u/ayesha_radich

side effects that ended someone's run

the regulatory PBS is the blocker

Strongly agree. Provincial variation is real.

This is correct.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

The the food-noise thing was genuinely awful for three weeks and then simply stopped. Week 40 me did not think I would make it to week 86.

This is correct. The reflux is horrible for three weeks and then just ends.

ask your actual doctor, not us

What is the actual shortage list status right now?

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

Mechanistically the bit that matters is TGA. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

Strongly agree. No piling on.

Went to A&E convinced it was pancreatitis. Lipase normal. It was gallstones. Get checked, do not post and wait.

Disagree.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 96 weeks to accept.

API transparency is the question that separates good compounders from sketchy ones

I am going to push back on this slightly.

private plan details: redact your group number

the 2024 compounding rule change closed a major route overnight

The thing nobody prepared me for was the quiet. Not the appetite, the quiet. The constant negotiation in my head about food just stopped.

Strongly agree. Describe your dose, your week number, and your titration speed or nobody can help.

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.