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c/compounding·posted 1 year ago by u/runa_grimaldi

[Question] Ireland — has anyone got a straight answer on API source

Question Long Haul ×8 Well Actually ×1 Receipts ×3

API source. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.

Everything else people worry about in c/t2dglp1 is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort API source out first, and almost nobody does.

I say this having got it wrong for 24 months. My ApoB was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.

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u/swirl_dont_shakereconstitution368 points·1 year ago

This is correct. The shortage list does expire and the rules change.

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u/controversial_only97 points·1 year ago·edited

Which state? Rules vary.

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u/discount_math_dm211 points·1 year ago

This is correct. The shortage list does expire and the rules change.

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u/gallbladder_gary162 points·1 year ago

Not to be pedantic but 503A and state board are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/controversial_only142 points·1 year ago

Are we talking 503A or 503B?

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u/kian_ferreira47 points·1 year ago·edited

Small correction: the trial was 4 weeks, not 10. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/cold_chromatogram3172 points·1 year ago

API source questions are on-topic and compounders dodging them is newsworthy

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u/ilias_cabrera101 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. API source transparency matters.

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u/runa_grimaldiOP59 points·1 year ago

The telehealth + compounding combo cost telehealth plus 3% markup. Not cheap but covered by insurance depending on state.

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u/amara_kuipers29 points·1 year ago

API transparency is the question that separates good compounders from sketchy ones

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u/runa_grimaldiOP0 points·1 year ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/ignacio_vanhecke105 points·1 year ago
nope. mine was the opposite.
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u/ffmi_watcher86 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. API source transparency matters.

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u/milos_mensa37 points·1 year ago·edited

What is the actual shortage list status right now?

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Compounded GLP-1s as a supply route: the 503A/503B distinction, the shortage-list mechanics that made compounding legal and then didn't, state board rules, telehealth prescriber models, and what a compounding pharmacy will and will not tell you about its API source.

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