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[Results] 5mg for eight months, never went higher, -22kg
Quick one. Canada here. 15mg 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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comment on [Baseline] get these before you start, you cannot go back for them later in c/bloodwork · 10 points · 2 days ago
post reference ranges with your numbers, units differ by country and lab
comment on [Sceptic] the tendon claims outran the evidence by about a decade in c/bpc157 · 5 points · 3 days ago
handlers in the community are rare and cautious
comment on [Results] came off deliberately over four months, regained 4kg not 24 in c/tapering · 9 points · 3 days ago
Small correction: the trial was 13 weeks, not 18. Does not change your point but people will quote it.
comment on [Results] 5mg for eight months, never went higher, -22kg in c/tirzepatide · -28 points · 5 days ago
How long at each step before you escalated?
comment on [Explainer] evidence levels: in vitro, rodent, human. say which one you mean. in c/researchpeptides · 8 points · 6 days ago
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
comment on [Denied] employer carve-out was in the plan document, not the summary in c/insurancefights · 11 points · 6 days ago
This is correct. Appeal letters work.
comment on [Caution] research use only. handling questions welcome, protocols are not. in c/bpc157 · 23 points · 7 days ago
rodent data must be labelled as rodent data
comment on [Question] interval stretching vs dose reduction — is either better in c/tapering · 14 points · 8 days ago
say how long you were on and at what dose before taper
comment on [Titration] 12 weeks per step is not too slow, it is just unfashionable in c/tirzepatide · 20 points · 14 days ago
The SURMOUNT readouts are real but less consistent than STEP. Some people plateau earlier on tirz.
comment on [Titration] 12 weeks per step is not too slow, it is just unfashionable in c/tirzepatide · 23 points · 14 days ago
The dual agonism story is real. The appetite is physically different from semaglutide alone.
comment on [Discussion] denial reason codes decoded, mostly fixable paperwork in c/insurancefights · 6 points · 15 days ago
do not suggest misrepresenting a diagnosis, that is fraud
comment on three years of special authorization threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/glp1canada · 11 points · 15 days ago
no cross-border purchasing instructions
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[Titration] 12 weeks per step is not too slow, it is just unfashionable
Quick one. Canada here. Zepbound works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice…
comment on [Win] HSA dollars changed the real cost by a third and i nearly missed it in c/insurancefights · 111 points · 17 days ago
External review overturned the denial. Took 19 weeks but the process exists.
comment on [Win] HSA dollars changed the real cost by a third and i nearly missed it in c/insurancefights · 6 points · 18 days ago
appeal letter templates are in the wiki
comment on does special authorization actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/glp1canada · 2 points · 18 days ago
name your province, coverage is provincial
comment on [Meta] the tapering rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/tapering · 6 points · 21 days ago
regain on taper is expected, plan for it
comment on [Explainer] which labs are worth repeating quarterly and which are theatre in c/bloodwork · -35 points · 22 days ago
Not to be pedantic but ApoB and eGFR are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
comment on someone explain denial to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/insurancefights · 148 points · 25 days ago
reading this at 2am on my 56th week. thank you.