Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.5mg to 12.5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 13 weeks…
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Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Kolkata.
member · joined 15 Jun 2025
Overview — page 2 of 5
comment on am I the only one who found data logger harder than the injections in c/coldchain · 75 points · 1 months ago
comment on reading bloodwork threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/bloodwork · 29 points · 2 months ago
Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.
comment on baseline labs — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/bloodwork · 14 points · 2 months ago
This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.
comment on [Discussion] the reflux advice in here is 18 years out of date in c/sideeffects · 116 points · 2 months ago
hair loss is real and usually reversible when you stabilize
comment on what would you tell week-1 you about pricing in c/glp1uk · 9 points · 2 months ago
This is correct. Private and NHS pathways are different.
comment on [Vendor] WXT order #24 — France, 29 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/glp1aus · 17 points · 3 months ago
no naming compounders operating against current rules
comment on [Vendor] WXT order #24 — France, 29 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/glp1aus · 1 points · 3 months ago
Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with PBS, not with what you concluded.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring reflux at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/sideeffects · -36 points · 3 months ago
No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.
comment on week 16 check-in — 36kg down, sulphur burps manageable, one thing confusing me in c/glp1uk · 1 points · 3 months ago
What is today's date for the pricing?
comment on bloodwork — my 15-week log, condensed into one table in c/bloodwork · 56 points · 4 months ago
ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it
comment on [Results] 31 weeks on 1.7mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/customs · 2 points · 4 months ago
What was in the seizure letter?
comment on [Results] 31 weeks on 1.7mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/customs · 6 points · 4 months ago
research-use documentation is not a magic word
comment on personal import — my 7-week log, condensed into one table in c/customs · 1 points · 4 months ago
the 15mg import allowance is New Zealand-specific
comment on personal import — my 7-week log, condensed into one table in c/customs · 1 points · 4 months ago
declared value is seizure, impacts duty
comment on personal import — my 7-week log, condensed into one table in c/customs · 4 points · 4 months ago
This is correct. State your country always.
comment on [Question] New Zealand — has anyone got a straight answer on lipids in c/bloodwork · 6 points · 5 months ago
My ALT went from 18 to 16 in 42 weeks. The ApoB story shows up in the trend, not the single number.
eGFR. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/orforglipron is downstream of it. Titration speed, early fullness, the…
comment on someone explain hair loss to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/sideeffects · 21 points · 5 months ago
This is correct. The constipation is horrible for three weeks and then just ends.
comment on week 21 check-in — 21kg down, injection-site soreness manageable, one thing confusing me in c/sideeffects · 41 points · 5 months ago
constipation is real, boring, and fixable