See this a lot, usually framed as "saving product" or "spacing it out a bit". Genuinely asking the pharmacology people here: does nudging the interval to 8-9 days…
Semaglutide
c/semaglutide · created 4 Aug 2023
Ozempic, Wegovy, compounded and research semaglutide. Dosing, titration, results.
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Fourteen months of nausea logging here and I switched from single weekly to a twice-weekly split about two months ago. My own log shows fewer "bad day" flags since…
Not asking anyone to tell me what to do, more asking about the decision process people used before they had that conversation with whoever prescribes for them. What…
0.25 for two weeks now. No nausea, no appetite change I can point to, no scale movement. Did I get a dud pen or is this genuinely just how it goes.
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Reference standardsGetting asked this every single week so putting it in one place. The labelled schedule (roughly: 0.25 for a month, then step up every 4 weeks) is the fastest the trials…
Getting asked "is this a real plateau" constantly so here's the actual method instead of vibes. Take your daily weigh-ins, compute a 7-day rolling average (average of…
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking 2.4mg against eGFR for 7 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker than I…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 7.5mg to 2.4mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 14 weeks…
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 1.0mg, week 49, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
I have had 11 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…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.25mg to 10mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 18 weeks…
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: 2.4mg matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 15mg, week 92, constipation present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 1.0mg to 15mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 6 weeks…
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: semaglutide matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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glbiochem.netWeek 26 update. 37kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 78. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 0.5mg, week 15, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 12.5mg to 5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 6 weeks…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.25mg to 10mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 11 weeks…
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 5mg, week 67, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
Week 61 update. 22kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 18. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: semaglutide matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 12.5mg to 5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 23 weeks…
I have had 15 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…
Been lurking in c/dosinglogs for about 19 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 48, 15mg, and titration is the bit I still cannot get a…