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testing — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 15mg, week 10, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
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comment on [Discussion] we are measuring 15mg at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/tirzepatide · 46 points · 6 months ago
the fatigue from tirz is different, not necessarily worse
comment on week 51 check-in — 11kg down, the food-noise thing manageable, one thing confusing me in c/vendorvetting · 6 points · 6 months ago
Cosigning the evidence standard.
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 71 weeks to accept.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring 15mg at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/tirzepatide · 236 points · 6 months ago
Zepbound and Mounjaro are literally the same drug, the name is the only difference
comment on reading Janoshik threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/vendorvetting · 49 points · 7 months ago
How many orders from CPC is that a sample of? One reship is noise, five is a pattern.
comment on anyone else notice 15mg kicking in around week 24 in c/tirzepatide · 99 points · 8 months ago
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
comment on testing — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/vendorvetting · 41 points · 8 months ago
Went through three vendors to find one that actually ships on-time and tests clean. The answer was GGPeps.
comment on testing — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/vendorvetting · 209 points · 8 months ago
FGP three times. First two perfect, third arrived with a gel pack failure. Powder tested 98.1% anyway, so no harm done.
comment on testing — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/vendorvetting · 78 points · 8 months ago
did they reship, credit, or ghost you?
comment on 503A — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/compounding · 83 points · 9 months ago
telehealth costs state board plus compounding markup, total varies
comment on what would you tell week-1 you about Medutest in c/vendorvetting · 1 points · 9 months ago
the reship rate on CPC is actually pretty consistent
comment on telehealth — my 11-week log, condensed into one table in c/compounding · 1 points · 9 months ago
regulatory claims need a citation to the actual rule, not interpretation
comment on telehealth — my 11-week log, condensed into one table in c/compounding · 1 points · 9 months ago
The telehealth + compounding combo cost 503B plus 7% markup. Not cheap but covered by insurance depending on state.
comment on telehealth — my 11-week log, condensed into one table in c/compounding · 0 points · 9 months ago
the 503A/503B distinction is load-bearing, do not blur it
comment on VendorInvestigate: what the trials say vs what this community says in c/vendorvetting · 187 points · 9 months ago
vendor staff must self-identify, full stop
comment on telehealth — my 11-week log, condensed into one table in c/compounding · -45 points · 9 months ago
The telehealth + compounding combo cost 503A plus 21% markup. Not cheap but covered by insurance depending on state.
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telehealth — my 11-week log, condensed into one table
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/glp1canada repeats that state board is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
comment on [Lab] SGN survo — VendorInvestigate came back 99.0% against a claimed 99.1% in c/survodutide · 30 points · 9 months ago
glucagon co-agonism has a different safety story
comment on [Lab] SGN survo — VendorInvestigate came back 99.0% against a claimed 99.1% in c/survodutide · 77 points · 9 months ago
Maintenance for 8 months now. Weight moves within about 3kg and the dose is a quarter of what it peaked at.
comment on [Lab] SGN survo — VendorInvestigate came back 99.0% against a claimed 99.1% in c/survodutide · 30 points · 9 months ago
the GLP-1/glucagon dual is hepatic fat, different from GIP/GLP-1