Dr.EM_Chicago said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
Fair, and it stops being fair at the extremes. The middle of the range is well understood; the ends are where the honest answer is that nobody knows.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
FDA_TrackerJim said:Agreed, and reference ranges are laboratory-specific.
Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
Dr.EM_Chicago said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
I read this differently. The confidence in this thread is running ahead of the evidence, and I would rather the uncertainty were stated than smoothed over because it is unsatisfying.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. If you are going to change something, change one thing and give it long enough to express itself. Four weeks is the usual minimum for anything pharmacological on this board, and two weeks of data has told you almost nothing.
Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. No action needed from anybody.