'''A dose that changes over time is the normal shape of these medicines, not a sign anything has gone wrong.''' This page explains why the pattern exists. It contains no schedule and no numbers, because your schedule is your prescriber's to set.
'''Loopa never suggests a dose, a timing, a change or a stop.''' Questions about your medication belong with your prescriber.
== Why a dose moves at all ==
Two reasons, and they pull in the same direction.
'''Tolerance builds.''' The gastrointestinal effects that show up in the label's adverse-reaction section are most noticeable when something changes, and tend to settle as the body adjusts (WEGOVY prescribing information, section 6.1). Arriving at a level gradually is easier to live with than arriving at it at once.
'''The useful level is not the starting level.''' The amount that produces the intended effect is generally not where anybody begins.
So a prescriber typically starts low, holds, and moves up when the person is ready. The word for that is titration, and it is a plan rather than a race.
== Up is not the only direction ==
A schedule can go up, hold, or come back down. The 2025 American College of Cardiology consensus guidance describes a stepwise structure that includes stepping back on intolerance (Gilbert et al., ''JACC'', 2025 · [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.024 doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.024]). Holding at a level that is working is a normal place to be, and staying there is not falling behind.
== Why Loopa does not have an opinion ==
Everything about where you are in a schedule depends on facts Loopa does not have: your history, your labs, what else you take, how you responded, what your prescriber is treating. A tracking app that suggested a change would be guessing with somebody's medication.
So Loopa records the schedule you were given and reminds you of it. It does not compare your schedule to anybody else's, does not tell you a dose looks low or high, and offers no button that changes one.
== What Loopa does record ==
- '''The schedule you set.''' Daily, every other day, twice weekly, weekly, every two weeks, a cycle, or as needed.
- '''Every dose you log''', with the time and the site.
- '''A change, as a new entry rather than an edit.''' Your history stays readable, so the timeline shows what you were on and when.
- '''Your check-ins around it''', which is what makes a pattern visible.
== The pattern you may see ==
After three complete cycles Loopa can show which days of your own cycle your logs say are your strongest and roughest, along with the threshold it needed to say anything at all. It is your own counts and averages, described. It never says why, never attributes anything to the medicine, and never suggests moving a dose.
== How Loopa helps ==
- '''Set up the schedule:''' '''Health › Protocols''', pick your protocol, add a compound and describe the schedule your prescriber gave you.
- '''Reminders:''' the day before, an hour before, or on the day. Off by default.
- '''See a change in context:''' '''Health › Protocols › Timeline'''.
- '''Take it to your appointment:''' '''Summary for your appointment''' puts your doses, symptoms, check-ins and labs in one file.
== Related ==
- [[glp-1-medications-explained|GLP-1 medicines explained]]
- [[glp-1-side-effects-and-how-to-track-them|Common GLP-1 side effects, and tracking them]]
- [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]]
- [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]]
== Where this comes from ==
Everything on this page is drawn from published clinical guidelines and regulatory labeling, cited above. The full list is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' It never sets, suggests or changes a dose. Your prescriber does, and where they give you an instruction, theirs is the one to follow.
'''A dose that changes over time is the normal shape of these medicines, not a sign anything has gone wrong.''' This page explains why the pattern exists. It contains no schedule and no numbers, because your schedule is your prescriber's to set. '''Loopa never suggests a dose, a timing, a change or a stop.''' Questions about your medication belong with your prescriber. == Why a dose moves at all == Two reasons, and they pull in the same direction. '''Tolerance builds.''' The gastrointestinal effects that show up in the label's adverse-reaction section are most noticeable when something changes, and tend to settle as the body adjusts (WEGOVY prescribing information, section 6.1). Arriving at a level gradually is easier to live with than arriving at it at once. '''The useful level is not the starting level.''' The amount that produces the intended effect is generally not where anybody begins. So a prescriber typically starts low, holds, and moves up when the person is ready. The word for that is titration, and it is a plan rather than a race. == Up is not the only direction == A schedule can go up, hold, or come back down. The 2025 American College of Cardiology consensus guidance describes a stepwise structure that includes stepping back on intolerance (Gilbert et al., ''JACC'', 2025 · [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.024 doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.024]). Holding at a level that is working is a normal place to be, and staying there is not falling behind. == Why Loopa does not have an opinion == Everything about where you are in a schedule depends on facts Loopa does not have: your history, your labs, what else you take, how you responded, what your prescriber is treating. A tracking app that suggested a change would be guessing with somebody's medication. So Loopa records the schedule you were given and reminds you of it. It does not compare your schedule to anybody else's, does not tell you a dose looks low or high, and offers no button that changes one. == What Loopa does record == * '''The schedule you set.''' Daily, every other day, twice weekly, weekly, every two weeks, a cycle, or as needed. * '''Every dose you log''', with the time and the site. * '''A change, as a new entry rather than an edit.''' Your history stays readable, so the timeline shows what you were on and when. * '''Your check-ins around it''', which is what makes a pattern visible. == The pattern you may see == After three complete cycles Loopa can show which days of your own cycle your logs say are your strongest and roughest, along with the threshold it needed to say anything at all. It is your own counts and averages, described. It never says why, never attributes anything to the medicine, and never suggests moving a dose. == How Loopa helps == * '''Set up the schedule:''' '''Health › Protocols''', pick your protocol, add a compound and describe the schedule your prescriber gave you. * '''Reminders:''' the day before, an hour before, or on the day. Off by default. * '''See a change in context:''' '''Health › Protocols › Timeline'''. * '''Take it to your appointment:''' '''Summary for your appointment''' puts your doses, symptoms, check-ins and labs in one file. == Related == * [[glp-1-medications-explained|GLP-1 medicines explained]] * [[glp-1-side-effects-and-how-to-track-them|Common GLP-1 side effects, and tracking them]] * [[logging-a-dose-a-missed-dose-or-a-change|Logging a dose, a missed dose or a change]] * [[preparing-for-a-prescriber-appointment|Preparing for a prescriber appointment]] == Where this comes from == Everything on this page is drawn from published clinical guidelines and regulatory labeling, cited above. The full list is at [https://loopahealth.app/sources/ loopahealth.app/sources]. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' It never sets, suggests or changes a dose. Your prescriber does, and where they give you an instruction, theirs is the one to follow.
