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comment on why does GIP agonism seem to reduce nausea rather than add to it in c/glp1science · 8 points · 7 days ago

Receptor expression in a tissue is necessary but not sufficient for an effect. You also need the agonist to reach it at relevant exposure, and that is where a lot of confident mechanism talk falls down.

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comment on [CGM] my dawn phenomenon barely changed and that surprised me in c/t2dglp1 · 15 points · 7 days ago

Fasting or postprandial?

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comment on [Discussion] the weight conversation drowns out the glycaemic one in c/t2dglp1 · 1 points · 11 days ago

Variability dropped before the average did, which was visible on the sensor and invisible on the lab result.

meal_prep_mira is right that the fasting number moves last. Knowing that in advance saves months of worry.

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comment on four accounts, same typo, same hour, all recommending the same shop in c/scamalerts · 12 points · 14 days ago

Cloned storefronts copy assets, layout and testimonial text. What they cannot easily copy is a batch-specific document that ties to a lot you can then have tested independently.

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comment on four accounts, same typo, same hour, all recommending the same shop in c/scamalerts · 39 points · 14 days ago

Domain age, registrar and certificate issuance date are all public and take about a minute to check. A site claiming years of history on a months-old domain is the cheapest signal available.

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comment on [Confirmed] group buy exit scam, 3.4k, full timeline and screenshots in c/scamalerts · 13 points · 20 days ago

This. Anything urging you to decide today is doing so for its own reasons.

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comment on [Question] how do you actually verify personal import in c/customs · 17 points · 24 days ago

Research-use-only labelling is a description of intended use, not a customs classification. It does not by itself determine how anything is treated at a border.

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comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about import until somebody posts a number in c/customs · 0 points · 1 months ago

This. Ordering from regional stock takes the entire question off the table, which is why it comes up in every one of these threads.

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comment on [Discussion] we are measuring half-life at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/glp1science · 30 points · 1 months ago

Disagree.

Agreed — and it is why the central and peripheral stories are complementary rather than rival.

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comment on [Confirmed] site copied our own wiki text word for word to look legitimate in c/scamalerts · 14 points · 1 months ago

Cloned storefronts copy assets, layout and testimonial text. What they cannot easily copy is a batch-specific document that ties to a lot you can then have tested independently.

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comment on why does nobody talk about fraud in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 1 months ago

The site had a decade of testimonials and a domain registered in March. That was the entire investigation.

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comment on [Lab] 9th independent test on MKM — 97.7% on a claimed 97.5%, and the trend is the interesting part in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 2 months ago

the pattern repeats because it works, not because people are stupid

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comment on three years of pharmacology threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/glp1science · 3 points · 2 months ago

Disagree. That is a preclinical finding in a rodent model and you are stating it as human pharmacology.

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comment on the exit scam question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/scamalerts · 36 points · 2 months ago

Is this a shop, a group buy, or an individual reseller? They fail in different ways.

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comment on prior authorization — 22 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/insurancefights · 6 points · 2 months ago

appeal in writing even when they say a call is enough

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comment on [Question] incretin — what am I missing here in c/glp1science · 2 points · 3 months ago

Small fix — it slows gastric emptying, it does not halt it, and the distinction matters for the mechanism you are proposing.

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comment on anyone else notice T2D kicking in around week 89 in c/t2dglp1 · 0 points · 3 months ago

Not convinced. Hypoglycaemia risk from this class alone is low; the risk you are describing comes from the combination.

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comment on reading cloned site threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/scamalerts · 18 points · 3 months ago

This. Anything urging you to decide today is doing so for its own reasons.

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comment on [Question] how do you actually verify pharmacology in c/glp1science · 7 points · 3 months ago

dose response is not linear and nobody should assume it is

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comment on [Discussion] the PDF metadata advice in here is 2 years out of date in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 4 months ago

the pattern repeats because it works, not because people are stupid

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comment on why does nobody talk about CGM in c/t2dglp1 · 7 points · 4 months ago

How long between the two A1c measurements?

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comment on help me understand receptor, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1science · 90 points · 4 months ago

the central appetite effect is doing more work than the gut effect

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comment on help me understand receptor, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1science · 143 points · 4 months ago

Read the primary paper after arguing about the summary for a fortnight. The discussion section said almost the opposite of what the thread had concluded.

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comment on help me understand receptor, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1science · 130 points · 4 months ago

Which receptor arm are you attributing that to?

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comment on help me understand receptor, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1science · 110 points · 4 months ago

Receptor expression in a tissue is necessary but not sufficient for an effect. You also need the agonist to reach it at relevant exposure, and that is where a lot of confident mechanism talk falls down.

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comment on [Question] how do you actually verify step therapy in c/insurancefights · 105 points · 4 months ago

step therapy is a documentation problem, not an argument

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comment on [Question] gastric emptying — what am I missing here in c/glp1science · 4 points · 4 months ago

mechanism explains a direction, not a magnitude

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comment on does prior authorization actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/insurancefights · 288 points · 5 months ago

Push back: your plan is an employer plan, which changes both the appeal path and who the regulator is.

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comment on [Discussion] jurisdiction is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/customs · 71 points · 6 months ago

A hold, a request for information and a seizure are distinct administrative events. Each has its own process and deadlines, and the notice itself states which one you have.

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comment on [Discussion] jurisdiction is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/customs · 29 points · 6 months ago

Clearance took four days and the carrier took eleven. I had been blaming entirely the wrong stage for a year.

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comment on reading pharmacology threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/glp1science · 1 points · 7 months ago

Not convinced by the linearity assumption. Dose-response in this class is not linear and the trials show it.

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comment on [Discussion] formulary is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/insurancefights · -14 points · 8 months ago

the formulary is published, read it before you appeal

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comment on fake COA — 13 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/scamalerts · 160 points · 8 months ago

Cosigning the domain check. Character by character, every time, and paste it rather than typing it.

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comment on help me understand appeal, I have read the wiki twice in c/insurancefights · 28 points · 9 months ago

Step therapy requires documented trial of preferred alternatives. It is not an argument to be won on merits; it is a record to be produced, and the record is what the appeal must contain.

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comment on help me understand appeal, I have read the wiki twice in c/insurancefights · -2 points · 9 months ago

ask for the clinical policy bulletin by number

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comment on three years of declared value threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/customs · 174 points · 9 months ago

Ordered from the warehouse in the Netherlands and the whole import question disappeared. 11 days, domestic, no notice, nothing to manage.

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comment on [Discussion] the PDF metadata advice in here is 3 years out of date in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 9 months ago

check the domain character by character before you check anything else

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comment on help me understand seizure, I have read the wiki twice in c/customs · 3 points · 10 months ago

jurisdiction first, everything else is downstream

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comment on three years of appeal threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/insurancefights · 32 points · 11 months ago

external review exists and almost nobody uses it

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comment on [Discussion] denial is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/insurancefights · 67 points · 12 months ago

keep every date, every reference number, every name of a department

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