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by eyelidlessness 1215 days ago
> I would not advise a stranger on the internet to inject themselves with something based on one study done on mice.

I wouldn’t either.

> But "run it by your doctor first" seems like a reasonable thing to suggest, even if they ultimately decide to do it anyway.

Sounds like we’re mostly on the same page. I just trust the people I know with serious illness to know this stuff already, even if they get zealous about something that might improve their lives. Because even my friend with MS who has a long history of impulsive mistakes isn’t just injecting random things just based on news stories.