what changed for me between week 35 and week 78
Quick one. Canada here.
Zepbound works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.
Specifics: the route I used took 16 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.
Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.
The dual agonism story is real. The appetite is physically different from semaglutide alone.
stalled on sema, tried tirz, and the curves were actually different shapes
the muscle cramps from tirz is different, not necessarily worse
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SURMOUNT data is messier than STEP data but the weight loss is there
Zepbound and Mounjaro are literally the same drug, the name is the only difference
Zepbound and Mounjaro are literally the same drug, the name is the only difference
Disagree on that part. 98.1% and 98.3% on the same vial is normal.
Cosigning. The GIP contribution is real and the side effects are not simply scaled versions.
do not crack the pen, we have been over this
Cosigning. The GIP contribution is real and the side effects are not simply scaled versions.
Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.
Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
I am going to push back on this slightly.
Vial-splitting is on-topic here. Do not ask about pen-cracking, that goes in c/reconstitution.
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