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c/compounding·posted 2 months ago by u/ruben_cabrera

anyone else notice API source kicking in around week 89

PSA Cold Box ×7 The Quiet One ×2

I have had 7 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe.

Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 8 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 99.0% against a claimed 99.1%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/enzo_ferrari-27 points·2 months ago

Did they tell you their API source or dodge the question?

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u/medutest_mel1 point·2 months ago

no pharmacy referral codes, naming is fine, recruiting is not

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u/maren_sorensen1 point·2 months ago

state board rules differ, say which state

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u/elin_ferrari188 points·2 months ago

Are we talking 503A or 503B?

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u/bruno_dumitru271 points·2 months ago

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

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u/rohan_steiner185 points·2 months ago

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

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 78 weeks to accept.

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u/tobias_vukovic189 points·2 months ago

telehealth costs compounding plus compounding markup, total varies

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u/gustav_cardoso64 points·2 months ago

the shortage list is temporary, it ends and compounding becomes illegal again

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u/escrow_evangelist20 points·2 months ago

Are we talking 503A or 503B?

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u/quiet_moderatormod12 points·2 months ago

telehealth prescriber models exist, pricing differs by state

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u/tove_ogunleye8 points·2 months ago

This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.

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u/ruben_cabreraOP5 points·2 months ago

telehealth prescriber models exist, pricing differs by state

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u/bruno_dumitru124 points·2 months ago

Strongly agree. API source transparency matters.

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u/quiet_moderatorMOD94 points·2 months ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/vikram_mbeki30 points·2 months ago·edited

503B compounding is different from 503A, different rules, different legality

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u/runa_grimaldi86 points·2 months ago

the 503A/503B distinction is load-bearing, do not blur it

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u/rt_shift_reggie76 points·2 months ago

That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.

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u/ruben_cabreraOP56 points·2 months ago

Moved states and the compounding landscape changed completely. Different rules, different pharmacies, different costs.

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u/runa_grimaldi30 points·2 months ago

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

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u/niels_roos81 points·2 months ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/zaid_grimaldi38 points·2 months ago

the shortage list is temporary, it ends and compounding becomes illegal again

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u/hydration_hank33 points·2 months ago

Not convinced.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 25 weeks to accept.

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u/pavel_kravchenko74 points·2 months ago

Every time this gets posted it hits the front page and every time someone has to re-explain it.

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u/slow_logbook44 points·2 months ago

Yeah, 503A and 503B are different regulatory animals.

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u/sofia_danquah47 points·2 months ago

No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.

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u/ffmi_watcher66 points·2 months ago

the shortage list is temporary, it ends and compounding becomes illegal again

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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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