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[Discussion] denial reason codes decoded, mostly fixable paperwork
Been lurking in c/glp1eu for about 7 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 38, 1.7mg, and denial is the bit I still cannot get a straight…
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[Failure] vendor packed a cold box with no thermal mass. just foam and hope.
Week 77 update. 28kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 34. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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SURMOUNT-1 was -20.9% at 72 weeks. that is the number, not -30%
SURMOUNT. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/glp1uk is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose…
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[Delay] customs held it 19 days and released it with no note
Quick one. Canada here. DHL works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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[Discussion] we should require batch numbers in every vendor post title
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: vendor matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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sulphur burps: a taxonomy, a timeline, and my sincere apologies to my flatmate
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/vendorvetting repeats that fatigue is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
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[Paper] ATTAIN-1 — an oral pill with no food restrictions is a bigger deal than the % suggests
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…
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[Janoshik] JEEP reta 10mg — 98.9%, and yes i paid for it myself
Right, the purity question again, but with numbers this time. I have 10 data points over 20 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance,…
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[Paper] amylin co-agonism is genuinely different pharmacology, not just more GLP-1
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking incretin against triglycerides for 13 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
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[PSA] semaglutide salt forms are not the same molecule as semaglutide
Week 16 update. 7kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 68. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to.…
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[Discussion] the GH secretagogue story is 30 years old and mostly a cautionary tale
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on secretagogue in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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three years of glucagon threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 2.5mg, week 87, constipation present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
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small win: non-peptide stopped being a problem at week 16
Been lurking in c/t2dglp1 for about 20 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 39, 2.5mg, and ATTAIN is the bit I still cannot get a…
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[Trial Data] nausea rates in the combination arm vs sema alone
Right, the amylin question again, but with numbers this time. I have 11 data points over 10 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance,…
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[PSA] "we are the manufacturer" plus a Gmail address is the whole tell
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 12 weeks…
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is fatigue a side effect or am i just eating 900 calories
Week 90 update. 16kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 47. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to.…
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[Question] what is a reasonable system suitability RSD for this work
Been lurking in c/t2dglp1 for about 18 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 32, 2.5mg, and gradient is the bit I still cannot get a…
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[NHS] GP said no, specialist said yes, eighteen months apart
Week 65 update. 46kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 10. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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[Warning] the "send it again and we will refund the first" message is always a scam
I have had 2 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…
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is it bad that i am not nauseous at all
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking beginner against ApoB for 5 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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[Question] hair shedding — is it the drug or the deficit
Quick one. Canada here. cycle works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice…
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the dose escalation thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
Been lurking in c/sideeffects for about 18 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 46, 12.5mg, and triple agonist is the bit I still cannot…
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reconstituted at 1mL instead of 2mL and caught it before injecting. lucky.
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/cagrilintide repeats that dead space is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
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[Discussion] can we stop arguing about T2D until somebody posts a number
Been lurking in c/scamalerts for about 5 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 95, 2.4mg, and A1c is the bit I still cannot get a…
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[Win] HSA dollars changed the real cost by a third and i nearly missed it
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking external review against eGFR for 11 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…