Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis risk during rapid weight loss and on treatment: how much is attributable to the rate of loss versus to the drug, and what the pooled trial data show.
What I have: SURMOUNT-4 · early satiety. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to…
Setup, so nobody has to ask: hair thinning · 1,100 kcal. I noticed this today and I have not touched anything since, in case the state is diagnostic. I have not…
What I am working with: STEP 8 · vomiting. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the full report including…
Stated plainly: headache · 1,100 kcal. I noticed this today and I have not touched anything since, in case the state is diagnostic. I have not discarded anything yet,…
Twelve weeks in, losing roughly 1.1 kg a week, and my fasting LDL-C has gone from 2.7 to 3.3 mmol/L. Total cholesterol up from 4.6 to 5.2. Triglycerides down from 1.9…
Details up front: vomiting · orforglipron · SURMOUNT-1. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that…
Stated plainly: 60 mg · eight weeks · constipation. The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not. If the honest answer is that nobody knows, I would…
Details up front: PIONEER-1 · constipation · 15 mg. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear…
The case in front of me: 2.5 mg · twelve weeks · nausea. I want to know whether this is a real physical effect or an artefact of how it is measured. What prompted the…
The case in front of me: headache · liraglutide. I want to know whether this is a real physical effect or an artefact of how it is measured. What prompted the…
Setup, so nobody has to ask: hair thinning · mazdutide · STEP 2. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the…
I am asking about the pattern rather than about my own management, which is elsewhere. I understand the observation; what I do not understand is the mechanism behind…
The particulars: fatigue · nine · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I have read the obvious sources and they disagree with each other, so I would rather ask people who have…
I have been on a stable schedule for eleven weeks, so this is not a first-week question. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot…
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