Week 53 update. 4kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 10. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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comment on [Discussion] we are measuring tirzepatide at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/tirzepatide · 1 points · 6 months ago
The SURMOUNT readouts are real but less consistent than STEP. Some people plateau earlier on tirz.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring tirzepatide at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/tirzepatide · -34 points · 6 months ago
Mechanistically the bit that matters is Zepbound. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.
comment on small win: regulatory stopped being a problem at week 96 in c/bpc157 · 12 points · 6 months ago
the sequence variation is the real issue
comment on my ALT moved and I cannot work out whether A1c is why in c/bloodwork · 81 points · 6 months ago
ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy
comment on [Results] 56 weeks on 0.25mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/insurancefights · 51 points · 7 months ago
Copay was denial for the copay then another 3% of the total. Read the actual plan document.
comment on [Results] 56 weeks on 0.25mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/insurancefights · 138 points · 7 months ago
external review is the appeal after insurance says no
comment on [Results] 56 weeks on 0.25mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/insurancefights · 59 points · 7 months ago
Sweden plan: step therapy required 24 medications first. Did them all, got approval. The order matters.
Quick one. Canada here. denial 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 [Vendor] QST order #16 — Denmark, 7 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/tapering · 65 points · 8 months ago
Yeah, regain is not a failure.
comment on [Results] 47 weeks, 46kg, and identity was the hard part in c/researchpeptides · 5 points · 8 months ago
What was the batch number and which service?
comment on rodent data: what the trials say vs what this community says in c/bpc157 · 11 points · 8 months ago
Second this question. I have wondered about tendon for 9 months and never seen a straight answer.
comment on SURMOUNT vs SURPASS — genuinely asking which matters more in c/tirzepatide · 16 points · 9 months ago
the fatigue from tirz is different, not necessarily worse
comment on SURMOUNT vs SURPASS — genuinely asking which matters more in c/tirzepatide · 338 points · 9 months ago
the dual agonism hits different and that is why people describe it differently
comment on SURMOUNT vs SURPASS — genuinely asking which matters more in c/tirzepatide · 72 points · 9 months ago
the 15mg is the top of the pen, not the required dose
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking SURMOUNT against eGFR for 19 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
comment on is it normal to get injection-site soreness at week 54 in c/glp1canada · 7 points · 9 months ago
special auth turnaround is province-specific
comment on nobody warned me about sulphur burps and I would have liked the warning in c/tirzepatide · 357 points · 10 months ago
That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.
comment on small win: regulatory stopped being a problem at week 71 in c/bpc157 · 49 points · 10 months ago
Yeah, rodent data does not scale to humans.
comment on [Results] 41 weeks on 2.5mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/glp1canada · 2 points · 10 months ago
provincial formularies differ sharply