My rule, after years of this: if it cannot survive being written down with the numbers attached, it is marketing.
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero?
Three questions kill most of the confidence in a thread like this: sample size, blinding, who paid.
Is a baseline blood test really necessary before starting something like this? How long have you been on liraglutide?
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero?
Baseline first. Without a baseline the after picture is decoration. Two months in on liraglutide and it lines up.
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero?
Same here.
What is the first thing you would read if you were starting from zero?
Same here.
How long have you been on liraglutide?
Most of what is called evidence here is one person, one vial, one month.
Underdosing and tolerance are indistinguishable from the inside, and everyone picks the flattering explanation.
Narrow conclusion. How long have you been on liraglutide?
Read methods. Same for me with liraglutide, unfortunately.
Narrow conclusion, briefly right. Broad conclusion, interestingly wrong. I know which I keep choosing. Same for me with liraglutide, unfortunately.