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

[Meta] the maintenance rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining

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I have had 18 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 16 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.

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

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u/kasper_cabrera12 points·1 year ago

This is correct. Weight variance is normal at maintenance.

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u/priya_weiss11 points·1 year ago

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

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u/mass_spec_maggieMS9 points·1 year ago

the 1.0mg dose works fine for 47 weeks of the month

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u/enzo_danquah3 points·1 year ago

weight moves within 16kg and that is normal

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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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