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c/glp1women·posted 1 year ago by u/sterile_field_steph

unpopular opinion: contraception is massively overrated

Question Receipts ×2 Long Haul ×3

Quick one. Canada here.

cycle works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 9 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/enzo_fonseca-17 points·1 year ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/devils_advocate_d1 point·1 year ago

cycle changes are real and under-researched

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u/karl_fischer_kev92 points·1 year ago

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/sterile_field_stephOP48 points·1 year ago

Poland here. Waited 23 months on a list, gave up, went private, and the total cost was roughly what I expected.

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u/coa_forgery_watch33 points·1 year ago

fertility signal is there but unclear

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u/nora_oyelaran77 points·1 year ago

Small correction: the trial was 21 weeks, not 25. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/enzo_fonseca43 points·1 year ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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