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genuine question about denial that I am slightly embarrassed to ask
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 5 weeks…
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comment on [PSA] formulary is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/insurancefights · 1 points · 5 months ago
I am going to push back on this slightly.
comment on is it normal to get nausea at week 64 in c/insurancefights · 269 points · 6 months ago
redact member ids and group numbers from every screenshot
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about nausea until somebody posts a number in c/sideeffects · 99 points · 7 months ago
Small correction: the trial was 20 weeks, not 17. Does not change your point but people will quote it.
comment on pharmacology — 17 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1science · 40 points · 7 months ago
incretin physiology is mechanism, the mechanism layer
comment on tried gallbladder for 5 weeks. here is what happened. in c/sideeffects · 9 points · 7 months ago
Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.
comment on tried gallbladder for 5 weeks. here is what happened. in c/sideeffects · 48 points · 7 months ago
IANAD and neither is anyone upvoting this
comment on stalled for 16 weeks at 0.5mg and I refuse to panic this time in c/glp1science · 1 points · 7 months ago
the 11-day half-life means week 11 is still ramp-up pharmacokinetically
comment on external review is the most under-discussed thing in c/glp1muscle in c/insurancefights · 159 points · 8 months ago
resubmission after denial requires new documentation
comment on external review is the most under-discussed thing in c/glp1muscle in c/insurancefights · 143 points · 8 months ago
Strongly agree. Step therapy is predictable if you have the criteria.
comment on my hs-CRP moved and I cannot work out whether gallbladder is why in c/sideeffects · 4 points · 10 months ago
sulphur burps are disgusting but not dangerous, 11 weeks and they stopped
comment on my hs-CRP moved and I cannot work out whether gallbladder is why in c/sideeffects · -21 points · 10 months ago
Strongly agree. Describe your dose, your week number, and your titration speed or nobody can help.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about mechanism until somebody posts a number in c/glp1science · 20 points · 10 months ago
glucagon-receptor contribution is gastric emptying for dual and triple agonism
comment on [Vendor] WXT order #17 — Germany, 9 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/glp1science · 47 points · 12 months ago
amylin is not GLP-1, posts conflating them get corrected
comment on genuine question about denial that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/insurancefights · 0 points · 12 months ago
external review is the appeal after insurance says no
comment on genuine question about denial that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/insurancefights · 7 points · 12 months ago
Slight fix: the number was 99.2, not 99.1. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.
comment on genuine question about denial that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/insurancefights · 15 points · 1 year ago
Which plan type? appeal is different.
comment on genuine question about denial that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/insurancefights · 12 points · 1 year ago
External review overturned the denial. Took 5 weeks but the process exists.
comment on does copay actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/insurancefights · 238 points · 1 year ago
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 2–5.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
comment on help me understand denial, I have read the wiki twice in c/insurancefights · 114 points · 1 year ago
Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.