Interesting Links for 04-01-2026

[andrewducker]

1. Who is to blame for the current state of the USA?

(tags:USA constitution politics )

2. Custom biotech is here (grey market advances on GLP, with more following)

(tags:weight drugs biotech )

3. People with ADHD have higher prevalence of severe perimenopausal symptoms. These symptoms present at an earlier age.

(tags:age menstruation adhd )

Comments

2.

[channelpenguin]

After finally getting to the numbers on the performance of the various weight loss drugs... especially the time periods quoted (in one case 72 MONTHS??) I was quite surprised.

I would dearly love to comment but I can't see it being anything but endless fights.

Re: 2.

[andrewducker]

The only 72 I can see in there is 72 weeks.

Directly under there is one that gives 13% in 12 weeks.

Re: 2.

[channelpenguin]

Ach, you are right! I mistyped that.

Ok, 72 weeks was what I had in my head as "really quite a long time"... 16 months or so.

[aldabra]

Hypothesis: the more spoons you're using to manage ADHD the fewer you have over to manage other damn stuff, so the other damn stuff is more likely to register as a problem.

Re: 2.

[andrewducker]

Yes, 72 weeks is still a long time.

Interestingly, current drugs are a lot faster.

https://onlinedoctor.asda.com/uk/wegovy-weight-loss-timeline-week-by-week.html