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ForumsLab Results & BiomarkersIGF-1 levels on GLP-1 — growth hormone axis considerations Page 3

IGF-1 levels on GLP-1 — growth hormone axis considerations

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KarenAZ_mom
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May 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM#11
anders_CPH said:
Hormone panel changes on the hormone panel — relevant for anyone curious about endocrine effects: Testosterone: increased 42% (weight loss reduces…

This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.

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May 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM#12

Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.

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May 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM#13
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If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.

This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.

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May 27, 2026 at 2:42 AM#14

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.

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May 28, 2026 at 7:27 AM#15

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

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