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constipation

Common, manageable, and frequently under-reported.

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Why side effects reset at each escalation and that is not a failure Practice › Side effects constipation nausea fatigue delayed gastric emptying Solved Why side effects reset at each escalation and that is not a failure — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. The question about side effects that I actually…	+3	7	11k	14h
Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake lean mass loss micronutrients constipation Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to know what people here actually do about shakes versus food, as…	+22	26	53k	20h
Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake constipation fatigue micronutrients lean mass loss Solved On the subject in the title: Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin tracking intake down and I want to set out where I…	+109	115	4.8k	20h
Revisiting: Taste changes and food aversion, reported and discussed Practice › Side effects nausea vomiting constipation Revisiting: Taste changes and food aversion, reported and discussed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers…	+20	25	4.3k	1d
Muscle cramps: the ordinary causes before the exotic ones — a second dataset Practice › Side effects constipation delayed gastric emptying fatigue hair shedding Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Muscle cramps: the ordinary causes before the exotic ones — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Something about Muscle cramps does not…	+65	77	39k	1d
Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Protein density…	+97	108	3.6k	2d
Constipation management, with a dietitian's contribution Practice › Side effects constipation nausea delayed gastric emptying vomiting Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Constipation management, with a dietitian's contribution Everything below is what sits behind that. Constipation management: setting out the arithmetic in full,…	+79	88	27k	21d
Dizziness on standing and the electrolyte explanation — does this still hold? Practice › Side effects vomiting hair shedding nausea constipation Solved The question in the title: Dizziness on standing and the electrolyte explanation — does this still hold? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Trying to work out what would count…	+89	94	18k	1mo
Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake constipation fatigue lean mass loss Under review Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on micronutrient adequacy, before collecting…	+93	99	5.8k	1mo
Fatigue in the first month: how much is the drug and how much is intake Practice › Side effects vomiting fatigue constipation Solved On the subject in the title: Fatigue in the first month: how much is the drug and how much is intake Working notes rather than a conclusion. Something changed and I would like to know whether it should have.…		4	17k	3mo
Reflux appearing for the first time at a dose step Practice › Side effects vomiting fatigue hair shedding constipation Reflux appearing for the first time at a dose step — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern is useful to…		4	36k	4mo
[2026 update] Distinguishing expected GI effects from something that needs urgent attention Practice › Side effects vomiting fatigue constipation delayed gastric emptying On the subject in the title: Distinguishing expected GI effects from something that needs urgent attention Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the…	+10	14	11k	4mo
Dizziness on standing and the electrolyte explanation Practice › Side effects hair shedding fatigue vomiting delayed gastric emptying On the subject in the title: Dizziness on standing and the electrolyte explanation Working notes rather than a conclusion. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on dizziness on standing, before…	+3	7	147	4mo
The nausea timeline across the first four weeks, with a tabulated log — what changed since Practice › Side effects constipation delayed gastric emptying fatigue nausea On the subject in the title: The nausea timeline across the first four weeks, with a tabulated log — what changed since Working notes rather than a conclusion. What changes if the standard account of nausea…	+24	29	2.8k	6mo
Muscle cramps: the ordinary causes before the exotic ones Practice › Side effects vomiting delayed gastric emptying nausea fatigue Closed Muscle cramps: the ordinary causes before the exotic ones Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Proposing that muscle cramps deserves a maintained page rather than…	+80	90	27k	6mo
Distinguishing expected GI effects from something that needs urgent attention Practice › Side effects nausea hair shedding vomiting delayed gastric emptying Closed Distinguishing expected GI effects from something that needs urgent attention Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reporting something rather than asking about…	+88	101	32k	6mo
Early satiety becoming a problem rather than a benefit Practice › Side effects vomiting fatigue hair shedding constipation Closed Early satiety becoming a problem rather than a benefit — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about early satiety. Everyone…	+20	24	2.5k	6mo
[2026 update] Reflux appearing for the first time at a dose step Practice › Side effects constipation delayed gastric emptying nausea vomiting Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reflux appearing for the first time at a dose step Everything below is what sits behind that. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern…		2	980	7mo
Hair shedding at month three: mechanism and time course Practice › Side effects delayed gastric emptying fatigue constipation hair shedding On the subject in the title: Hair shedding at month three: mechanism and time course Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading back through what has been written here about hair shedding, three…		2	47k	7mo
Vomiting: when it is expected and when it is a reason to stop Practice › Side effects constipation nausea fatigue Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Vomiting: when it is expected and when it is a reason to stop Everything below is what sits behind that. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case…	+116	124	43k	7mo
Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin meeting a protein target down and I…	+39	44	11k	7mo
[2026 update] Whether protein timing matters at a large deficit Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake lean mass loss fatigue constipation micronutrients Whether protein timing matters at a large deficit — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A follow-up question about Whether protein timing that I did not know to ask the first…	+4	8	46k	7mo
Coming back to: Injection-site reactions: describing them precisely enough to be useful Practice › Side effects hair shedding fatigue constipation nausea On the subject in the title: Injection-site reactions: describing them precisely enough to be useful Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading back through what has been written here about…	+21	25	22k	8mo
Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — does this still hold? Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake fatigue lean mass loss micronutrients constipation Solved Closed Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Collecting what is known about Micronutrient…	+21	25	45k	10mo
[2026 update] Sulphur-smelling eructation: mechanism and what helps Practice › Side effects fatigue delayed gastric emptying hair shedding vomiting Posting this under the heading it deserves: Sulphur-smelling eructation: mechanism and what helps Everything below is what sits behind that. I was wrong about Sulphur-smelling eructation in a thread last…		2	7.3k	10mo
Fatigue in the first month: how much is the drug and how much is intake — what changed since Practice › Side effects nausea constipation hair shedding Closed Fatigue in the first month: how much is the drug and how much is intake — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Something changed and I would…	+77	82	1.2k	11mo
[2026 update] Constipation management, with a dietitian's contribution Practice › Side effects nausea vomiting delayed gastric emptying hair shedding Constipation management, with a dietitian's contribution — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Constipation management: what I expected, what I found, and the gap between them.…	+6	10	812	12mo
A side-effect grading scheme this community uses, and its limits Practice › Side effects constipation hair shedding fatigue Posting this under the heading it deserves: A side-effect grading scheme this community uses, and its limits Everything below is what sits behind that. Side-effect grading scheme keeps being re-asked here and…	+1	5	3.8k	12mo
About the Side effects category Practice › Side effects nausea constipation vomiting Pinned Wiki Closed Recognition, grading, timeline, and management. Adverse events that need urgent attention belong in Safety. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is…		4	7.1k	13mo
Follow-up: Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Solved Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about Tracking intake that I did not know to ask the…	+94	106	1.8k	13mo

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