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Contributing data without breaching anyone's privacy Data & Tools › Datasets data table confounding observational data Solved Contributing data without breaching anyone's privacy Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about contributing data without breaching directly, because I…	+65	71	839	5mo
Revisiting: Why the absence of controlled human data on BPC-157 matters more than people admit Compounds › Repair & healing peptides observational data TB-500 BPC-157 preprint Solved Revisiting: Why the absence of controlled human data on BPC-157 matters more than people admit Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about…	+50	55	7.8k	2d
Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — what changed since Documentation › Doc review promoted to docs wiki post review date citation check Posting this under the heading it deserves: Review: a draft on reconstitution arithmetic, with objections — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account…	+39	50	26k	22h
Second pass at: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence Research Methods › Statistics worked example confounding number needed to treat On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence Working notes rather than a conclusion. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on Absence of evidence,…	+50	55	18k	16h
Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment — the long version Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake micronutrients fatigue constipation On the subject in the title: Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about Shakes versus food, deliberately narrow, because the…	+36	41	28k	14mo
Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments — what changed since Analytics › HPLC & UHPLC gradient method data table HPLC Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the…	+30	34	40k	13mo
Step therapy requirements and how to satisfy them Access › Insurance & coverage prior authorisation insurance formulary Posting this under the heading it deserves: Step therapy requirements and how to satisfy them Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to know what people here actually do about step therapy…	+21	25	49k	2mo
How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result Compounds › Retatrutide randomised trial preprint effect size TRIUMPH programme The question in the title: How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Putting the numbers in the first post,…	+36	40	35k	7mo
A payment that went through twice: how it was resolved Sourcing › Payments payments research use only documentation quality Solved Closed A payment that went through twice: how it was resolved Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A payments question, with the mechanics separated from the money. What…	+20	24	55k	3mo
Peak-to-trough ratio at steady state for a weekly agent — the long version Pharmacology › Pharmacokinetics semaglutide missed dose tirzepatide worked example Under review Peak-to-trough ratio at steady state for a weekly agent — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A narrow question about Peak-to-trough ratio,…	+57	61	708	1d
What a good consultation looks like from the other side Clinical › Prescriber conversations prior authorisation telehealth type 2 diabetes beginner friendly What a good consultation looks like from the other side — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Something about good consultation does not reconcile and I…	+57	62	4.9k	22h
Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, robustness — with real criteria — a second dataset Analytics › Method validation linearity LOD & LOQ recovery Closed On the subject in the title: Specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, range, robustness — with real criteria — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on…	+53	58	7.5k	6mo
Coming back to: Why the cheapest option is often not the cheapest Access › Pricing formulary cost per milligram data table compounding Why the cheapest option is often not the cheapest — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Reading back through what has been written here about cheapest…	+21	25	55k	13mo
Coming back to: Reconciling a supplier certificate with an independent result Sourcing › Vendor reports documentation quality certificate of analysis batch & lot numbers Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reconciling a supplier certificate with an independent result Everything below is what sits behind that. Reconciling a supplier certificate — I have the observation…	+26	30	45k	16h
Why plausible mechanism is not evidence of effect Compounds › Repair & healing peptides TB-500 preprint observational data Solved Closed Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why plausible mechanism is not evidence of effect What changes if the standard account of plausible mechanism is wrong? I ask because I have been…	+14	18	57k	13mo
Follow-up: Recovery when intake is low: what to cut first Nutrition & Training › Resistance training DXA lean mass loss fatigue Posting this under the heading it deserves: Recovery when intake is low: what to cut first Everything below is what sits behind that. A follow-up question about Recovery that I did not know to ask the first…	+36	40	38k	20mo
Second pass at: Trial registration and comparing the protocol with the paper Evidence › Trials estimand discontinuation & dropout randomised trial open label Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Trial registration and comparing the protocol with the paper Everything below is what sits behind that. Two things I would like separated before…	+30	34	33k	13mo
Temperature loggers worth the money Devices › Cold chain cold chain storage freeze-thaw Temperature loggers worth the money — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Something about temperature loggers worth the money does not reconcile and I would like a second pair…	+46	50	8k	9mo
Coming back to: Measurement error in a self-reported exposure Evidence › Study critique risk of bias observational data effect size disputed Measurement error in a self-reported exposure — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reading back through what has been written here about Measurement error, three questions…	+23	27	49k	3mo
Chronic kidney disease and the FLOW result Clinical › Comorbidities PCOS blood pressure chronic kidney disease MASH / hepatic steatosis Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Chronic kidney disease and the FLOW result Everything below is what sits behind that. Chronic kidney disease: setting out the arithmetic in full, because I have had…	+34	38	33k	23mo
Which fields on a certificate actually matter, ranked Analytics › COA interpretation reference standards certificate of analysis documentation quality batch & lot numbers Closed Which fields on a certificate actually matter, ranked — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat…	+25	29	46k	4mo
Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you Devices › Syringes & needles needle gauge & length subcutaneous injection dead volume On the subject in the title: Filter needles: when they help and what they cost you Working notes rather than a conclusion. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on filter needles, before collecting…	+45	50	19k	5mo
Vomiting: when it is expected and when it is a reason to stop — one year on Practice › Side effects nausea vomiting hair shedding Vomiting: when it is expected and when it is a reason to stop — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Reporting something rather than asking about it,…	+19	23	49k	18h
Second pass at: Reimbursement variation across member states Regional › European Union personal import formulary cost per milligram EMA On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Reimbursement variation across member states Working notes rather than a conclusion. The question about Reimbursement variation across member states that I…	+23	28	45k	21mo
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold? Research Methods › Statistics effect size heterogeneity number needed to treat Solved Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Reading back through what has been written…	+33	38	26k	23d
Escalating every six weeks instead of four: what I observed over eight months — one year on Practice › Dosing & titration missed dose semaglutide dose reduction titration On the subject in the title: Escalating every six weeks instead of four: what I observed over eight months — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Asking about Escalating every six weeks instead…	+55	59	9.1k	10mo
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
Reading a chromatogram someone posted without axes Analytics › HPLC & UHPLC HPLC UV & DAD detection gradient method data table Reading a chromatogram someone posted without axes — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on reading a chromatogram. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and…	+47	55	9.4k	13mo
Moderation log format change Meta › Announcements trust levels guidelines site feedback moderation Posting this under the heading it deserves: Moderation log format change Everything below is what sits behind that. Moderation log format change keeps being re-asked here and I think that is because the…	+53	57	4.8k	2mo
Historical amylin analogues and what happened to them Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues randomised trial cagrilintide cagrisema effect size Posting this under the heading it deserves: Historical amylin analogues and what happened to them Everything below is what sits behind that. Proposing that historical amylin analogues deserves a maintained…	+29	36	31k	1d