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Is magnesium worth drawing at baseline before starting tirzepatide?

Asked 3 Jul 2025Modified 13 months agoViewed 22k times
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The particulars: magnesium · tirzepatide.

I want to decide this in advance so that I am not deciding it under pressure later.

Assume I will follow the plan I write down, so I would like it to be a good one.

How would you structure this, and what thresholds would you set in advance?

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Same laboratory as last time? Between-laboratory differences are larger than most of the changes people chase. – ines_brandt 6 months ago
8Can you say how far out of range rather than that it was flagged? The flag is a threshold, not a finding. – esther_vandeVelde 5 months ago
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