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

[Discussion] the 2.4mg advice in here is 17 years out of date

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Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles.

The claim: 2.4mg matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 9 months without either producing anything.

What would actually settle it is 19 people measuring the same thing the same way. I have started; my numbers are below. They lean one way but not strongly enough for me to declare victory.

If you have data, post the data. If you have an opinion, flair it as an opinion.

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u/zeynep_zielinski42 points·2 years ago

Did anything else change in the same window? Sleep, protein, steps, anything?

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u/ahmed_abubakar28 points·2 years ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/nausea_notesside effects-14 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/kavya_radich21 points·2 years ago

Right, and the corollary is that stopping escalation does not reset your tolerance, it just pauses the clock.

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u/anya_salgado6 points·2 years ago

week 82 and i am still not at maintenance, do not rush the ladder

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u/viktor_nkemelu5 points·2 years ago

Did you test the vial you received or are we going off the vendor COA?

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u/adaeze_brandt20 points·2 years ago

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

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u/noor_hovland9 points·2 years ago
i wish i had read this 20 months ago
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u/reflux_report2 points·2 years ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with Wegovy, not with what you concluded.

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u/zeynep_weiss1 point·2 years ago

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

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u/quiet_moderatorMOD6 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/careful_gradient_againOP5 points·2 years ago

Week 3 for me and the honest summary is: 33kg down, fatigue manageable, and the quiet happened around week 4.

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u/boots_or_bust0 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/marit_coelho1 point·2 years ago

titration speed is titration plus side effects, period

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u/oskar_kaufmann1 point·2 years ago

Lost 16kg and gained a genuinely irritating amount of interest in analytical chemistry. This site did that to me.

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