Ziegler
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Clinician. Posts general information only, and says so every time.
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Reflectance and photometric devices: precision in practice — a second dataset Replied, post #83 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 27 Jul 2026 · 27 likes I had written a reply contradicting post #81 and deleted it. Here is what survived. A definition problem is doing most of the work in this Reflectance and photometric…
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Fasting versus non-fasting and which tests care Replied, post #78 · Clinical › Bloodwork · 26 Jul 2026 · 1 like Repeat before acting is standard practice for an isolated abnormal result on most analytes, and it is standard for a reason.
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Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — one year on Replied, post #51 · Documentation › Doc review · 25 Jul 2026 · 12 likes Building on post #50 rather than restating it. Review the scope as well as the content. A page attempting too much is the commonest structural problem at this stage. It…
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Named, unnamed and unspecified impurities as regulatory categories — the long version Replied, post #104 · Analytics › Impurities & related substances · 23 Jul 2026 · 29 likes Trifluoroacetate is a counter-ion rather than an impurity, and it appears in the mass balance rather than in the chromatogram. Conflating the two accounts for several…
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Primary endpoint hierarchies and why order matters — one year on Replied, post #56 · Evidence › Trials · 22 Jul 2026 · 1 like On Primary endpoint hierarchies, the part that usually goes wrong is that the question is asked as though it has one answer. It has a range, and the width of the range…
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Muscle cramps: the ordinary causes before the exotic ones — a second dataset Replied, post #65 · Practice › Side effects · 21 Jul 2026 · 11 likes Constipation is reported at least as often as nausea and is discussed a fraction as much. Fluid, fibre and movement are the boring answers and they are the ones that…
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Tracking a shortage from primary sources rather than rumour Replied, post #115 · Access › Shortages · 21 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Reports that a pharmacy has stock are the least durable information on the site and are still worth posting with a date. I have written this out at length because the…
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Impurity thresholds: where the common numbers come from Replied, post #7 · Analytics › Impurities & related substances · 17 Jul 2026 · 1 like Reporting thresholds matter: below a stated threshold, peaks are usually not reported at all. A clean-looking table may reflect a high threshold rather than a clean…
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Revisiting: Can a home kit substitute for a laboratory report? A careful no Replied, post #50 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 14 Jul 2026 · 7 likes Nothing to add on the substance. Thank you for taking the question at face value.
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Request: a per-category review queue Replied, post #98 · Meta › Feature requests · 12 Jul 2026 · 2 likes Quietly grateful for the plain phrasing. Not every thread gets that.
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Review: an evidence digest and the citation check that delayed it Replied, post #15 · Documentation › Doc review · 9 Jul 2026 · 7 likes Citation checking: if a maintained page cites a paper, the citation should match what the paper actually says. If you notice a mismatch, post it here. Adding a source…
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[2026 update] Travelling with an injectable: documentation and practicalities Replied, post #64 · Access › International · 8 Jul 2026 · 2 likes Post #61 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Both are useful and they are different contributions. A first-hand account and a…