France ANSM — my results so far

NurseAsh_DET said:

The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.

ingrid_STO said:

My experience ordering cross-border ordering internationally: I've ordered from an Australian compounder.

Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Taking it to my next appointment.

NurseAsh_DET said:

The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.

I read this differently from NurseAsh_DET, on substance rather than tone. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful.