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c/semaglutide·submitted 1 year ago by u/aleksi_grimaldi

anyone else notice 2.4mg kicking in around week 20

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Been lurking in c/dosinglogs for about 6 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 89, 0.5mg, and titration is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 35 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle. What I actually want to know…

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u/micro_bump_mick180 points·1 year ago

stalled at 0.5mg, went up, and regretted it, the stall would have broken anyway

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u/ravi_sandvik99 points·1 year ago

my ApoB moved before the scale did and i nearly missed it

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u/aleksi_grimaldiOP54 points·1 year ago

my ApoB moved before the scale did and i nearly missed it

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

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u/units_not_mgsyringe math23 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. If it is not working at 12.5mg after 18 weeks, going up is not automatically the answer.

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u/ines_castellanos24 points·1 year ago

the constipation passes. i promise. not medical advice.

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u/marta_trevino6 points·1 year ago

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

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u/aleksi_grimaldiOP214 points·1 year ago

stalled at 0.5mg, went up, and regretted it, the stall would have broken anyway

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 94 weeks to accept.

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u/bilal_osei141 points·1 year ago

Yeah, 51 weeks on 2.5mg, same pattern, same timing.

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u/aleksi_grimaldi34 points·1 year ago

Yeah, 51 weeks on 2.5mg, same pattern, same timing.

Adding to this: weekly dosing is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/quiet_moderatormod0 points·1 year ago

Hard agree. Week 43 me needed this. Week 89 me is nodding smugly.

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