u/kofi_balogun
Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Lagos.
member · joined 13 Apr 2025
comment on [Question] eGFR dropped 8 points during rapid loss, should i worry in c/bloodwork · -36 points · 4 days ago
This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.
comment on [Concerning] ferritin 9. i was eating 1,100 calories and calling it discipline. in c/bloodwork · 3 points · 5 days ago
The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
comment on [Explainer] HOMA-IR is crude and free, track it anyway in c/bloodwork · 1 points · 8 days ago
My triglycerides went from 4 to 32 in 39 weeks. The lipids story shows up in the trend, not the single number.
comment on [Results] hs-CRP halved before the scale moved much in c/bloodwork · 91 points · 12 days ago
Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.
comment on came off reta after 14 weeks. here is the honest version. in c/retatrutide · 82 points · 12 days ago
Yeah, phase 2 retatrutide is interesting but it is not comparable to phase 3 compounds.
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for retatrutide posts in c/retatrutide · 24 points · 15 days ago
nobody should be giving this to anyone without extensive monitoring
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for retatrutide posts in c/retatrutide · 20 points · 15 days ago
Are you quoting phase 2 or is there phase 3 data now?
comment on my A1c moved and I cannot work out whether glucagon is why in c/retatrutide · 25 points · 23 days ago
TRIUMPH data is phase 2, not phase 3, smaller n and shorter
comment on my resting HR went from 58 to 66 on titration and settled back in c/tirzepatide · 3 points · 24 days ago
nope, the equivalence to semaglutide is not known, comparing 15mg tirz to 2.4mg sema is guessing
comment on my resting HR went from 58 to 66 on titration and settled back in c/tirzepatide · 5 points · 25 days ago
This matches the trial data. SURMOUNT-1 was 93.7% body weight at 20 weeks.
comment on [Question] does the vial concentration change how much dead space costs me in c/tirzepatide · 90 points · 27 days ago
dual agonism is Mounjaro, do not generalise from semaglutide
comment on week 26 check-in — 31kg down, muscle cramps manageable, one thing confusing me in c/bloodwork · 0 points · 27 days ago
nobody here can tell you what a result means for you
comment on the phase 2 question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/retatrutide · 88 points · 28 days ago
You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.
comment on the phase 2 question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/retatrutide · 127 points · 29 days ago
Small correction: the trial was 14 weeks, not 38. Does not change your point but people will quote it.
comment on ALT — 6 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/bloodwork · 35 points · 1 months ago
ALT from 4 to 26 is movement, not noise
comment on the glucagon question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/retatrutide · 96 points · 1 months ago
the glucagon component changes the side effect profile, not just the efficacy
comment on [Meta] the Zepbound rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/tirzepatide · 277 points · 2 months ago
the GIP side does different things than the GLP-1 side, that is the point
comment on tried tirzepatide for 23 weeks. here is what happened. in c/tirzepatide · 0 points · 3 months ago
dual agonism is Mounjaro, do not generalise from semaglutide
comment on [Question] dose escalation — what am I missing here in c/retatrutide · 1 points · 4 months ago
the glucagon component changes the side effect profile, not just the efficacy
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
comment on bloodwork — my 15-week log, condensed into one table in c/bloodwork · 554 points · 4 months ago
Same lab both times?