interval stretching — my 5-week log, condensed into one table
appetite return. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.
Everything else people worry about in c/coa is downstream of it. Titration speed, muscle cramps, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort appetite return out first, and almost nobody does.
I say this having got it wrong for 3 months. My triglycerides was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.
This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.
This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes.
Adding to this: discontinuation is doing more work than the comment implies.
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
Maintenance for 10 months now. Weight moves within about 3kg and the dose is a quarter of what it peaked at.
STEP 1 and SURMOUNT-4 discontinuation arms show regain
Second this question. I have wondered about interval stretching for 5 months and never seen a straight answer.
Strongly agree. The regain is expected.
no shaming people who restart
cite the discontinuation data rather than guessing regain rates
the regain is treatment of chronic condition ending, not failure
the regain is treatment of chronic condition ending, not failure
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 86 weeks to accept.
Not to be pedantic but appetite return and interval stretching are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 11–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.
Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with regain, not with what you concluded.
interval stretching versus dose reduction
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
say how long you were on and at what dose before taper
coming off deliberately, not by accident
no shaming people who restart
Yeah, regain is not a failure.
the 7 week discontinuation arm is the data
This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.
Yeah, regain is not a failure.
cite the discontinuation data rather than guessing regain rates
the regain is treatment of chronic condition ending, not failure
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.
STEP 1 and SURMOUNT-4 discontinuation arms show regain
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