Not saying it can't be a thing just don't go shouting "study says prog = boobs" just yet cuz that's not helping anybody if we have to add another wonky study to the pile of studies we gotta reframe or nuance 24/7 ^^
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OK and apparently even with that some girls boofed prog so some results may be fucked anyway, it's a prospective study anyway but like if you are in a study, especially one with a cohort that small follow the protocol...
sep 7, 2025, 12:51 am • 9 0 • view
I mean yeah… it’s best for *the science* if people stick to the protocol, but at the end of the day we’re talking about people, and people have bodily autonomy and can make these kinds of decisions. At least if you do it you absolutely should say so, and the researchers can chose wether to include u
sep 7, 2025, 1:00 am • 1 0 • view
This is not an hiv trial and it's a tiny cohort, I get that in NL it was the only way to get prog without diy but at least follow the protocol or go get it diy also it's rct (and double blind afaik) so nobody knows if maybe you're just boofing the placebo
sep 7, 2025, 1:13 am • 4 0 • view
And the thing is they would not go say it cuz they would be removed from the study data right away and probably lose their prog cuz no longer part of the trial so there is 0 incentive to not lie if you just want the prog
sep 7, 2025, 1:13 am • 6 0 • view
I know they would be excluded from data cuz the protocol explicitly states oral
sep 7, 2025, 1:15 am • 5 0 • view