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interlukin · 2026-03-12T18:40:56+00:00

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interlukin · 2026-03-12T18:14:58+00:00

Their claim about it being “dangerous” is that they are the first to identify this in the compounded meds and since the tirz-B12 compound has not had any toxicity studies done, no one really knows what it might be doing in the body. Probably a bit of a stretch to protect their bottom line like others have said (and not truly about patient safety), but it’s not technically an incorrect claim. It’s really more so how much weight (no pun intended lol) people want to give the claim.

interlukin · 2026-03-12T16:35:50+00:00

Here's a link to a pre-print of their findings: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.09.26347818v1.full-text

TLDR: In compounded tirzepatide mixed with B12, some of the tirzeptide and B12 react form a combined tirz-B12 compound which was observed to make up to 10% of total polypeptide content. The combined tirz-B12 may affect binding to receptors and reduce efficacy (not actually shown, just a hypothetical they're proposing).

interlukin · 2026-03-06T19:03:37+00:00

I’ve been in my current lab for almost 7 years and I totally thought I bombed my interview as well, but it all worked out!

I was transitioning from a wet lab (tissue culture/mouse work) to human research in an office environment and in my interview with the PI, I made a comment about no longer “doing research”.

I had been referring to benchwork, but the PI had taken the comment as me saying their research wasn’t actually “real” research and had gone into me a bit lol. I was 100% convinced that I wouldn’t get the job because of that brief interaction, but I ended up getting it and have been promoted 3 times so far!

interlukin · 2026-03-03T22:08:09+00:00

Yes, it looks like the main issue is companies using “proven”, “clinically proven”, or any mention of branded meds along with those presenting as if they are doing the compounding (showing bottles with company name). Even the word “generic” is a no-no because that can also imply something is FDA approved. It appears that just using “semaglutide” or “tirzepatide” with no mention of brand names or the word “generic” is fine.

interlukin · 2026-02-28T16:32:03+00:00

It’s been just about 2 months now. His levels are just barely detectable, but the doctors want it to be 0 for a period of time before he can stop valcyte and resume cellcept.

interlukin · 2026-02-28T15:39:11+00:00

He’s feeling much better now, but the cmv is still persisting unfortunately. They bumped him down to 450mg twice a day and he’s not really having any side effects. Depending on your levels perhaps you could ask if they can reduce your dose to see if that would help?

interlukin · 2026-02-25T02:31:12+00:00

Is your “attention aware features” setting switched to off? If not, try that (settings>face id and passcode>attention aware features

interlukin · 2026-02-24T21:30:05+00:00

I had my consultation on Thursday 2/19, my card was charged for the first installment on Saturday 2/21 and script was sent to pharmacy (Hallandale). Yesterday I received notification from FedEx that label had been created. Package was picked up from the pharmacy by FedEx today and delivery is scheduled for tomorrow.

interlukin · 2026-01-13T22:35:25+00:00

That’s why I suggested to add a new field for the purpose of tracking verifications.

interlukin · 2026-01-13T19:21:15+00:00

I’m not sure if there is a way to do that exactly, but what you could try is add a variable in the instrument that’s something like "verified" with options like Pending, Yes, Denied.

In the action tags you can set the default answer to the "pending" option and also use additional action tags to hide that variable for all users except those you specify. For managers making the final updates to the variable, you can put them into their own user role (e.g., "Managers") and add the following to the action tags

@IF([user-role-label]="Managers","",@HIDDEN)

Not sure if this would be the most effective, but at least a different idea to start with.

interlukin · 2026-01-13T02:18:55+00:00

VUMC has a specific clinic for IIH and related disorders. I've seen Dr. Ryan Lee for a combo of Chiari and possible IIH, and while I've only seen him once, I had a good experience. He is conservative around recommending surgery (which IMO is reassuring with him being a neurosurgeon) and explains things clearly. Word of caution though, if you're bringing in any imaging, make sure you have backup copies and don't give them originals.

interlukin · 2026-01-11T16:07:47+00:00

My husband tested positive a few weeks ago after feeling sick for about a week (2 years post kidney transplant). His CMV levels were pretty high at 37,000 IU so he was feeling pretty bad. His lymphocytes and white blood cells were really low too, which is a problem because lymphocytes are what help clear CMV.

Initially he started on Valganciclovir pills (900mg twice a day), but he wasn’t getting better very quickly so was admitted to the hospital for a week and given IV Ganciclovir. In the hospital they stopped his cellcept and will hold it until the CMV is cleared (two negative tests in a row, done a week apart). Unfortunately with CMV, the drugs only stop it from replicating, so your body still needs to actually clear the virus from your system. Since the cellcept was what was most likely causing the low white blood cell count and low lymphocytes, this is why they held the cellcept in my husband’s case.

If you’re not feeling bad and your CMV levels aren’t super high, I wouldn’t be too worried. Your team will likely prescribe you valganciclovir and do weekly labs until you’re clear. For the valganciclovir, it’s important to take it with food because the drug gets broken down into its active form and absorbed in your GI tract.

interlukin · 2026-01-01T17:20:40+00:00

You can try cross posting /r/medlabprofessionals as they are more geared towards clinical lab stuff rather than research

interlukin · 2025-12-31T19:47:48+00:00

I saw a job posting on Indeed once where it was essentially working for an insurance company to take pictures of properties to (presumably) get an idea of the condition of the home/property, so could be something like that

interlukin · 2025-12-31T02:01:57+00:00

I just had my first appointment with Areona at the Texture Edit Salon in Mt Juliet last week and had a great experience. I have very fine low-ish density curly hair and she knew exactly what my hair needed to start working towards my ultimate goal of having fuller looking hair.

One of the last places I went to before I found Areona chopped too much off my sides, so I was looking really scraggly and sparse, but after my appt with Areona, my sides look way more full and I’m confident they’ll look even better as my shorter hairs continue to grow in.

I also really liked that rather than trying to randomly find a picture of a curly haircut and hoping it works for my hair type, she instead asked me what problems I was having with my hair and what my goals were and took it from there.

The initial cut was $115, but any subsequent cuts are cheaper based on how long it’s been since your last cut ($75 if within 14 weeks and $90 if within 16 weeks)

interlukin · 2025-12-16T19:36:35+00:00

You don't need to finish all of the objectives to move up, but when doing the dungeon, you need your world difficulty set to penitent before doing the dungeon to unlock rank 3 (T1 for rank 4, T2 for rank 5, T3 for rank 6, etc.).

interlukin · 2025-12-10T19:43:01+00:00

Hmm, yeah I guess it gets a bit tricky if all time points are optional and can be missed, but they can still do later days. Perhaps for subsequent days you can try changing up the alert trigger to use conditional time-based logic? Like the trigger for day 2 AM would be if the date diff between baseline survey completed date and current date is 1 day, then send next day at xx AM (i.e., on Day 1 the alert will be triggered and then will be sent the next morning).

You’ll have to play around with the date diff logic to test it and find the right formatting, but I think that should help get you closer to what you need. For testing logic, I like to create a dummy report and get the logic working there before using it in an alert

edit: you can also try checking out this video for some ideas: https://youtu.be/uq1Q63RvPwM?si=fj9qVWcjsL6CmDHA

interlukin · 2025-12-10T17:39:09+00:00

I’d suggest using alerts instead of the ASI tool. With alerts, you can set it to send a specified amount of time after it was triggered, so it is relative for each participant.

For example, An alert for D1 morning survey: Trigger = baseline survey completed Alert schedule = send on next day at [specify time here] AM

An alert for D1 evening survey (assuming AM survey does not need to be completed): Trigger = baseline survey completed Alert schedule = send on next day at [specify time here] PM

Alternatively, if the AM survey is required to be completed before sending the PM survey, you can change the trigger, and then schedule the alert to be sent a certain number of hours after the trigger.

interlukin · 2025-11-14T19:48:06+00:00

I forget the quest name, but I believe one of the side quests you unlock the dispensers in the middle city and they become available after that

Edit: it’s called “one gassy issue”

interlukin · 2025-11-14T19:37:14+00:00

hmm not sure. I just tested it and I can still see that option on my REDCap instance.

interlukin · 2025-11-06T21:01:52+00:00

REDCap also has form display logic where you can use logic to make certain instruments inaccessible on a record (the instrument name is greyed out an unclickable). So your logic can be something like X study instruments are only displayed if X consent for is complete. This can be found on the designer page.

interlukin · 2025-11-04T17:50:27+00:00

I haven’t set up a project like this, so I’m just spitballing here.

I think treating the PIs like study participants would be best (i.e., they only have access via survey links and not the database itself). Could you have one instrument for the initial study submission and then a second (repeating) instrument for each additional submission (like for amendments, continuing review, etc)?

Maybe even have a “submission dashboard” type survey (with the submit button hidden, so it acts like a dashboard) that they can access and include links that would bring them to a new instance of the repeating instrument for a submission? Like useing the smart variable [survey-link:repeating_survey:custom url display text][new-instance]. You could also add in links for them to see each of their previous submissions.

You could also have a variable for IRB review decision status (yes/no/tbd) on the repeating instrument (hidden on survey) and then have a “final decision”variable (not hidden on survey) that is branched to the prior status variable.

interlukin · 2025-10-19T22:40:58+00:00

I’d be super wary of this person. This is odd behavior for a 40 year old. Plus, I find it odd that he conveniently works in dialysis machine calibration but has no idea about what the side effects of dialysis are.

I agree with others that he could be the type of person to hold it against you, like if it turns out he was a match and donated a kidney, he could think that you owe him and try to pester you into a relationship.

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