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[Lab] 22th independent test on QSC, and the trend is the interesting part

Question Cold Box ×7 Clean Column ×2

Quick one. Canada here.

basics 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 8 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.

3,224 up / 674 down83% upvoted36 commentsid t216rv5 Apr 2024

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u/ruben_cabrera256 points·2 years ago
yep. 75 weeks in, same.
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u/old_account_202362 points·2 years ago

the normal question is not dumb

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u/erez_perrin140 points·2 years ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with first time, not with what you concluded.

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u/second_week_sceptic209 points·2 years ago

is this normal week 18 — yes, probably

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u/clara_danquah37 points·2 years ago

what is a COA — certificate of analysis, document from the lab

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u/fabio_nkemelu211 points·2 years ago

Yeah, that is totally normal for week 23.

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[removed]92 points·2 years ago

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u/wholesome_lurkerOP41 points·2 years ago

what is titration — it means going slow on the escalation

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u/piotr_bruun31 points·2 years ago

Are you on a pen or vial?

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u/greta_perrin284 points·2 years ago

rudeness is removed faster than bad questions

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance130 points·2 years ago·edited

link the wiki instead of retyping, but politely

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u/ilias_cabrera194 points·2 years ago
batch number?
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u/saskia_rahimi136 points·2 years ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/wholesome_lurkerOP49 points·2 years ago

no dose recommendations for individuals, even here

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u/wholesome_lurkerOP105 points·2 years ago

Week 7 checking in: nothing on the scale, no nausea, wondering if the pen is broken. No, it is just week 7.

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u/teodor_jansen71 points·2 years ago

week two nothing happening — yes, that is normal

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u/food_noise_gonemaintenance119 points·2 years ago

Strongly agree. No question is dumb here.

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u/aurel_mwangi45 points·2 years ago·edited

The beginner question took me three weeks to understand. Wiki explained it eventually.

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u/micro_bump_mick66 points·2 years ago

No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.

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u/arne_restrepo29 points·2 years ago

no question too basic, read the wiki first, then ask anyway

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u/rekha_teixeira29 points·2 years ago·edited

Slight fix: the number was 95.1, not 94.2. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/constipation_clubside effects60 points·2 years ago

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

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u/wholesome_lurkerMOD22 points·2 years ago

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

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u/escrow_evangelist39 points·2 years ago

This is a good question, genuinely.

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u/due_diligence_dee0 points·2 years 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/karma_irrelevant1 point·2 years ago

Titration means going slow. The 7.5mg is the starter, not the dose you stay on, not the dose you need to feel it.

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u/saskia_bakker1 point·2 years ago·edited

the first time question is not dumb

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u/mateusz_adebayo1 point·2 years ago

the beginner question is not dumb

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