u/santiago_ndiaye

Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.

i am begging people to write down the concentration

The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.

Regain on a taper is expected.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

The Janoshik and Medutest numbers on the same vial from SGN came back 96.8% and 96.2%. Both are right, inter-lab variance is real.

state how long you have been at maintenance, week 17 is not maintenance

Mechanistically the bit that matters is what is. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

Dead space ate 17 units on a low-volume draw.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 58 weeks to accept.

Dead space ate 17 units on a low-volume draw. Tiny impact at 0.25mg, massive impact at 15mg.

Cored the stopper on my 22th draw because I kept using the same entry point. Rotate the puncture site.

pens versus vials, same molecule, different price

is this normal week 16 — yes, probably

more water means more units for the same dose, which means finer resolution

the lowest dose you can stay on is not the lowest dose that works

positive and negative reports both need the same evidence standard

what is bac water — bacteriostatic water, preservative included

pens versus vials, same molecule, different price

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 45 weeks to accept.