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c/tirzepatide·posted 8 months ago by u/ignacio_vanhecke

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Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/bloodwork repeats that GIP is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 11 threads of people agreeing with each other.

Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?

I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.

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u/incretin_ivyMOD439 points·8 months ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/spain_receta166 points·8 months ago

nope, the equivalence to semaglutide is not known, comparing 15mg tirz to 2.4mg sema is guessing

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u/samir_falk385 points·8 months ago

Tried both. Sema worked, tirz worked better for me, but my reflux profile was worse on tirz.

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u/georgi_chowdhury132 points·8 months ago·edited

the GIP side does different things than the GLP-1 side, that is the point

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u/sofia_nascimento55 points·8 months ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/tarek_kirchner292 points·8 months ago

The dual agonism story is real. The appetite is physically different from semaglutide alone.

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u/discount_math_dm237 points·8 months ago·edited

the appetite change on tirz is more than just reduced hunger, it is different machinery

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u/rania_diallo190 points·8 months ago

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

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u/ignacio_vanheckeOP287 points·8 months ago

My TSH moved faster on tirz than on sema at the same timepoint, which matches what people report.

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u/ferritin_low-37 points·8 months ago

Is that on Mounjaro pens or research tirzepatide?

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u/hair_shed_hannah224 points·8 months ago

the GIP side does different things than the GLP-1 side, that is the point

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u/throwaway_titration138 points·8 months ago

You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.

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u/ignacio_vanheckeOP220 points·8 months ago

Cosigning. The GIP contribution is real and the side effects are not simply scaled versions.

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u/hair_shed_hannah172 points·8 months ago

the appetite change on tirz is more than just reduced hunger, it is different machinery

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u/ferritin_low187 points·8 months ago

How long at each step before you escalated?

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u/ahmed_fonseca87 points·8 months ago

the dual agonism hits different and that is why people describe it differently

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u/ignacio_vanheckeOP32 points·8 months ago

Strongly agree. Tirz is better than sema is not a claim without a comparator dose.

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u/georgi_chowdhury22 points·8 months ago

nope, the equivalence to semaglutide is not known, comparing 15mg tirz to 2.4mg sema is guessing

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u/amara_halonen73 points·8 months ago
saved. thank you.
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u/sten_palacios57 points·8 months ago

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

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u/kaia_wojcik90 points·8 months ago

Strongly agree. Tirz is better than sema is not a claim without a comparator dose.

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u/laila_wikstrom69 points·8 months ago

the dual agonism hits different and that is why people describe it differently

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u/tarek_lokken53 points·8 months ago

Zepbound and Mounjaro are literally the same drug, the name is the only difference

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u/laila_wikstrom19 points·8 months ago

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

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u/rania_diallo39 points·8 months ago

SURMOUNT data is messier than STEP data but the weight loss is there

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u/ahmed_fonseca16 points·8 months ago

The SURMOUNT readouts are real but less consistent than STEP. Some people plateau earlier on tirz.

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u/dexa_twice_yearlybody comp0 points·8 months ago

the dual agonism hits different and that is why people describe it differently

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