Starting Dose Strategy on Reta – Slow Titration vs. Jumping to 2 mg Weekly

[Mr. B]

Wanting to lose 75lbs, and starting at .5mg? You need to start at 2mg. But I guess I don't know anything according to someone here.

No I understand where your coming from and I will get to that point. Still trying to learn a lot about Reta

 

[Vriende]

No I understand where your coming from and I will get to that point. Still trying to learn a lot about Reta

Some folks are adventurous with side effects such as diarrhea and constipation.
I support you working with your body rather than attempting to pound it into submission ;-)

 

[bada bing]

I did my second pin of Reta last Wednesday @ .6mg. I'll be going to 1.2mg next Wednesday. I'm stacking it with the 4mg/week of Tirz I'm on already. I'd like to titrate Reta up and Tirz down over the next couple months. I'll reduce Tirz down to 2.5-3.0mg/week because that's a handy dose for the 15mg vials I have on hand. I'll raise the Reta to whatever it takes to initiate slow weight loss. I've been maintaining at 215lbs for twelve months after losing 55lbs with Tirz. I want to step down to a final weight of 200-205 lbs. @6'4". I'll decide whether Tirz or Reta is my compound of choice for permanent maintenance after I get there, but eventually I'd like one shot a week of a single compound. I have plenty of both on hand and I might even alternate every 6 months once at goal. Still to be determined.

 

[BNLFL]

Some folks are adventurous with side effects such as diarrhea and constipation.
I support you working with your body rather than attempting to pound it into submission ;-)

I likely say that, because my wife and I never side effects like that. She did go a couple days without hitting the shitter. We had just started a diet, so who knows if that had anything to do with it. Got mild heartburn at bedtime on pin day. Now, I've had the sleep issues, but the gang who starts at .5mg say they get that too. Mine didn't start till like the 3rd 6mg shot. No issues for my wife.

 

[Hueco]

Following Lily's trial dosage schedule, currently on week 7 and on my third pin of 4mg.
I've been blessed as far as side effects go, i did experience some mild nausea, anhedonia and bad sleep the first 4 weeks on 2mg, but those side effects are basically gone, maybe some very mild anhedonia is still present but i'm unsure.

If i tolerate 6mg as well as I'm tolerating 4mg i plan to jump to 9mg and reassess.

 

[Notonthetrail]

A helpful thread for me. I have 1 day to go before I should have another 5 mg of Tirz. But I don’t have any, only Reta! Poor planning on my part. But it seems that starting slowly with either 0.5 mg Reta or 1.0 mg is the best plan.

 

[ZetsuM]

What i did and what worked for me (personal experience!):

Week 1: 0.5 mg
Week 2: 1 mg
Week 3: 1.5 mg
Week 4: 2 mg

I've lost 6+ kg (94.9-> 88.6 this morning) , have absolutely no side effects AT ALL.

My hunger only went down a little from 1 mg, the weight loss also started only at halfway week 2. It is now stable, i lose maybe 300-400 grams every 2 days which is fine by me.
I plan to stay on 2mg now as i feel it does the job. I can't eat like i used to but that's the point i was eating almost 3.5k kcal.

 

[BNLFL]

Following Lily's trial dosage schedule, currently on week 7 and on my third pin of 4mg.
I've been blessed as far as side effects go, i did experience some mild nausea, anhedonia and bad sleep the first 4 weeks on 2mg, but those side effects are basically gone, maybe some very mild anhedonia is still present but i'm unsure.

If i tolerate 6mg as well as I'm tolerating 4mg i plan to jump to 9mg and reassess.

My sleep started sucking ass late into the 6mg shots. 4/weeks of 8mg and now 2 weeks of 9mg hasn't changed that. I'm now used to getting up at 4am, but did sleep pretty good last night, still up at 4am. I sent portal message to my cardiologist about 2 things I'm interested in trying due to heart meds I'm on. Not real strong stuff though.