Been on the reta waiting list for months - anyone heard anything?

Dr.PathRoch said:

The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.

That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.

denise_HTX said:

The phase 2 numbers were about 24% mean weight loss at 48 weeks on the top dose, with the curve still descending at the end of the study.

That reframing is the part I needed. I will report back once I have actually tried it.

Dr.PathRoch said:

The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.

Careful with the causal language. Two things moving together in a period when five things changed is not a mechanism, and stating it as one makes the thread less useful to somebody reading it later.

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Carry on.