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

the plateau question that gets asked weekly, answered properly

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I have had 17 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 16 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 99.0% 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/vikram_ferreira3 points·2 years ago

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

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u/dose_creep_dan1 point·2 years ago

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

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/nausea_notesside effects3 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/quiet_moderatormod2 points·2 years ago·edited

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

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u/salma_vasquezOP1 point·2 years ago

This is what I tell everyone in c/newbiequestions and they never believe me until week 5.

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u/anya_erdogan1 point·2 years ago

the 2.4mg dose is not the target, it is just what the pen goes up to

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