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terribleperson
I'm glad there are alternative to DNP. There was always someone re-'discovering' DNP in the bodybuilding community (and probably other communities), and it's really best left buried.
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Fiveplus
People reading two abstracts on PubMed and deciding they can manage their own hormonal pathways is terrifying. The regulatory state is slow and bureaucratic, yes, and its got its own problems, but it was built on a graveyard of people who took unverified compounds. When (not if) a bad batch kills a few dozen people in a telegram buying group, the crackdown will be draconian.
m_a_g
I’m glad there are this many early adopters. Thanks to them, in 3 to 5 years, all the side effects will be known, including the long-term effects, so I’ll be able to make an informed decision with the support of doctors rather than Claude. I’ll have access to regulated official compounds rather than underground lab compounds that can kill many people with one faulty batch. Please, continue doing what you’re doing, folks!
codeflo
Am I misreading this, or is this person actually implying somewhere in the middle of this unreadable mess of an article that they feed their DIY blood test results into an LLM and then order whatever drugs the machine hallucinates in response? If so, I hope sane society doesn't have to pay for the consequences of this willful self-destruction.
rootsudo
The community in question is https://x.com/frontiertower/status/1938258376913195251.

This is nothing new. Numerous “scenes” do the same. There’s the longevity scene connected to this one.

There’s the psychonaut scene. That’s a bit from the erowid/and misc scene of the early 2010s.

There’s the bodybuilding / gym scene which probably is the longest and oldest subset of members.

I’m not sure which niche communities I’m missing.

tokioyoyo
Wild, because 2010s tech-hype scene was just people trying to one up each other to see who has the lightest carbon fiber bike.
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cadamsdotcom
Side-stepping regulatory process forgoes the benefit of a highly refined system for determining safety and efficacy, that is obvious - but it also forgoes seller liability. Which means you have no one to sue.

Also why risk permanently destroying yourself. We each only get one human mind and one human body - it’s irrational to do something with so much downside risk.