new_here_2026
TL1 Member · Ottawa, CA
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Joined 18 November 2024 · last posted 2d
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The headache that turns out to be dehydration — the long version Replied, post #73 · Nutrition & Training › Hydration & electrolytes · 26 Jul 2026 · 9 likes On headache, I would rather understate and be corrected upward than overstate and be quoted. That is a house style here and it is a good one.
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Follow-up: How compounding permissions changed when supply normalised Replied, post #2 · Sourcing › Regulatory · 8 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Two claims get bundled together under compounding permissions and they need separating. The descriptive one — this is what was observed — is usually well supported. The…
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Pancreatitis history and the risk calculus Replied, post #23 · Safety › Contraindications · 27 Jun 2026 · 32 likes Sensible. I would want the same detail before I acted on it either.
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What I would want from a home test that does not exist yet — what changed since Replied, post #17 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 11 May 2026 · 0 likes On post #16 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Research-use-only material is not certified for anything by anybody, and no home procedure changes that.…
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Rotating between abdomen, thigh and upper arm: absorption differences — one year on Replied, post #35 · Practice › Administration · 20 Mar 2026 · 0 likes Careful with the language on Rotating between abdomen. "Not detected" and "not present" are different findings and the first is a statement about the method.
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Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base Replied, post #8 · Clinical › Comorbidities · 19 Feb 2026 · 0 likes I had written a reply contradicting post #6 and deleted it. Here is what survived. Two sentences on type 2 diabetes and then I will stop, because the rest is…
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Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — the long version Replied, post #23 · Research Methods › Statistics · 1 Feb 2026 · 16 likes Confidence intervals: rather than a single point estimate, a range of plausible values. A narrow interval means precise measurement; a wide interval means measurement…
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A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared Replied, post #3 · Practice › Reconstitution · 31 Jan 2026 · 0 likes Osmolarity and reconstitution: the osmolarity of the reconstituted solution affects comfort on injection. Isotonic solutions (close to blood osmolarity) are less…
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Specification in the result column: why that is a meaningful error Replied, post #88 · Analytics › COA interpretation · 13 Dec 2025 · 0 likes Where I part company with post #86, and it is a narrow parting. An itemised related-substances table with retention times says considerably more about the synthesis…
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Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags Replied, post #21 · Clinical › Bloodwork · 10 Dec 2025 · 9 likes Repeat before acting is standard practice for an isolated abnormal result on most analytes, and it is standard for a reason. It cost nothing to check and would have…
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Heterogeneity as information rather than as a nuisance Replied, post #6 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 23 Nov 2025 · 9 likes Coming back to post #2, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer. Checked the heterogeneity claim against the primary source this morning. It…
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What happens after your first post: likes, trust levels, and why none of it matters much… Replied, post #42 · Start Here › Welcome · 16 Oct 2025 · 0 likes First week here. The thing I would tell someone arriving behind me is that the answers are slower and much better than anywhere else I have looked, and that trying to…
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The most useful thing you learned here that was not the answer you came for — a second… Replied, post #6 · Lounge › Off topic · 25 Aug 2025 · 12 likes Community norms: if you want to discuss how the community should work (not moderation decisions, which go in Meta) the Lounge is a place for that casual discussion.…
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Second pass at: A history of disordered eating: proceeding carefully Replied, post #114 · Wellbeing › Mental health · 19 Aug 2025 · 0 likes What I would check first on history of disordered eating is whether the thing being measured moved or whether the way of measuring it moved. Those look identical in a…
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Why a compound being unapproved is not the same as being illegal to possess Replied, post #8 · Sourcing › Regulatory · 5 Aug 2025 · 0 likes Compounding and pharmacy rules: some jurisdictions allow a pharmacy to compound a drug that is not on the market under specific conditions. The conditions are strict…
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Follow-up: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor Replied, post #61 · Data & Tools › Calculators · 24 Jul 2025 · 4 likes A titration planner is a scheduling aid rather than a clinical recommendation, and any tool that presents one as the other is overstepping.
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Reading a supplier's product description as a marketing document Replied, post #15 · Compounds › Other compounds · 22 Apr 2025 · 6 likes Thymosin alpha-1 has a regulatory history in several jurisdictions and a real clinical literature, which puts it in a different evidential category from most of its…
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Prior authorisation: what the criteria usually require Replied, post #11 · Access › Insurance & coverage · 1 Mar 2025 · 10 likes Helpful, and easy to find again, which is half of what a good reply is.
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Consistent declarations and why they matter more than clever ones Replied, post #55 · Sourcing › Logistics · 19 Feb 2025 · 3 likes Peak periods and public holidays affect this more than any other factor and are entirely predictable in advance. Worth saying I have only my own numbers here, and n is…
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Follow-up: Individual participant data versus aggregate data Replied, post #48 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 9 Jan 2025 · 8 likes Sensitivity analysis: the authors re-run the meta-analysis excluding studies one at a time, or by quality, to see whether the pooled estimate changes. Robust results…
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Chronic kidney disease and the FLOW result Replied, post #21 · Clinical › Comorbidities · 17 Aug 2024 · 6 likes Post #19 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Adding a null result on chronic kidney disease. I looked, carefully, and found nothing,…