Optimal lab testing frequency on GLP-1 — what worked for you?

LibrarianMeg said:

Quarterly for the first year is convention rather than evidence, and it is defensible for a simple reason: it is roughly the interval over which HbA1c…

Pushing back on LibrarianMeg here. I would drop the "get everything" instinct further than this thread does. Every extra test is another chance at a false positive, and incidental findings have their own cost in scans, biopsies and worry.

Dr.ReproEndo said:

My prescriber ordered three tests and this board recommends about twenty, and I would like to know which of those two lists is right.

Shot day Friday report relevant to baseline bloodwork:

Week 38. Currently on 2.4mg. Down 84 lbs from starting weight of 296 lbs.

This week's observations: Slight injection site redness, resolved in 24h.

Labs due next week — looking forward to seeing the metabolic panel. I'll post results in the Lab Results section when they come in.

julia.endo said:

I would drop the "get everything" instinct further than this thread does.

Blood work came back perfect. baseline bloodwork + this community = winning. 🏆

One thing that is still open after SteveThurs’s answer:

What actually belongs on a baseline panel, as opposed to the enormous list that gets pasted around here?

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Took the whole panel in rather than the one flagged line, and the conversation lasted two minutes instead of generating three more tests.