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c/newbiequestions·submitted 3 days ago by u/week_one_wanda

wait so is 0.25 the "real" dose or is that just the starter

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I've read like six different explainer posts and I'm somehow more confused than when I started. Everyone keeps saying 0.25 "doesn't count" and the real dose is higher up the ladder somewhere. My provider gave me a box of four pens and said one a week for a month, that's it, no other explanation. Is 0.25 actually…

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u/titration_marshalMOD214 points·2 days ago

0.25 counts, it's just not the dose most people stay on. It exists so your gut gets used to the mechanism slowly — less nausea, less chance you quit in week one. Nobody expects it to move the scale much. That's the design, not a malfunction.

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u/week_one_wandaOP61 points·2 days ago

ok that helps a lot actually. so it's less "is this dose working" and more like onboarding

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u/titration_marshalMOD48 points·2 days ago

onboarding is exactly the right word for it.

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u/units_not_mgsyringe math33 points·2 days ago

steal this phrase, it's better than anything in the wiki right now

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