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[PSA] dose escalation is not what most of this community thinks it is
Right, the triple agonist question again, but with numbers this time. I have 24 data points over 22 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is…
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[Results] two years, weight stable within 3kg, dose at a quarter of peak
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: regain matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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[Meta] the tapering rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 10mg, week 20, constipation present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
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[Explainer] why amino acid analysis catches the frauds HPLC misses
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on integration in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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10 months in and insulin resistance is still the thing I get wrong
contraception. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/semaglutide is downstream of it. Titration speed, early fullness,…
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watch where the curves separate, not just whether they do
Week 19 update. 10kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 71. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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[Needs Source] "it heals your metabolism" is not a mechanism
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/tapering repeats that mechanism is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
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[Data] packaging quality by vendor, scored on five things, 60 shipments
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 2.5mg to 1.0mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 8 weeks…
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24 months in and insulin syringe is still the thing I get wrong
insulin syringe. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/intlshipping is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the…
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my gallbladder came out at month 7 and i would still do it again
Right, the sulphur burps question again, but with numbers this time. I have 8 data points over 40 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is…
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help me understand CGM, I have read the wiki twice
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking T2D against eGFR for 11 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker than I…
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[Explainer] excursion tables, and why "it got warm" is not a data point
Right, the ice pack question again, but with numbers this time. I have 12 data points over 22 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance,…
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compounded tirz pricing has doubled in my area in four months
Quick one. Canada here. 15mg works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice…
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[Pattern] the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries me
Week 3 update. 19kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 55. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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[Vendor] CPC — 2001 establishment date checks out against the company registry
Week 21 update. 37kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 61. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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am I the only one who found shortage list harder than the injections
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on compounding in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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stopped losing at 1.7 so i went to 2.4 and lost nothing faster
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: semaglutide matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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net peptide content vs purity — two different numbers, same vial
Week 11 update. 22kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 51. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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[Below Spec] 88% is not "basically fine" and i am tired of that reply
Quick one. Canada here. batch works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice…
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[Struggle] eight weeks, 2kg, doing everything right, and it is grinding me down
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/bloodwork repeats that struggle is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
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[Discussion] the sarcopenia question nobody funded properly
Quick one. Canada here. resistance training works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently…
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[Question] private prescription — what am I missing here
Right, the pharmacy question again, but with numbers this time. I have 19 data points over 26 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance,…
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everyone here has a spreadsheet, do i need a spreadsheet
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/insurancefights repeats that normal is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
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[Discussion] we are measuring formulary at the wrong time and calling it noise
I have had 8 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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[Discussion] we are measuring confirmations at the wrong time and calling it noise
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: crypto matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…