 years ago

Stalled at 12.5mg, changed nothing, and it started moving again on week 49. Very nearly went up. Glad I did not.

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u/reflux_report75 points·2 years ago·edited

the early fullness passes. i promise. not medical advice.

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u/meta_analysis_mo0 points·2 years ago

pens are overpriced, research vials are research grade, same molecule different price

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u/marit_coelho58 points·2 years ago

Hard agree. Week 37 me needed this. Week 54 me is nodding smugly.

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u/viktor_nkemelu20 points·2 years ago

week 5 on the pen, 15kg down, this is the answer

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u/ferritin_low68 points·2 years ago

week 94 and i am still not at maintenance, do not rush the ladder

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u/wanjiru_varga23 points·2 years ago

Slight fix: the number was 97.2, not 97.4. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/hugo_bergstrom95 points·2 years ago

Yeah, 7 weeks on 1.0mg, same pattern, same timing.

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u/helga_vermeulen56 points·2 years ago

I love that this community will spend 40 comments on a detail. That pedantry is why the numbers here matter.

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