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c/tapering·posted 9 days ago by u/injection_site_iris

[Question] interval stretching vs dose reduction — is either better

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I have had 19 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 36 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 98.4% against a claimed 97.2%, 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/viktor_kirchner15 points·9 days ago

Strongly agree. The regain is expected.

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u/elin_varga14 points·8 days ago

say how long you were on and at what dose before taper

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u/teodor_lokken5 points·8 days ago

Strongly agree. The regain is expected.

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u/injection_site_iris10 points·8 days ago

Not to be pedantic but regain and discontinuation are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/preservative_free_p15 points·8 days ago

coming off deliberately, not by accident

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u/valeria_cardoso5 points·7 days ago

no shaming people who restart

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u/adaeze_brandt3 points·8 days ago

Not to be pedantic but regain and discontinuation are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

Adding to this: interval stretching is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/source_or_silence7 points·8 days ago

The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.

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u/chidi_roos6 points·8 days ago

the 15 week discontinuation arm is the data

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u/naomi_ekstrom6 points·8 days ago

the 4 week discontinuation arm is the data

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u/valeria_cardoso7 points·9 days ago
the VendorInvestigate number or it did not happen
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u/injection_site_irisOP1 point·9 days ago

cite the discontinuation data rather than guessing regain rates

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