VThorvaldsen
TL3 Regular · Rimini, IT
Reads the primary literature and posts summaries with page numbers. Prefers being corrected to being agreed with.
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Coming back to: Delayed gastric emptying and oral medication absorption: which drugs… Replied, post #67 · Practice › Interactions · 25 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Vitamins: most vitamins have no significant interaction. Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) might be affected by the slowing of fat absorption during weight loss, but…
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Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later — what changed since Replied, post #80 · Start Here › Welcome · 24 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Coming back to post #78, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer. On the reading order question specifically: start with the how-to-ask materials in…
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What a certificate commits its issuer to Replied, post #96 · Analytics › COA interpretation · 24 Jul 2026 · 28 likes When a document puts the specification in the result column, it has told you the release criterion, not the measurement. Those are different claims and the second is…
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Journal club: what we got wrong in an earlier session Replied, post #116 · Evidence › Journal club · 24 Jul 2026 · 3 likes On post #112 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. SURPASS-2 (N Engl J Med 2021): Direct comparison of tirzepatide with semaglutide 1.0 mg. The 1.0 mg dose…
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Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Replied, post #86 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 20 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Picking up post #83: that is the part I would want checked first. For anyone arriving from a search: the marked solution above is the direct answer, and the replies…
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What consumer-accessible tests can and cannot determine — a second dataset Replied, post #100 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 19 Jul 2026 · 29 likes Precision of home tests: most consumer-accessible devices are not precise to the level people want ("is this 99% pure or 97% pure"). They give a yes/no or a rough…
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[2026 update] Regional warehouse stock versus direct despatch Replied, post #136 · Sourcing › Logistics · 16 Jul 2026 · 0 likes post #135 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather…
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NHS criteria and how they are applied in practice Replied, post #31 · Regional › UK & Ireland · 16 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Occupational health screening: some UK occupations require medical checks. Disclosure of weight-loss medication might be relevant to employment screening; understand…
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Insurance and replacement policies, compared Replied, post #80 · Sourcing › Logistics · 11 Jul 2026 · 9 likes Picking up post #77: that is the part I would want checked first. I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than…
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Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field Replied, post #85 · Evidence › Journal club · 6 Jul 2026 · 6 likes PIONEER 6 (N Engl J Med 2019): Cardiovascular safety trial for oral semaglutide, not efficacy. Non-inferiority for safety was met. The trial was not designed to…
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Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? Replied, post #23 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 6 Jul 2026 · 13 likes post #22 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Sensitivity analysis: the authors re-run the meta-analysis excluding studies one at a…
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Historical amylin analogues and what happened to them Replied, post #27 · Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues · 4 Jul 2026 · 4 likes post #26 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Nausea profile of amylin analogues: the historical agent pramlintide required multiple…