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Semaglutide and alcohol: what is actually documented
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Semaglutide and alcohol: what is actually documented Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) cited in support of a claim I do…
SFNNRGCSAZ+14 18 10k 2d
Search filters: what is missing
Search filters: what is missing — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The topic in question keeps being…
LEBAELHFSC+74 84 15k 3d
Second pass at: Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly
On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly Working notes rather than a conclusion. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…
AACCMMMLDF+93 99 36k 3d
Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits
On the subject in the title: Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019) with STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) and finding the…
AZMBCRJNC+40 44 33k 5d
Coming back to: Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, robustness — with real criteria
On the subject in the title: Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, robustness — with real criteria Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the method first, because I know what the first…
AWHNFJCOT+93 99 1.4k 6d
A single out-of-range value on an otherwise normal panel
Posting this under the heading it deserves: A single out-of-range value on an otherwise normal panel Everything below is what sits behind that. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
GDBVMSBNL+70 75 20k 6d
eGFR fluctuation and the creatinine denominator problem
On the subject in the title: eGFR fluctuation and the creatinine denominator problem Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
AFEHNA 2 10k 6d
0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters
0.3 mL versus 0.5 mL versus 1 mL barrels: resolution matters — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly…
KABVRCTAK+104 114 6k 6d
Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field
Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016) with SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl…
FPHMLPAAVB+108 122 52k 7d
Revisiting: Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit?
Revisiting: Is there a ceiling dose beyond which semaglutide stops adding benefit? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA ,…
AWBWCEPLEK+5 9 30k 8d
Preservatives: function, testing, and limits — one year on
On the subject in the title: Preservatives: function, testing, and limits — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked. tirzepatide…
SDKBBHKHA+28 32 437 8d
[2026 update] Journal club: FLOW and the renal composite, component by component
Journal club: FLOW and the renal composite, component by component Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in…
NBTAC 2 21k 9d
Substitution between formats during a shortage — what changed since
Substitution between formats during a shortage — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A coverage question with the paperwork detail included, since that is…
SBKACONKWN+17 21 2.7k 9d
Evidence quality in the secretagogue literature: an honest assessment
Evidence quality in the secretagogue literature: an honest assessment Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024) with STEP…
SSSVK 2 25k 9d
Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Pages past their review date, listed — does this still hold? Nominating something for promotion into the documentation commons. The topic in…
GPAINRLDEF+49 56 39k 11d
Manufacturer assistance programmes and their eligibility rules
On the subject in the title: Manufacturer assistance programmes and their eligibility rules Working notes rather than a conclusion. Documenting an access outcome, dated, because everything in this category…
TPHFRMIBCR+37 42 32k 11d
Why I now write the concentration on the vial in marker
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why I now write the concentration on the vial in marker Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly these go wrong…
CRAITHCAEF+1 5 30k 11d
Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong
Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below,…
WPAAHSNOPI+118 135 2.2k 11d
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: symptom endpoints
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: symptom endpoints — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published…
ITSGSRFVII+19 23 311 12d
Tirzepatide storage and stability: what is published versus what is assumed
On the subject in the title: Tirzepatide storage and stability: what is published versus what is assumed Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read…
APPOELIGR+17 21 17k 12d
I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories?
The question in the title: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I want to check my reasoning…
CTMECCAAPS+29 40 1.4k 12d
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — does this still hold?
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context…
KOKBSFLCAS+19 23 40k 14d
Follow-up: Reconciling a label claim with a content assay
Reconciling a label claim with a content assay Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it anywhere.…
RRBVTITNAE+26 30 6.5k 14d
What to include when your question involves a chromatogram — one year on
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What to include when your question involves a chromatogram — one year on Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the…
HKCETVNKO+69 75 862 14d
Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on
On the subject in the title: Osteoarthritis and mechanical versus metabolic improvement — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
DVCCNKCOPO+52 56 8.1k 15d
[2026 update] Does a peptide degrade silently, with no visual change?
Does a peptide degrade silently, with no visual change? — 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 a gap,…
MPSLVMPFF+82 86 24k 15d
Racemisation and why it is invisible to a mass measurement — what changed since
Racemisation and why it is invisible to a mass measurement — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Working through the identity arithmetic and I…
TVBVCCBIN+11 15 42k 16d
[2026 update] Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments
On the subject in the title: Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three…
BIISCJBSG+65 70 1.1k 16d
Interim analyses and stopping rules
Interim analyses and stopping rules Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SUSTAIN 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2016) cited in support of a claim I do not think…
TKHJRIGEL+25 29 35k 16d
Secretagogues and glucose tolerance: the mechanistic concern
On the subject in the title: Secretagogues and glucose tolerance: the mechanistic concern Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read it before…
INRDMDOVFF+64 70 52k 17d