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metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right
Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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comment on is it normal to get injection-site soreness at week 54 in c/glp1canada · 57 points · 9 months ago
special auth turnaround is province-specific
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for 2.4mg posts in c/semaglutide · 47 points · 11 months ago
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 23–5.
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 80 weeks to accept.
comment on [Lab] 13th independent test on QSC, and the trend is the interesting part in c/t2dglp1 · -10 points · 1 year ago
Genuine question — what concentration were you at?
comment on anyone else notice 2.4mg kicking in around week 20 in c/semaglutide · 80 points · 1 year ago
titration speed is food noise plus side effects, period
comment on my eGFR moved and I cannot work out whether regain is why in c/maintenancephase · 18 points · 1 year ago
the 5mg dose works fine for 40 weeks of the month
comment on metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/t2dglp1 · 124 points · 1 year ago
no medication-stopping advice, ever
Adding to this: metformin is doing more work than the comment implies.
comment on metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/t2dglp1 · 0 points · 1 year ago
the weight-loss conversation drowns out glycaemic control sometimes
comment on metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/t2dglp1 · 0 points · 1 year ago
Stalled for 18 weeks, changed nothing, and it started moving again on week 25.
comment on [Vendor] QST order #15 — Spain, 37 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/maintenancephase · 3 points · 1 year ago
Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.
comment on [Vendor] QST order #15 — Spain, 37 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/maintenancephase · 96 points · 1 year ago
the maintenance question changes at maintenance
comment on stalled for 7 weeks at 12.5mg and I refuse to panic this time in c/t2dglp1 · 14 points · 1 year ago
insulin and sulfonylurea interactions are real hypo risk
comment on regain vs dose stretching — genuinely asking which matters more in c/maintenancephase · 176 points · 1 year ago
Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.
comment on am I the only one who found lowest effective dose harder than the injections in c/maintenancephase · 16 points · 1 year ago
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
comment on A1c: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/t2dglp1 · 8 points · 1 year ago
Yeah, glycaemic control is the original use.
comment on A1c: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/t2dglp1 · 0 points · 1 year ago
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 10–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring T2D at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/t2dglp1 · 11 points · 1 year ago
the 13 A1c trend is the answer
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step therapy is the most under-discussed thing in c/labresults
Quick one. Canada here. prior authorization works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently…
comment on metformin: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/t2dglp1 · 25 points · 1 year ago
type 2 is the indication, weight loss is the side effect
comment on metformin: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/t2dglp1 · 182 points · 1 year ago
What was the batch number and which service?