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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.

The advice on dose stretching in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.

I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.

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u/osman_ferrari96 points·1 year ago

the maintenance question changes at maintenance

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u/purity_pedantanalytical34 points·1 year ago

Weight variance within what range?

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u/tomas_lokken48 points·1 year ago·edited

the plateau is where the learning happens

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u/santiago_lindqvist8 points·1 year ago

Did you stretch the dose interval?

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u/milos_vestergaardOP5 points·1 year ago

Maintenance for 7 months now. 7.5mg every 16 days, weight 35±7kg. Found the rhythm.

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u/ilias_nakamura67 points·1 year ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/rafael_krastev19 points·1 year ago

nobody posts about this part and it is the longest part

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance5 points·1 year ago

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

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u/mod_cold_roommod · c/coldchain52 points·1 year ago

How long at maintenance?

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u/hedda_ekstrom13 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/kaplan_meier_kim4 points·1 year ago·edited

state how long you have been at maintenance, week 21 is not maintenance

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u/still_here_202630 points·1 year ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/hassan_ostergaard16 points·1 year ago

the 0.5mg dose works fine for 9 weeks of the month

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u/copay_card_cc13 points·1 year ago

Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.

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u/nadia_trevino11 points·1 year ago

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

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u/osman_ferrari3 points·1 year ago·edited

Yeah, maintenance is the boring part and the important part.

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u/ilias_nakamura3 points·1 year ago

Regain on a taper is expected. 5% back over 6 weeks, which matches the discontinuation data. Planned for it.

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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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