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c/t2dglp1·submitted 10 months ago by u/stablecoin_steve

three years of metformin threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

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The title is the argument: three years of metformin threads, summarised so you do not have to read them. Here is the rest of it. Variability dropped before the average did, which was visible on the sensor and invisible on the lab result. Assumed the weight endpoints from the obesity trials applied to my situation.…

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u/a1c_arcMOD9 points·10 months ago

Retitled — the original quoted an obesity endpoint as a glycaemic one.

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u/gentle_correctionnice about it6 points·10 months ago

Have you taken this to whoever manages your diabetes?

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u/karim_ramos2 points·10 months ago

Sensor accuracy varies across wear, and readings on the first day are the least reliable. Calibration practice and compression artefacts explain many alarming single values.

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u/priya_weiss4 points·10 months ago

Kept fingersticks alongside the sensor for two weeks to sanity-check it. Worth doing once.

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u/zaid_dahlberg6 points·10 months ago

Push back: one sensor reading is not a data point worth acting on, especially in the first day of wear.

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u/ingrid_correia2 points·10 months ago

Is that a first-day sensor reading?

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