tried PBS for 8 weeks. here is what happened.
I have had 19 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 6 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.
The independent number came back 99.0% against a claimed 98.0%, 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.
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best — the order this archive was captured in
Came off after 34 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.
Strongly agree. AU and NZ differ.
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Strongly agree.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
My version of this: I was so worried about the injection that I put it off for eleven days. The injection is the easiest part.
Strongly agree. AU and NZ differ.
AU and NZ are different systems, say which
The constipation was genuinely awful for three weeks and then simply stopped. I know that is not useful information, but it is what happened.
My version of this: I was so worried about the injection that I put it off for eleven days.
Disagree on that part. 99.2% and 99.0% on the same vial is normal.
Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.
The fatigue was genuinely awful for three weeks and then simply stopped. I know that is not useful information, but it is what happened.
Came off after 89 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.
Small correction: the trial was 14 weeks, not 39. Does not change your point but people will quote it.
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Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
Yeah, the 2024 rule change was sudden.
Slight fix: the number was 99.0, not 98.9. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.
Slight fix: the number was 99.0, not 98.9.
Disagree on that part. 94.2% and 95.1% on the same vial is normal.
PBS listings change the cost completely
AU or NZ?
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