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c/t2dglp1·submitted 4 months ago by u/a1c_arc

CGM vs metformin — genuinely asking which matters more

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Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 1.7mg, week 85, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable — glycaemic control — and tracked it for 7 weeks. Result: a difference, but a small one, and well inside what I would call noise if someone…

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u/ferran_batista7 points·4 months ago

Maintenance for 7 months now. Weight moves within about 3kg and the dose is a quarter of what it peaked at.

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u/marisol_moreau2 points·4 months ago

Rodent data is rodent data. Dose scaling is not linear and the models tell you what to investigate, not what to expect.

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u/farid_jansen1 point·4 months ago

the weight-loss conversation drowns out glycaemic control sometimes

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u/yannick_barros1 point·4 months ago

Did anything else change in the same window?

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u/a1c_arcOPT2D1 point·4 months ago

My version of this: I was so worried about the injection that I put it off for eleven days. The injection is the easiest part.

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u/protein_first_pnutrition0 points·4 months ago

Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.

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u/cloudy_vial_carol2 points·4 months ago

the A1c change is the signal

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