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[Question] do you tell new people how long this actually is
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking maintenance against ApoB for 3 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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comment on GIP agonism explained like i am five, please in c/tirzepatide · 4 points · 10 days ago
Yeah, dual agonism does produce a different appetite profile than GLP-1 alone.
comment on [Question] does the copay card stack with anything or is that a myth in c/insurancefights · 5 points · 10 days ago
the carve-out clause varies by employer
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 59 weeks to accept.
comment on [Pattern] the nine scams. that is it. there are only nine. in c/scamalerts · 11 points · 11 days ago
Can you post the VendorInvestigate result that shows the problem?
comment on [PSA] "we are the manufacturer" plus a Gmail address is the whole tell in c/scamalerts · 9 points · 17 days ago
Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.
comment on oral 50mg vs injectable 2.4 — OASIS 1 numbers are closer than i expected in c/semaglutide · 24 points · 20 days ago
the 2.4mg dose is not the target, it is just what the pen goes up to
comment on [Results] two years, weight stable within 3kg, dose at a quarter of peak in c/maintenancephase · 4 points · 21 days ago
lowest effective dose is lowest effective dose, find it or stay higher
comment on my gallbladder came out at month 7 and i would still do it again in c/sideeffects · -24 points · 22 days ago
the food-noise thing stops around week 69 for most people
comment on [Question] does the vial concentration change how much dead space costs me in c/tirzepatide · 1 points · 27 days ago
week 42 on Mounjaro and the appetite profile is genuinely different from sema
comment on step therapy: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/insurancefights · -30 points · 27 days ago
This is correct. Appeal letters work.
comment on [Resolved] accused a vendor of a fake COA. i was wrong. correcting the record. in c/scamalerts · 11 points · 1 months ago
PDF metadata said the COA was created in a browser four months after the date printed on the page. Worth flagging.
comment on [Regain] appetite came back over about five weeks, not overnight in c/maintenancephase · 17 points · 1 months ago
regain after taper is expected, plan for it
comment on [PSA] a discount code in a first comment is an instant ban and here is why in c/scamalerts · 11 points · 1 months ago
Yeah, the batch number across three vendors is a real signal.
comment on stalled for 14 weeks at 5mg and I refuse to panic this time in c/sideeffects · 12 points · 1 months ago
ask your actual doctor, not us
comment on [Question] do you tell new people how long this actually is in c/maintenancephase · 4 points · 1 months ago
Tried the lowest-effective approach. 1.0mg worked for 24 weeks, then cravings returned. 7.5mg was the actual floor.
comment on [Question] do you tell new people how long this actually is in c/maintenancephase · -7 points · 1 months ago
regain is not a moral failing
comment on [Confirmed] site copied our own wiki text word for word to look legitimate in c/scamalerts · 30 points · 1 months ago
Not convinced.
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 44 weeks to accept.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about tirzepatide until somebody posts a number in c/tirzepatide · 16 points · 1 months ago
Did you stay on semaglutide or switch? The outcome is different if you are comparing.
comment on [Meta] can we get an auto-reply for "what dose should i be on" in c/semaglutide · 24 points · 1 months ago
the 2.4mg dose is not the target, it is just what the pen goes up to
comment on [Vendor] QST order #13 — Canada, 15 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/sideeffects · 8 points · 1 months ago
the food-noise thing stops around week 79 for most people