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c/sideeffects·posted 13 days ago by u/adaeze_batista

muscle cramps turned out to be sodium, not magnesium

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

The claim: hair loss matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 23 months without either producing anything.

What would actually settle it is 29 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/step_therapy_s96 points·12 days ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/long_post_larry80 points·11 days ago

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

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u/adaeze_batista-28 points·11 days ago

early fullness at 12.5mg is different from 5mg

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u/cesar_oyelaran55 points·12 days ago·edited

the food-noise thing stops around week 33 for most people

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u/iman_falk29 points·12 days ago

ask your actual doctor, not us

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u/ipamorelin_i17 points·12 days ago·edited

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/sofia_wikstrom40 points·12 days ago

Yeah, the nausea hit on day 13 for me too, not day 1.

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u/rina_bergstrom11 points·12 days ago

the the food-noise thing passes. i promise. not medical advice.

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u/vendorinvestigate_vic36 points·12 days ago

Resting heart rate up 19 bpm from baseline, settled back down once I stopped escalating. Tracked daily so I am confident.

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u/slow_logbook_ftw23 points·11 days ago

nausea on day 2 is normal, nausea after week 80 is worth checking

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u/enzo_danquah14 points·11 days ago

week 49 and the fatigue is finally getting better

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance13 points·11 days ago

The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.

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u/tomas_broberg4 points·11 days ago·edited

ask your actual doctor, not us

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u/adaeze_batistaOP5 points·10 days ago

Resting heart rate up 18 bpm from baseline, settled back down once I stopped escalating. Tracked daily so I am confident.

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u/insulin_syringe_ian18 points·11 days ago

This is correct. The muscle cramps is horrible for three weeks and then just ends.

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u/zaid_balogun9 points·11 days ago

severe abdominal pain is an urgent-care question, not a forum question

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u/ilias_cabrera6 points·10 days ago

hair loss is real and usually reversible when you stabilize

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u/milan_villalobos3 points·10 days ago

resting heart rate moved up 9 bpm and settled back down when I stopped escalating

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u/fabio_nkemelu1 point·10 days ago

week 3 and the nausea is finally getting better

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u/aleksi_lehtinen5 points·10 days ago

hair loss is real and usually reversible when you stabilize

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u/mikkel_kimani3 points·10 days ago

Has anything else changed? Sleep, food, protein, anything?

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u/adaeze_batistaOP1 point·9 days ago

Resting heart rate up 16 bpm from baseline, settled back down once I stopped escalating. Tracked daily so I am confident.

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u/mikkel_kimani13 points·11 days ago

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

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