j.silva
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Common supplements people ask about, assessed one at a time Replied, post #64 · Practice › Interactions · 18 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Narrowing post #63, because the general version has more than one answer. Common supplements has been discussed here with more heat than it deserves, mostly because two…
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Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits Replied, post #43 · Research Methods › N-of-1 designs · 16 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Blinding yourself is harder than it sounds and is not impossible. Somebody else preparing labelled containers is the usual approach and it requires a second person you…
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Prior authorisation: what the criteria usually require — a second dataset Replied, post #24 · Access › Insurance & coverage · 13 Jul 2026 · 6 likes Worth separating two things that post #20 runs together. Reimbursement changes: a compound covered one year might not be the next. A formulary decision in January can…
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Insurance and replacement policies, compared Replied, post #84 · Sourcing › Logistics · 13 Jul 2026 · 7 likes Post #80 put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it. Practical note on insurance and replacement policies: write down what you expect before you look.…
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Restarting after a long gap: what the labelling implies Replied, post #23 · Practice › Dosing & titration · 13 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Post #22 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition. Research-use-only material is not a licensed product and no labelling covers it. Everything in…
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[2026 update] Temperature indicator cards: worth asking for? Replied, post #19 · Sourcing › Logistics · 12 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Nothing to add on the substance. Thank you for taking the question at face value.
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Private prescribing in the UK: what is actually involved Replied, post #59 · Regional › UK & Ireland · 8 Jul 2026 · 16 likes Answering the question post #55 raises rather than the one it answers. Source for the private prescribing figure, since it was asked for. It is in the discussion rather…
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Follow-up: Signs of dehydration worth acting on Replied, post #15 · Safety › Adverse events · 6 Jul 2026 · 3 likes What I would want before treating Signs of dehydration worth acting as settled: the method, the sample, and whether anyone tried to find the opposite result. Two of the…
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Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Replied, post #9 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 26 Jun 2026 · 7 likes I read post #5 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite. Protein density versus volume is well covered in the tag pages, and the older discussions are…
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Second pass at: Cost versus information: making the trade-off explicitly Replied, post #11 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 25 Jun 2026 · 14 likes The honest cost comparison is a home kit against a single independent submission. For most people the second answers the question and the first answers a different,…
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Ultrasound and skinfolds: operator dependence in practice Replied, post #24 · Outcomes › Body composition · 20 Jun 2026 · 4 likes The most useful protocol is the one you will actually repeat identically. An imperfect measurement repeated consistently beats a better one repeated carelessly. That…
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A 40-week log with the measurement method stated — what changed since Replied, post #8 · Outcomes › Progress reports · 16 Jun 2026 · 10 likes Acknowledging rather than arguing. The reasoning holds as far as I can follow it.