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c/sideeffects·posted 29 days ago by u/aa_analysis_andy

[Discussion] the hair loss advice in here is 3 years out of date

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the hair loss advice in here is 3 years out of date. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments.

To save the first four comments: 3 years.

Held the dose for an extra six weeks instead of stepping. The food noise settled and I lost the same amount anyway.

The effect on gastric emptying is most pronounced early and attenuates with continued dosing, which is the mechanism behind the "it settles at a stable dose" pattern the whole board reports.

That is everything I have. The rest is opinion and I have tried to keep it out.

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u/chidi_abubakar117 points·28 days ago

Most of the common complaints trace back to slowed gastric emptying — early fullness, reflux, nausea after a large or fatty meal. That is also why meal size and speed change the experience more than anything else.

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u/constipation_clubMOD59 points·28 days ago

Left up. It is a description of one person’s week and it is flagged as such.

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u/idris_iyer16 points·27 days ago

write down when it starts and stops, the pattern is the useful part

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u/rania_marchand14 points·27 days ago

Has anything else changed in the same window?

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u/tomas_lehtinen78 points·28 days ago

Nobody warned me about constipation and I would have liked the warning. It was not dangerous, it was just deeply unpleasant and completely unexpected.

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u/emil_barros57 points·27 days ago

Nobody warned me about constipation and I would have liked the warning.

Agreed, with the caveat that "usually settles" is not "always settles" and the exceptions should still get asked about properly.

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