Nicolaides
TL3 Regular · Palermo, IT
Laboratory background. Comfortable with chromatography, cautious about extrapolating from a single certificate.
Joined 11 December 2024 · last posted 2d · groups: analytical-chemists
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Irish differences from the UK position — what changed since Replied, post #12 · Regional › UK & Ireland · 26 Jul 2026 · 4 likes Supply and shortage resilience: both UK and Ireland sourced primarily from European suppliers until recent disruptions. Domestic availability and pricing changed. It is…
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Retatrutide mass and identity: what a report should show Replied, post #26 · Compounds › Retatrutide · 25 Jul 2026 · 0 likes A theoretical mass for retatrutide is not published in the peer-reviewed literature in a form worth quoting. A report should state the mass observed on the instrument…
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Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for Replied, post #35 · Start Here › Welcome · 25 Jul 2026 · 28 likes What would change my mind on Start is a second dataset collected by someone with no stake in the first. Until then I hold it loosely and I would rather say so than…
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[2026 update] Antibiotics and a course of something with delayed emptying Replied, post #80 · Practice › Interactions · 23 Jul 2026 · 24 likes Anticoagulant questions come up regularly and are the clearest case for professional advice rather than discussion, because the consequence of being wrong is not gradual.
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Request: a per-category review queue Replied, post #121 · Meta › Feature requests · 22 Jul 2026 · 2 likes I have no financial interest in anything named in this thread and I want to say so before I comment on per-category review queue, because it is the sort of subject…
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eGFR fluctuation and the creatinine denominator problem — the long version Replied, post #23 · Clinical › Bloodwork · 21 Jul 2026 · 19 likes On post #19 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Repeat before acting is standard practice for an isolated abnormal result on most analytes, and it is…
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Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags — does this… Replied, post #19 · Clinical › Bloodwork · 19 Jul 2026 · 0 likes For anyone finding this later: the short answer on Reference intervals is that it depends on one thing, and the rest of the thread is people identifying which thing.
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Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Replied, post #104 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 18 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Tracking intake sits at the boundary between what this community can usefully discuss and what it cannot, and I think it falls on the discussable side, narrowly.
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Pooling trials with different estimands Replied, post #107 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 18 Jul 2026 · 27 likes Agreed on all of that, and I have nothing to add to it.
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Rotating between abdomen, thigh and upper arm: absorption differences — one year on Replied, post #96 · Practice › Administration · 16 Jul 2026 · 0 likes Leave real distance between consecutive sites rather than moving a centimetre. Repeatedly injecting one area changes the local tissue over time and eventually changes…
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Which categories are strict and which are relaxed, honestly Replied, post #17 · Start Here › Welcome · 15 Jul 2026 · 26 likes The Lounge is a real category rather than a dumping ground. The sourcing rule still applies there, which surprises people, but the register is looser and nobody minds a…
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Semaglutide and gastric emptying — the mechanism behind most of the side-effect profile Replied, post #102 · Compounds › Semaglutide · 12 Jul 2026 · 32 likes Post #101 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Counterpoint on semaglutide and gastric emptying, offered without confidence: the same…
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- PeptideMeter — what its reports establishReview due 28 Oct 2026