[Meta] the beginner rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
the beginner rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining — with the counter-argument included, because I find it fairly persuasive.
A certificate of analysis is a document describing one batch: what was tested, by what method, and what the result was. Its value depends entirely on whether it names the batch and the method.
Bacteriostatic water contains a preservative, which is what makes repeated entry into a vial reasonable. Sterile water does not, and the two are not interchangeable for that purpose.
Appetite change and weight change are different measurements on different timescales. The first is usually noticed first and the second lags it.
That is everything I have. The rest is opinion and I have tried to keep it out.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Research-use-only material is not approved for human use. That is a plain statement of regulatory fact and it belongs in every beginner thread.
read the wiki first, then ask anyway
What does the wiki page on this say — genuinely asking, not deflecting?
appetite change usually shows up before the scale does
Same. The injection was the thing I was most nervous about and the thing that turned out to matter least.
Nothing on this board is medical advice, and the people answering you — including me — are members with spreadsheets rather than clinicians.
Is this your first step up or the starting dose?
Cosigning the wiki point, and also: ask anyway. The wiki cannot tell you it understood your question.
week two with nothing happening is normal