u/rohan_cardoso
Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Trondheim.
member · joined 14 May 2025
comment on [Question] does carrier choice matter more than origin city in c/intlshipping · 23 points · 4 days ago
A quoted lead time is a commitment you can evaluate. Measuring quoted against actual across several orders tells you more about an operation than the raw speed does.
comment on [Lane Report] Guangzhou → Australia, 11 days, ice pack gone but powder intact in c/intlshipping · 0 points · 6 days ago
A lane is an origin, a destination, a carrier and a season. Change any one and the distribution changes, which is why supplier-level shipping averages are close to meaningless.
comment on [Press Release] new phase 3 numbers, no publication yet, calm down in c/trialwatch · 35 points · 8 days ago
Intention-to-treat analyses everybody randomised regardless of what they did afterwards. Completer analyses only those who finished. The second is systematically more flattering and both are legitimate if labelled.
comment on intent-to-treat vs per-protocol explains half the arguments on this site in c/trialwatch · 2 points · 11 days ago
a press release is not a publication
comment on the dose escalation question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/retatrutide · 16 points · 17 days ago
Agreed on the heart-rate reports. They are consistent enough across the threads to be worth noting, not enough to be a finding.
comment on [Discussion] lane is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/intlshipping · 7 points · 1 months ago
Yes — median rather than best case. The fastest anybody ever got is not a plan.
comment on retatrutide is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/retatrutide · 46 points · 1 months ago
Nothing containing this compound is approved anywhere. Research-use-only material is not approved for human use, and that is a statement of fact rather than a disclaimer.
comment on [PSA] EMS is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/intlshipping · 53 points · 1 months ago
A lane is an origin, a destination, a carrier and a season.
Disagreeing with this bit: a single slow shipment does not move a lane, it joins the distribution.
comment on [PSA] EMS is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/intlshipping · 100 points · 1 months ago
Yes — regional stock is the single biggest variable and it barely gets mentioned outside this board.
comment on small win: glucagon stopped being a problem at week 32 in c/retatrutide · 0 points · 1 months ago
Not convinced.
Adding the standing caveat: none of this is approved anywhere and research material is not for human use.
comment on shipping — 24 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/intlshipping · 8 points · 1 months ago
Split one order across two months on purpose to compare summer and winter. Four days apart, same carrier, same route.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about triple agonist is guesswork in c/retatrutide · 2 points · 1 months ago
Correction: TRIUMPH is the phase 3 programme.
reflux_report is right about the escalation being the variable. It explains most of the difficult reports here.
comment on does EMS actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/intlshipping · 1 points · 1 months ago
I would not read a single slow shipment as a lane change. Post it and let the median move if it is real.
comment on TRIUMPH is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/retatrutide · 31 points · 2 months ago
Yes — the glucagon arm is what makes it a different proposition rather than a stronger version of the others.
comment on does phase 2 actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/retatrutide · 48 points · 2 months ago
phase 2 data only, and people quote it like it is a label
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about transit time until somebody posts a number in c/intlshipping · 3 points · 2 months ago
ask which lines are actually held in the regional warehouse
comment on how much of what we believe about dose escalation actually comes from glucagon threads in c/retatrutide · 33 points · 3 months ago
Sent a vial to VendorInvestigate out of curiosity. Result was 97.7% against a claimed 97.5%, which is the first independent number I had seen for this compound anywhere.
comment on how much of what we believe about dose escalation actually comes from glucagon threads in c/retatrutide · 287 points · 3 months ago
The thing that surprised me was how much of the discussion here is inference rather than measurement.
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for long term posts in c/maintenancephase · 11 points · 3 months ago
regain after stopping is the expected outcome, not a personal failure
comment on the STEP question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/trialwatch · 1 points · 3 months ago
a mean is not a promise
Agreed. And the interval, not the point estimate, is what the trial actually established.
comment on hazard ratio is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/trialwatch · 4 points · 4 months ago
The press release said that; the publication says something more hedged. Worth reading both.
comment on reading TRIUMPH threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/retatrutide · 152 points · 4 months ago
Glucagon receptor agonism is associated with increased energy expenditure and with hepatic effects. That is a mechanistic story with strong preclinical support and limited phase 2 human data.
comment on hazard ratio is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/trialwatch · 9 points · 4 months ago
Argued for a week about a result and then read the limitations section, which conceded most of my opponent’s point.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about EMS until somebody posts a number in c/intlshipping · 31 points · 4 months ago
the lane is the unit of analysis, not the supplier
comment on [Results] 49 weeks, 7kg, and dose escalation was the hard part in c/retatrutide · 124 points · 4 months ago
Phase 2 estimates effect and finds a dose range. Phase 3 estimates it precisely in a bigger population and catches what phase 2 was too small to see. Treating them as the same tier of evidence is the recurring error here.
comment on the dose stretching thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/maintenancephase · 12 points · 4 months ago
Agreed that a few kilos of drift is ordinary. Weight is not a fixed number even for people who have never taken anything.
comment on [Lab] WXT reta — PeptideMeter came back 97.1% against a claimed 97.0% in c/retatrutide · 102 points · 5 months ago
Correction: TRIUMPH is the phase 3 programme. The number you are quoting is from the phase 2 readout, which is a different trial.
comment on lowest effective dose — my 7-week log, condensed into one table in c/maintenancephase · 2 points · 6 months ago
a few kilos of drift is not a relapse
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for maintenance posts in c/maintenancephase · -38 points · 6 months ago
the lowest effective dose is a real target and nobody talks about it
comment on dose escalation — my 2-week log, condensed into one table in c/retatrutide · 47 points · 6 months ago
Sent a vial to Medutest out of curiosity. Result was 97.2% against a claimed 97.0%, which is the first independent number I had seen for this compound anywhere.
comment on help me understand SURMOUNT, I have read the wiki twice in c/trialwatch · 2 points · 8 months ago
SELECT was cardiovascular outcomes, not weight
comment on help me understand SURMOUNT, I have read the wiki twice in c/trialwatch · 3 points · 8 months ago
Which trial, and which arm?
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify EMS in c/intlshipping · 3 points · 8 months ago
That is a packaging observation, not a transit observation. Worth posting, worth separating.
comment on 14 months in and retatrutide is still the thing I get wrong in c/retatrutide · 27 points · 8 months ago
Push back: quoting the phase 2 headline as an expected outcome is not a fair reading of a small trial with wide intervals.
comment on week 32 check-in — 14kg down, nausea manageable, one thing confusing me in c/retatrutide · 32 points · 9 months ago
small trial, big effect, wide error bars
comment on the lane question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/intlshipping · 27 points · 9 months ago
Careful — the supplier does not control the last mile and most of your variance is in it.
comment on [Lab] ERP reta — PeptideMeter came back 98.9% against a claimed 98.0% in c/retatrutide · 4 points · 9 months ago
Careful with the rankings. A phase 2 result and a phase 3 result are not on the same evidential footing and cannot be listed in one table.
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify SURPASS in c/trialwatch · 4 points · 10 months ago
Disagree — that figure is from the diabetes programme and you are quoting it as an obesity endpoint.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about carrier is guesswork in c/intlshipping · 9 points · 11 months ago
Posted my first lane report here without the month and got asked for it. Fair, and the table is better for the fussiness.
comment on [Results] 8 weeks on 7.5mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/retatrutide · 18 points · 11 months ago
nothing here is available as a prescription product, so read every thread with that in mind