RETA Weekly Dosage vs Daily Dosage

[rixsternaz]

I'm on Metoprolol 50mg and Lisinopril 10mg for some AFIB I got 3.5 years ago for some killer pneumonia I got that put me in the ICU for 2 weeks, and another 1 week before they would let me out.

You should be extremely careful taking Reta with heart issues, especially A-fib. Reta is known to increase heartbeat which could interfere with your cardiac rhythm and send you to the E.R.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

Yes, I agree there, but I was worried about cardiac arrhythmia. I'm already shaky. After my third dose, it got pretty bad for a couple days so I held off and dialed back my dose and then slowly ramped back up. Electrolytes seem to have done trick with the ticker.

Taurine is often recommended, to take along side Reta. Ai version:

Taurine is an amino acid highly concentrated in the heart that helps regulate heartbeat stability, calcium signaling, and blood pressure. Studies suggest taurine supplementation can reduce heart rate by about 3.6 bpm and reduce premature contractions (PACs/PVCs) by 50%. It is generally considered safe and beneficial for supporting heart rhythm and function. Heart Rhythm Regulation: Taurine helps maintain a steady, regular heartbeat, reducing the incidence of arrhythmia, particularly premature contractions.

All GLP-1's can raise resting heart rate, but Reta is obviously the King here. I take 2000mg of Taurine daily now, 4000mg when I was at 4mg a week of Reta losing weight. I just take 1mg of Tirz & Reta weekly now. Even Nutricost Taurine works well, I tracked my BPM along with my BP for a while and it helped bring it down. My understanding is after a few months of using Reta, the higher BPM when down for most people if someone else can back me up on that.

 

[BNLFL]

You should be extremely careful taking Reta with heart issues, especially A-fib. Reta is known to increase heartbeat which could interfere with your cardiac rhythm and send you to the E.R.

The pneumonia caused it, and he's only keeping me on this stuff because I have zero side effect from it, and a safety measure, because I used to drink a bunch of beer. I had a nuclear stress test a while back, nothing wrong, no blockages. I actually go to him on Monday. They do a EKG every time. BP is usually around 125/75, I test at home. HR is up maybe 4-6 BPM, and that's some times. It averages 55 when sleeping. O2 is always 98-100%. I appreciate the concern.

 

[yota96 38658]

Everyday is probably overdoing it, but 2X isn't uncommon and can help keep blood serum levels more consistent. Less food noise, maybe less spiking of your heart rate. I've done every other day before, I didn't see a benefit from it. I do 1mg of Tirz and 1mg of Reta 84 hours apart weekly and it's maintenance for me and works well.

Why are you doing both Tirz and Reta?

 

[RubbaDubba1]

Why not both? Lots of folks on here doing it, works great for maintenace, enough appetite suppression with Tirz and enough Caloric burn with Reta. My labs are great, helps with some of the bad habits I have.