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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
How shortages have affected compounding permissions — does this still hold? Access › Shortages compounding shortage formulary FDA Solved How shortages have affected compounding permissions — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about shortages directly, because I…	+27	31	21k	17h
Reconstituting a multi-strength kit without mixing yourself up — what changed since Practice › Reconstitution concentration maths syringe units bacteriostatic water On the subject in the title: Reconstituting a multi-strength kit without mixing yourself up — what changed since Working notes rather than a conclusion. What changes if the standard account of Reconstituting…	+42	46	1k	7h
Athletes in weight-category sports: a different risk calculus Clinical › Special populations older adults adolescents disordered eating chronic kidney disease Solved Athletes in weight-category sports: a different risk calculus — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Something about athletes in weight-category sports does not reconcile and I…	+38	42	6.6k	1d
Splitting an overlong document into two Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date wiki post Posting this under the heading it deserves: Splitting an overlong document into two Everything below is what sits behind that. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on splitting an overlong…	+30	34	6.2k	1d
Revisiting: Mobile reading experience on long topics Meta › Site feedback moderation guidelines site feedback Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Revisiting: Mobile reading experience on long topics Everything below is what sits behind that. Bringing the figures rather than the impression, since a process…	+10	15	34k	10h
When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect Practice › Dosing & titration dose reduction tirzepatide titration missed dose Solved When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have…	+38	42	2.7k	19h
PIONEER 6 cardiovascular safety, read as a safety trial rather than an efficacy one Compounds › Oral incretins PIONEER programme SOUL trial randomised trial orforglipron Solved PIONEER 6 cardiovascular safety, read as a safety trial rather than an efficacy one — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on PIONEER 6 cardiovascular…	+25	29	22k	1d
Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs — does this still hold? Devices › Syringes & needles syringe units needle gauge & length dead volume subcutaneous injection Solved Fixed versus detachable needles: the trade-offs — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Working notes on Fixed versus detachable…	+8	12	39k	15h
Transit times by route, from a logged dataset Sourcing › Logistics packaging customs shipping Solved Transit times by route, from a logged dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on transit times. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and…	+34	38	3.6k	18h
Coming back to: Telehealth prescribing models in the US Regional › North America telehealth FDA compounding insurance Posting this under the heading it deserves: Telehealth prescribing models in the US Everything below is what sits behind that. Telehealth prescribing models — I have the observation and I do not trust my…	+26	30	17k	17h
Follow-up: The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for Lounge › Off topic beginner friendly long read On the subject in the title: The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for Working notes rather than a conclusion. A digression I have been saving for the right category. It is…	+30	34	9.7k	11h
Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Evidence › Preprints needs a source risk of bias preprint effect size Solved Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reading an unrefereed manuscript properly, and asking…	+31	35	7k	1d
Lipid changes during rapid weight loss: the expected trajectory Clinical › Bloodwork liver enzymes thyroid function lipid panel lipase & amylase Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Lipid changes during rapid weight loss: the expected trajectory Everything below is what sits behind that. Lipid changes during rapid weight: what I expected, what…	+11	15	34k	11h
Solubility limits and what a cloudy solution is telling you Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry cloudy or discoloured solution storage counter-ion content Solubility limits and what a cloudy solution is telling you — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. The question about solubility limits that I actually want answered is the…	+11	15	34k	20h
Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints Evidence › Journal club randomised trial journal club effect size risk of bias Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints Everything below is what sits behind that. Working notes on semaglutide in MASH rather than a conclusion.…	+24	28	17k	15h
Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? Evidence › Meta-analyses heterogeneity risk of bias effect size publication bias Solved Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about Risk-of-bias tools on behalf of…	+26	30	5.8k	23h
Semaglutide formulation: what is in the licensed product besides the peptide Compounds › Semaglutide SELECT trial type 2 diabetes semaglutide Semaglutide formulation: what is in the licensed product besides the peptide — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin semaglutide…	+29	35	4.4k	1h
Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table Devices › Syringes & needles dead volume worked example subcutaneous injection needle gauge & length Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading U-100 graduations, with a conversion table Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about reading U-100 graduations that I think has a definite…	+35	41	2k	1d
Sulfonylureas: the interaction most worth taking seriously Practice › Interactions needs a source metformin insulin Sulfonylureas: the interaction most worth taking seriously Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. An honest uncertainty about sulfonylureas rather than a disguised…	+4	8	38k	6h
A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history Meta › Wiki maintenance wiki post maintainership moderation citation check A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Proposing that revision dispute resolved deserves a…	+10	15	40k	16h
What the GIP component of tirzepatide is thought to contribute, and how confident we can be Compounds › Tirzepatide tirzepatide SURPASS programme SURMOUNT programme effect size Solved What the GIP component of tirzepatide is thought to contribute, and how confident we can be I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I would like to know what…	+16	20	23k	19h
What a certificate commits its issuer to — the long version Analytics › COA interpretation batch & lot numbers amino acid analysis reference standards certificate of analysis Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What a certificate commits its issuer to — the long version A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in front…	+20	26	21k	2d
Why cagrilintide alone is discussed so much less than in combination — does this still hold? Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues cagrisema randomised trial cagrilintide effect size Solved Under review Why cagrilintide alone is discussed so much less than in combination — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Cagrilintide alone:…	+27	31	1.2k	22h
AOD-9604 and the fragment hypothesis, revisited — does this still hold? Compounds › Other compounds research use only needs a source mislabelling Solved The question in the title: AOD-9604 and the fragment hypothesis, revisited — does this still hold? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. What changes if the standard account of…	+7	11	31k	19h
Travelling with an injectable: documentation and practicalities Access › International NHS personal import EMA MHRA Posting this under the heading it deserves: Travelling with an injectable: documentation and practicalities Everything below is what sits behind that. Documenting a stated criterion rather than an outcome,…	+37	42	2.1k	1d
Follow-up: UK access routes, dated and sourced Regional › UK & Ireland personal import cost per milligram MHRA Solved On the subject in the title: UK access routes, dated and sourced Working notes rather than a conclusion. Regional question, dated March 2026, because everything in this category expires. The position differs…	+10	14	27k	2d
Follow-up: The retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper, read closely Compounds › Retatrutide retatrutide randomised trial preprint effect size The retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper, read closely — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A follow-up question about retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper that I did not know to…	+19	23	16k	2d
Conditions that change the calculus rather than forbidding it Safety › Contraindications disordered eating pregnancy & planning pancreatitis delayed gastric emptying Conditions that change the calculus rather than forbidding it Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of conditions is wrong? I…	+28	32	6.1k	1d
Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Evidence › Trials randomised trial surrogate endpoints open label discontinuation & dropout Solved Under review Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Collecting what is known about composite endpoints in one place, because…	+3	7	33k	13h
A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question Data & Tools › Calculators concentration maths worked example site feedback syringe units Posting this under the heading it deserves: A calculator that gives a right answer to the wrong question Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting the calculation with the inputs, so that somebody…	+32	36	1.9k	17h