Monitoring renal function becomes important when patients experience persistent vomiting or diarrhea
While other syringe types exist (like U-40 or U-50, which are calibrated for specific insulin concentrations and hold less volume), they are rarely appropriate for peptide research and can introduce catastrophic calculation errors if used improperly
Presently, the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) and ANZCA Perioperative Diabetes and Hyperglycaemia Guidelines (November 2022) provide the universal recommendation to withhold all non-insulin antihyperglycaemics on day of surgery, including GLP-1 agonists, with SGLT2 inhibitors to be withheld 2 days prior to surgery
Your appetite is still suppressed, but you can tolerate a wider variety of foods
No part of the processinjection, nausea, or expenseis fun, and it's tempting to give up