What dose of reta are you at?

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Started week 1 on 0.5mg, week 2 on 1mg, week 3 on 1.5mg, went on vacation, did not pin for 11 days and definitely felt the effect wear off during the vacation, only gained 0.1kg during the vacation so I guess it was still doing it's job!

Came back and pinned 2mg on March 31st and will be pinning 2mg tomorrow (every 5 days for me) again.
 
390120 said:
I know everyone is different but I read a lot of posts where people start at low doses and don't need to titrate up that high of a dose.

I'm curious as to if people go all the way up to 12mg like in the clinical trials, if if they have reaped most benefits at lower doses.

So my question is:

How long have you been taking Reta for?

Where along are you in your journey?

What is your current dosage?
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My goals with Reta from the start were to minimize side effects by titrating up slowly, and to use the minimum effective dose as long as possible.

I started at 1mg, once per week, for the first 5 weeks, increased to 2mg for 5 weeks, and I am currently on week 2 at 3mg. The side effects are most pronounced in the first week after increasing the dose but minimal. I plan to stay on this path, ramping up 1 more milligram per dose every 4-6 weeks, until reaching 6mg, which I am planning to be my ceiling. Listening to my body, and will tweak the plan slightly if necessary.

So far I am exceeding my weight loss goals, and have had almost no side effects, which I credit to my diet. I feel really great in general. I am focusing on resistance training and light cardio. I’ve lost 29lbs in the first 12 weeks, down from 228lbs to 199, while building muscle in the process. My goal is hit 175, then maintain.

Everyone is different but this is working wonders for me. My wife is following the same path.
 
i started at 2mg this week. i figure if it's good enough for the trials, it's good enough for me. the side effects in the first few hours really sucked, though.
 
catrix said:
Any reason why you go up so fast?
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If Tirz is suppressing your appetite at whatever dose, there's minimal reason to escalate until that changes.

Reta's benefit over Tirz is GCGR signaling, which is dose dependent... the limiting factor for escalating dosage could be sides, depending on your goals and biology. Thus the quicker and to some limit more you get GCGR signaling the bump in BMR/TDEE, the better Reta may work, since Reta isn't for appetite control like Sema and Tirz.
 
catrix said:
Any reason why you go up so fast?
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I personally bumped up to 6mg from 5 weeks of 4mg because both my wife and I weren't getting the appetite suppression and just wasn't getting the same feeling. First week of 6mg with a different vendor, nothing, then second week, bam. Shit hit hard. Just finished those vials and mixed another two vials from another vendor I had, and wanted to try. Sticking with 6mg for now.
 
Started out at 1mg but moved up to 2mg within a couple of weeks. Lost about 20lbs fairly quick after going to 3mg. Then stalled out even after going up to 5mg. For some reason I stayed tired and sleepy all the time. Stopped the reta and changed to tirz. Gained 5lbs right off on a really low dose. Taking 5mg of tirz and it seems to work for about 4 days.

Thinking of taking about splitting 2-3mg of reta with the tirz to see if that helps. Some of the tired feeling has gone but have also started cpap therapy about 10 days ago.

Not sure if stopping reta or starting coap is helping.
 
I’m at week 13 now. I started at 3 mg per week and have gradually increased to 7.5 mg every fifth day. It feels like a good dose at the moment. I don’t feel hungry, but I can still eat small portions without any issues.
 
Currently sitting at 4mg/week.. bumped up about 2 weeks ago after 3 months cruising at 2.5mg.

Honestly, 2.5mg was doing solid work, appetite was dialed in, weight was moving, but I stalled a bit as my body adapted. I'm pushing hard for sub-10% BF right now (currently ~11%), so I decided it was time to push the dose rather than just drop calories further and risk losing muscle.

The jump to 4mg hit noticeably harder the first week nausea kicked back in briefly like I was starting fresh, which actually makes me think the receptor activity genuinely stepped up. Energy during training took a small dip for a few days but normalized.

Anyone else used Reta specifically for that "last mile" into single-digit BF? Curious if others have found a sweet spot dose-wise when the goal is recomp/cut rather than just pure weight loss.
 
X3rocks said:
Started out at 1mg but moved up to 2mg within a couple of weeks. Lost about 20lbs fairly quick after going to 3mg. Then stalled out even after going up to 5mg. For some reason I stayed tired and sleepy all the time. Stopped the reta and changed to tirz. Gained 5lbs right off on a really low dose. Taking 5mg of tirz and it seems to work for about 4 days.

Thinking of taking about splitting 2-3mg of reta with the tirz to see if that helps. Some of the tired feeling has gone but have also started cpap therapy about 10 days ago.

Not sure if stopping reta or starting coap is helping.
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I'm starting 10mg tomorrow for 4 weeks then moving to 12mg if the side effects are manageable. I've been on and off Reta for over a year now, have not had good results with lower dosages (under 6mg).
 
MintyPanda said:
I'm starting 10mg tomorrow for 4 weeks then moving to 12mg if the side effects are manageable. I've been on and off Reta for over a year now, have not had good results with lower dosages (under 6mg).
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How is it coming off reta? Also how much weight did you lose in the year of use?
 
headward said:
What is the absolute lowest dose people take? I was taking 2-5 mg for only February (never took any glp-1 previously). Last dose I had was 2.5 mg about three weeks ago. Am thinking of taking only 0.25 mg per week now. Maybe 0.5 or 1mg. Or every ten or fifteen days. Like just using it as a tool for when my diet is sliding away from perfection. Cost is not an issue. It is very cheap.

Any thoughts?
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i use my tirz like that. only take 1.25mg every 8 days or so, so i can feel what its like to actually be hungry so my baseline "hunger" isnt actually me being hungry but more so bored or use to the schedule and im expecting food at a certain time etc. works great for me. its been an amazing tool against my BED because of that.
 
MintyPanda said:
It's not bad at all coming off, if anything I wish I would have stayed on. I lost about 50lbs in a year but gained back 30 when I went off.
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In how much time did you gain it back?
 
MintyPanda said:
It's not bad at all coming off, if anything I wish I would have stayed on. I lost about 50lbs in a year but gained back 30 when I went off.
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Mind mentioning why you came off it?
 
woundcarping said:
I’m leveling off at 7mg/week after starting my bridge from Tirz on 1/10.

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How did you bridge from trz? Did you have much change in food noise w the Reta alone (wo trz)?
 
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