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Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support Research Methods › Statistics effect size heterogeneity worked example number needed to treat Closed Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on correlation. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and the…	+152	166	48k	23mo
Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length Start Here › Welcome beginner friendly guidelines onboarding trust levels Solved Are there stupid questions here? A staff answer, at length I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title and the context underneath, in the…	+122	153	50k	11mo
The mass-error checker and its intended scope Data & Tools › Calculators worked example concentration maths syringe units site feedback The mass-error checker and its intended scope Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Proposing that mass-error checker deserves a maintained page rather than a…	+149	167	42k	2y
Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release Evidence › Journal club journal club estimand randomised trial number needed to treat Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on SURMOUNT-1. It is mine, it is…	+139	157	66k	12mo
A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared — the long version Practice › Reconstitution reconstitution syringe units worked example concentration maths A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about 10 mg vial reconstituted three directly, because…	+146	158	47k	9mo
Second pass at: A field-by-field walk through a certificate of analysis Analytics › COA interpretation certificate of analysis reference standards batch & lot numbers amino acid analysis Solved Second pass at: A field-by-field walk through a certificate of analysis Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. The question about field-by-field walk through a…	+149	164	36k	19mo
Validating a method you did not develop — does this still hold? Analytics › Method validation stability-indicating method LOD & LOQ precision & repeatability recovery Solved Validating a method you did not develop — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Validating a method, and specifically the version of…	+128	148	47k	16mo
Cold packs, phase-change material, and what survives ten days Sourcing › Logistics shipping temperature excursion cold chain customs Cold packs, phase-change material, and what survives ten days — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin cold packs down and I want to set out…	+132	138	65k	2y
When a preprint is the best available evidence and we say so Evidence › Preprints risk of bias effect size preprint Solved When a preprint is the best available evidence and we say so — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A preprint question rather than a question about the…	+148	160	31k	11mo
Pharmaceutical compounding rules, summarised from primary sources Sourcing › Regulatory MHRA EMA research use only Closed Pharmaceutical compounding rules, summarised from primary sources — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking what a regulator's document actually says, since the summaries of…	+135	163	46k	17mo
Domestic fridge temperature mapping: a cheap experiment — what changed since Devices › Cold chain cold chain storage freeze-thaw temperature excursion Domestic fridge temperature mapping: a cheap experiment — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of Domestic fridge…	+145	155	46k	12mo
Oral semaglutide bioavailability and its variability between people — a second dataset Compounds › Oral incretins randomised trial PIONEER programme SOUL trial Closed Oral semaglutide bioavailability and its variability between people — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on Oral semaglutide…	+141	154	47k	19mo
One lot is one lot: when a report becomes a pattern — the long version Sourcing › Vendor reports third-party testing Janoshik Analytical certificate of analysis batch & lot numbers Closed One lot is one lot: when a report becomes a pattern — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the…	+137	152	46k	16mo
Research-use-only labelling: what it means and what it does not — the long version Sourcing › Regulatory EMA research use only compounding Posting this under the heading it deserves: Research-use-only labelling: what it means and what it does not — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. A labelling question, and I would like…	+150	158	55k	14mo
Tirzepatide in type 2 diabetes: the SURPASS programme, summarised honestly Compounds › Tirzepatide tirzepatide SURPASS programme randomised trial effect size Solved Closed Tirzepatide in type 2 diabetes: the SURPASS programme, summarised honestly — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin tirzepatide in type 2…	+150	163	22k	11mo
Retatrutide dose escalation in the published trials Compounds › Retatrutide preprint retatrutide effect size Posting this under the heading it deserves: Retatrutide dose escalation in the published trials Everything below is what sits behind that. An honest uncertainty about retatrutide dose escalation rather than a…	+149	159	30k	15mo
Second pass at: Metformin co-administration and additive GI effects Practice › Interactions hypoglycaemia delayed gastric emptying metformin needs a source On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Metformin co-administration and additive GI effects Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on Metformin co-administration. It is mine, it…	+131	142	56k	19d
Follow-up: Where the four-week escalation interval comes from, and what it is not Practice › Dosing & titration tirzepatide dose reduction worked example missed dose Wiki Where the four-week escalation interval comes from, and what it is not Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about four-week escalation…	+131	147	47k	18mo
Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Clinical › Prescriber conversations prior authorisation type 2 diabetes telehealth Posting this under the heading it deserves: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about how to describe something to a clinician rather…	+139	151	47k	18mo
"Greater than or equal to 99%" as a specification rather than a result Analytics › COA interpretation reference standards documentation quality batch & lot numbers amino acid analysis Solved "Greater than or equal to 99%" as a specification rather than a result Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Setting out an integration problem with the actual…	+132	146	47k	5mo
Amylin analogue mechanism: satiety signalling separate from GLP-1 Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues effect size randomised trial cagrilintide cagrisema Solved Amylin analogue mechanism: satiety signalling separate from GLP-1 — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on amylin analogue…	+128	142	38k	13mo
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — the long version Start Here › How to Ask onboarding beginner friendly guidelines The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Question in the title. Context below, and I…	+129	142	49k	8mo
EMA product information as a primary source — does this still hold? Regional › European Union EMA cost per milligram formulary personal import Solved Closed The question in the title: EMA product information as a primary source — does this still hold? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Something about EMA product information does…	+127	150	41k	20mo
Price changes over 2025 and 2026, tabulated and dated — does this still hold? Access › Pricing compounding formulary cost per milligram Solved Price changes over 2025 and 2026, tabulated and dated — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Documenting an access outcome, dated,…	+147	156	18k	3mo
When "no data" is the complete and final answer Compounds › Other compounds custom synthesis mislabelling needs a source research use only Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: When "no data" is the complete and final answer Asking about the compound itself rather than about a trial of it. I have read the maintained page…	+154	165	6.3k	15mo
Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-OSA and a hard endpoint in a soft field Evidence › Journal club estimand risk of bias number needed to treat 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. Collecting what is known about SURMOUNT-OSA in one place,…	+108	122	52k	7d
Requesting a page: what makes a good request — what changed since Documentation › Wiki requests promoted to docs review date wiki post Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Requesting a page: what makes a good request — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of Requesting a…	+126	141	50k	21mo
Time to steady state after a dose increase Pharmacology › Pharmacokinetics tirzepatide liraglutide worked example missed dose On the subject in the title: Time to steady state after a dose increase Working notes rather than a conclusion. Working through the kinetics rather than the pharmacology, because I think the confusion here is…	+151	163	9.7k	21mo
Sleep tracking data and its considerable limitations Wellbeing › Sleep heart rate fatigue obstructive sleep apnoea Solved Sleep tracking data and its considerable limitations — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A measurement question rather than a physiology one. Consumer sleep trackers report…	+109	126	61k	9mo
[2026 update] Regional warehouse stock versus direct despatch Sourcing › Logistics packaging customs shipping cold chain Regional warehouse stock versus direct despatch Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Working notes on Regional warehouse stock versus direct rather than a…	+135	147	32k	2d

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