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Deanzer · 2020-07-07T04:03:14Z

Bloodwork question about memantine. Baseline, a fortnight in, and the numbers moved in a direction I did not expect. The effect size I actually noticed is roughly a third of what the write-ups imply, and it took a fortnight to be sure. Sample size, blinding, and who paid for it. Those three questions kill most of the confidence in most of these threads. Tolerance and underdosing look identical from the inside, which is why the answer is usually a blood test and not more forums. Cold storage, light protection, and a date on the vial. Boring, and it removes half the variables. Happy to be corrected on any of the above.

rowan9171

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07/07/2020 8:11 pm

Stupid question: how do you know whether what is in the vial matches the label at all?

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07/07/2020 8:43 pm

An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison.

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07/07/2020 8:47 pm

Sleep, food, or the compound? Yes.

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07/07/2020 9:19 pm

This board overrates bloodwork. A number moving is not the outcome you wanted.

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07/07/2020 9:23 pm

Same here.

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07/07/2020 9:59 pm

Reconstitution arithmetic is only half the problem. The other half is what was in the vial.

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07/07/2020 11:10 pm

A certificate of analysis answers one question and gets quoted as though it answers four.

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07/07/2020 11:15 pm

Same here.

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