how much of what we believe about dose stretching actually comes from regain threads
Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: how much of what we believe about dose stretching actually comes from regain threads. On stopping, since it is the question underneath most posts here. Withdrawal studies in this class show substantial regain after discontinuation, consistently,…
Appetite returning before the scale moves follows from the mechanism: the appetite effect is the proximal one and weight is the lagging integrated outcome.
Body weight varies by a couple of kilos over days in stable people through fluid, glycogen and gut content. A range is not a trend.
Push back: that is not a plateau, that is maintenance. You have arrived and you are describing it as a failure.
Chased the last three kilos with a dose increase and got a fortnight of muscle cramps and no change in the number.
maintenance is where the logistics finally get boring, which is the point
Correction: that trial measured regain after withdrawal, not failure of the drug during treatment. Very different claim.
What is the plan if the drift continues for another month?
Yes — interval stretching and dose reduction are different levers and people use the words interchangeably.