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c/maintenancephase·posted 1 year ago by u/anya_rautio

lowest effective dose is the most under-discussed thing in c/trialwatch

Question Receipts ×7

Quick one. Canada here.

regain 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 2 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/food_noise_gonemaintenance77 points·1 year ago

Maintenance for 21 months now. 0.5mg every 40 days, weight 21±21kg. Found the rhythm.

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u/rafael_krastev39 points·1 year ago

What dose are you on?

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u/viktor_erdogan11 points·1 year ago

dose-stretching experiences welcome, dose-stretching instructions are not

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u/anya_rautioOP0 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. Lowest effective dose is a real discovery process.

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u/maintenance_mode_maxMOD82 points·1 year ago

Flair changed to match the content. Read the sidebar before posting next time and we are square.

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u/zeynep_mbeki65 points·1 year ago

the long term question changes at maintenance

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u/noor_cardoso18 points·1 year ago

This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.

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[removed]38 points·1 year ago

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u/honest_syringe17 points·1 year ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/crosspost_bot_no16 points·1 year ago

weight moves within 7kg and that is normal

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u/anya_rautio50 points·1 year ago

This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.

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u/sofia_wikstrom59 points·1 year ago

What dose are you on?

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u/hub_opssite staff-34 points·1 year ago

the maintenance question changes at maintenance

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u/usp_appendixcompendial25 points·1 year ago

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

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u/kaplan_meier_kim6 points·1 year ago

regain is not a moral failing

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u/taper_off_tabitha35 points·1 year ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/maintenance_mode_maxmaintenance11 points·1 year ago·edited

nobody posts about this part and it is the longest part

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The part nobody posts about: what happens at goal weight. Finding a lowest effective dose, dose-interval stretching, regain risk data, muscle retention, the psychology of not having a number to chase, and staying on indefinitely versus tapering.

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