diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index c3db429d5..b44fe4387 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "heute",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "morgen",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Empfohlen: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Nebenwirkung loggen",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Nebenwirkungen",
       "addCta": "Erfassen",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index d897c04e6..8dee2871b 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "today",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "tomorrow",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Recommended next: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Log side effect",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Side effects",
       "addCta": "Log",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index c6c9875ea..34261c62a 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "hoy",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "mañana",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Sugerido: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Registrar efecto secundario",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Efectos secundarios",
       "addCta": "Registrar",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index 95779eaa4..63b352e78 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "aujourd’hui",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "demain",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Conseillé : {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Consigner un effet secondaire",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Effets secondaires",
       "addCta": "Consigner",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 1bc25ec4c..940aeb2e9 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "oggi",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "domani",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Suggerita: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Registra effetto collaterale",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Effetti collaterali",
       "addCta": "Registra",
diff --git a/messages/ko.json b/messages/ko.json
index 5aeef7e5d..4d05bd352 100644
--- a/messages/ko.json
+++ b/messages/ko.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "오늘",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "내일",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "다음 추천 부위: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "부작용 기록",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "부작용",
       "addCta": "기록",
diff --git a/messages/nl.json b/messages/nl.json
index e0a3f8535..66e9ad010 100644
--- a/messages/nl.json
+++ b/messages/nl.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "vandaag",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "morgen",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Volgende aanbevolen plek: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Bijwerking vastleggen",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Bijwerkingen",
       "addCta": "Vastleggen",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index d35c7b385..a41d3296f 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "dziś",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "jutro",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Sugerowane: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Zapisz działanie niepożądane",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Skutki uboczne",
       "addCta": "Dodaj",
diff --git a/messages/pt-BR.json b/messages/pt-BR.json
index 05e875766..36ea5e553 100644
--- a/messages/pt-BR.json
+++ b/messages/pt-BR.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "hoje",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "amanhã",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Próximo recomendado: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Registrar efeito colateral",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Efeitos colaterais",
       "addCta": "Registrar",
diff --git a/messages/ru.json b/messages/ru.json
index c96b8a0b2..431bdbac2 100644
--- a/messages/ru.json
+++ b/messages/ru.json
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@
     "glp1NextInjectionToday": "сегодня",
     "glp1NextInjectionTomorrow": "завтра",
     "glp1RotationSuggested": "Рекомендуется следующее: {site}",
-    "glp1LogSideEffect": "Записать побочный эффект",
     "sideEffects": {
       "section": "Побочные эффекты",
       "addCta": "Записать",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/baselines/version-stamp-comments.json b/src/__tests__/baselines/version-stamp-comments.json
index 0afbd80b7..95b72ddd6 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/baselines/version-stamp-comments.json
+++ b/src/__tests__/baselines/version-stamp-comments.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$comment": "Comment lines that open with a release version, per file under src/. Maintained by src/__tests__/version-stamp-ratchet.test.ts.",
   "count": 2881,
-  "total": 9188,
+  "total": 9185,
   "entries": {
     "__tests__/account-payload-consumer-guard.test.ts": 2,
     "__tests__/acting-account-boundary-guard.test.ts": 7,
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
     "components/medications/__tests__/inventory-section-actions.test.tsx": 1,
     "components/medications/__tests__/inventory-section-summary.test.tsx": 2,
     "components/medications/__tests__/log-injection-site-dialog.test.tsx": 1,
-    "components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-glp1.test.tsx": 14,
+    "components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-glp1.test.tsx": 12,
     "components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-header.test.tsx": 1,
     "components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-next-due.test.tsx": 4,
     "components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-symmetry.test.tsx": 4,
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
     "components/medications/log-injection-site-dialog.tsx": 2,
     "components/medications/log-intake-dialog.tsx": 4,
     "components/medications/medication-card-header.tsx": 5,
-    "components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx": 3,
+    "components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx": 2,
     "components/medications/medication-card.tsx": 37,
     "components/medications/medication-categories-sheet.tsx": 1,
     "components/medications/medication-category-add-row.tsx": 1,
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
index 7517ab847..623e22bde 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/delegated-write-affordances.test.tsx
@@ -320,20 +320,16 @@ describe("marking a dose", () => {
 
 describe("the medication card menu", () => {
   const node = (
-    <MedicationCardMenu
-      onEdit={() => {}}
-      onOpenHistory={() => {}}
-      onLogSideEffect={() => {}}
-    />
+    <MedicationCardMenu onEdit={() => {}} onOpenHistory={() => {}} />
   );
 
   it("renders its trigger in the caller's own record", () => {
     expect(render(OWN_RECORD, node)).toContain("<button");
   });
 
-  it("keeps a trigger for a delegate who may write", () => {
-    // One item survives for them — noting a side effect — so the menu stays.
-    expect(render(WRITABLE, node)).toContain("<button");
+  it("disappears for a delegate who may write but not manage", () => {
+    // Editing and the history editor are owner work; nothing survives.
+    expect(render(WRITABLE, node)).toBe("");
   });
 
   it("disappears entirely for a read-only delegate", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-glp1.test.tsx b/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-glp1.test.tsx
index 5a405f085..b043d2e9e 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-glp1.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-glp1.test.tsx
@@ -465,49 +465,9 @@ describe("<Glp1MedicationCard> — GLP-1 variant rendering", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("Low stock");
   });
 
-  it("folds the side-effect quick-log into the same overflow kebab", () => {
-    // v1.7.2 — the side-effect quick-log folds into the SAME overflow
-    // menu as edit / history / advanced, so the GLP-1 header carries one
-    // kebab whether or not the hand-off is wired (parity with the generic
-    // card). SSR doesn't open Radix Portal content, so we assert the
-    // single trigger surfaces and smoke-check the handler payload.
-    const client = makeClient();
-    seedCompliance(client, med7p5.id);
-    seedGlp1Details(client, med7p5.id, {});
-
-    const handler = vi.fn();
-    const html = render(
-      <Glp1MedicationCard
-        medication={med7p5}
-        onEdit={() => {}}
-        onOpenHistory={() => {}}
-        onLogSideEffect={handler}
-      />,
-      client,
-    );
-
-    // Exactly one kebab trigger with the localised aria-label.
-    const triggers = html.match(/aria-label="More options"/g) ?? [];
-    expect(triggers).toHaveLength(1);
-    // The side-effect button must no longer ride alongside
-    // Eingenommen / Übersprungen in the primary actions row.
-    expect(html).not.toMatch(
-      /class="[^"]*flex[^"]*gap-2[^"]*"[^>]*>[\s\S]*?Log side effect/,
-    );
-
-    // Invoke the supplied handler the way the menu item's onClick
-    // would — pins the prefill payload contract for MoodEntry.
-    handler(med7p5);
-    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({ name: "Mounjaro", treatmentClass: "GLP1" }),
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("still renders the single kebab when onLogSideEffect is not supplied", () => {
-    // v1.7.2 — the kebab is unconditional now (it always carries edit
-    // / history / advanced); the side-effect item is the only opt-in
-    // part. Mounjaro and Ramipril therefore share the same one-kebab
-    // header shape regardless of the hand-off prop.
+  it("renders the single overflow kebab", () => {
+    // The kebab carries edit and history, so Mounjaro and Ramipril share
+    // the same one-kebab header shape.
     const client = makeClient();
     seedCompliance(client, med7p5.id);
     seedGlp1Details(client, med7p5.id, {});
diff --git a/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-symmetry.test.tsx b/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-symmetry.test.tsx
index 5b8ab213f..1343f7103 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-symmetry.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/__tests__/medication-card-symmetry.test.tsx
@@ -190,9 +190,8 @@ describe("medication card symmetry — Ramipril vs Mounjaro", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("Mounjaro keeps the single kebab even when onLogSideEffect is supplied (GLP-1-only)", () => {
-    // The side-effect quick-log folds into the SAME overflow menu, so the
-    // GLP-1 header shape stays byte-symmetric with the generic card: one
+  it("Mounjaro carries the same single kebab as the generic card", () => {
+    // The GLP-1 header shape stays byte-symmetric with the generic card: one
     // kebab trigger, no extra control.
     const client = makeClient();
     seedCompliance(client, mounjaro.id);
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ describe("medication card symmetry — Ramipril vs Mounjaro", () => {
         medication={mounjaro}
         onEdit={() => {}}
         onOpenHistory={() => {}}
-        onLogSideEffect={() => {}}
       />,
       client,
     );
@@ -294,7 +292,6 @@ describe("medication card symmetry — Ramipril vs Mounjaro", () => {
         medication={mounjaro}
         onEdit={() => {}}
         onOpenHistory={() => {}}
-        onLogSideEffect={() => {}}
       />,
       client,
     );
diff --git a/src/components/medications/glp1-medication-card.tsx b/src/components/medications/glp1-medication-card.tsx
index 5024217cd..91502183c 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/glp1-medication-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/glp1-medication-card.tsx
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ interface Glp1MedicationCardProps {
    * card. The parent owns the navigation.
    */
   onOpenHistory: (med: Glp1Medication) => void;
-  onLogSideEffect?: (med: Glp1Medication) => void;
   /**
    * v1.29.x — briefly ringed when this card is the Today digest's "Log
    * dose" deep-link target (`/medications?highlight=<id>`).
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ export function Glp1MedicationCard({
   medication,
   onEdit,
   onOpenHistory,
-  onLogSideEffect,
   highlighted = false,
 }: Glp1MedicationCardProps) {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -478,19 +476,11 @@ export function Glp1MedicationCard({
   // The four former header icon-buttons (open / edit / history /
   // advanced) collapse into a SINGLE overflow menu so the GLP-1 card
   // stays symmetric with the generic medication card. The card header
-  // itself links to the detail page (the former chevron target). The
-  // optional side-effect quick-log would fold in as a last menu item
-  // when `onLogSideEffect` is wired, but the medications list page does
-  // not wire it — side-effect logging lives on the detail page's
-  // SideEffectsSection — so the menu renders the same items as the
-  // generic card.
+  // itself links to the detail page (the former chevron target).
   const headerActions = (
     <MedicationCardMenu
       onEdit={() => onEdit(medication)}
       onOpenHistory={() => onOpenHistory(medication)}
-      onLogSideEffect={
-        onLogSideEffect ? () => onLogSideEffect(medication) : undefined
-      }
     />
   );
 
diff --git a/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx b/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx
index b26c9c0b1..b9a75fbf1 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/medication-card-menu.tsx
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@
  * target as the name tap); the structural wizard lives under the detail
  * page's Erweitert → Lebenszyklus row.
  *
- * The optional `onLogSideEffect` slot exists for the GLP-1 card to fold a
- * "Log side effect" item into the SAME menu, but it is NOT wired on the
- * medications list page — both card variants there receive only the
- * edit / history / advanced handlers, so the item never renders. Side-
- * effect logging lives on the detail page's `<SideEffectsSection>`. When
- * the slot is left undefined the two card variants stay byte-symmetric in
- * the header (one kebab, identical items).
+ * Side-effect logging lives on the detail page's `<SideEffectsSection>`, so
+ * the two card variants carry the same menu (one kebab, identical items).
  *
  * The trigger is a 44px ghost icon-button (WCAG 2.5.5); every
  * `DropdownMenuItem` already carries `min-h-11` from the shadcn
@@ -33,14 +28,13 @@
  */
 
 import { useRecordCapabilities } from "@/hooks/use-record-capabilities";
-import { History, MoreVertical, Pencil, Stethoscope } from "lucide-react";
+import { History, MoreVertical, Pencil } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import {
   DropdownMenu,
   DropdownMenuContent,
   DropdownMenuItem,
-  DropdownMenuSeparator,
   DropdownMenuTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
@@ -48,25 +42,19 @@ import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 export interface MedicationCardMenuProps {
   onEdit: () => void;
   onOpenHistory: () => void;
-  /** GLP-1-only: folds the side-effect quick-log into the same menu. */
-  onLogSideEffect?: () => void;
 }
 
 export function MedicationCardMenu({
   onEdit,
   onOpenHistory,
-  onLogSideEffect,
 }: MedicationCardMenuProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
-  // v1.36.x — noting a side effect is an admitted delegated write; editing the
-  // medication and opening its history editor are not. When nothing in the
-  // menu survives, the trigger goes with it rather than opening onto an empty
-  // sheet. The card itself is untouched: no wash, no badge, no colour change.
-  const { canWriteDomain, canManageDomain } = useRecordCapabilities();
-  const canAddSideEffect = canWriteDomain("medications");
-  const canManageMedications = canManageDomain("medications");
-  const showSideEffect = onLogSideEffect != null && canAddSideEffect;
-  if (!canManageMedications && !showSideEffect) return null;
+  // Editing the medication and opening its history editor are owner work, not
+  // delegated writes. Without either, the trigger goes too rather than opening
+  // onto an empty menu. The card itself is untouched: no wash, no badge, no
+  // colour change.
+  const { canManageDomain } = useRecordCapabilities();
+  if (!canManageDomain("medications")) return null;
 
   return (
     <DropdownMenu>
@@ -89,27 +77,14 @@ export function MedicationCardMenu({
         className="w-56"
         data-slot="medication-card-menu"
       >
-        {canManageMedications && (
-          <>
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onEdit}>
-              <Pencil className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("common.edit")}
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onOpenHistory}>
-              <History className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("medications.detail.header.historyLabel")}
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-          </>
-        )}
-        {showSideEffect && onLogSideEffect && (
-          <>
-            {canManageMedications && <DropdownMenuSeparator />}
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onLogSideEffect}>
-              <Stethoscope className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
-              {t("medications.glp1LogSideEffect")}
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-          </>
-        )}
+        <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onEdit}>
+          <Pencil className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+          {t("common.edit")}
+        </DropdownMenuItem>
+        <DropdownMenuItem onClick={onOpenHistory}>
+          <History className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
+          {t("medications.detail.header.historyLabel")}
+        </DropdownMenuItem>
       </DropdownMenuContent>
     </DropdownMenu>
   );