Wegovy vs Reta

[super35link]

Yesterday I learnt from my doctor that I have insurance coverage for using Wegovy for my NAFLD and he already prescribed it for me and waiting for me to collect it. I am now at a crossroads, do I go with Wegovy or Reta? My BMI is not that high, 33.3 kg/m2 but I have a a metabolic risk since I have fatty liver, pre-diabetic and also have a history of gout.

In the third triumph of Reta I think I read 35% out of the participating population were already have having fatty liver and 82% have completely reversed it, this is huge for me.

What do you think?

 

[Thee Oohwee]

Completely your choice. I shifted from Tirz to Reta specifically for some of the fatty liver healing the trials were touting.

Give it a whirl if you have the financial means. Do your research and get you a starter kit. Maybe fill the wegovy and stockpile it for maintenance later on?

 

[super35link]

Completely your choice. I shifted from Tirz to Reta specifically for some of the fatty liver healing the trials were touting.

Give it a whirl if you have the financial means. Do your research and get you a starter kit. Maybe fill the wegovy and stockpile it for maintenance later on?

Isn’t it safer to go with Wegovy rather than Reta? Things like how to reconstitute Reta or which dosage regime I should be following, even Anhedonia reports I read about Reta makes me anxious

What’s the expiry range of Wegovy? The internet has contradicting results

 

[palmtreeliving]

Haven’t tried wegovy but Reta has helped me come out of the pre diabetic range. Did some blood tests about 2 weeks ago and I am now in the healthy range for A1c.

In my opinion, if you are able to get your hands on Reta I would recommend it over Wegovy since it is a triple agonist compared to only one like wegovy.

 

[lessthanhalf]

Assuming the price you are paying for wegovy via insurance is reasonably cheap, there are advantages to staying with the legit version, rather than grey reta, mainly no risk of contaminated or mislabelled peptides. And no arguments or fibbing to doctors.

But semaglutide almost certainly has the worst side effects for the least weight loss effects of all the GLP's, and is not as good as reta for fixing fatty liver disease, although the research is at an earlier stage for reta.

I am not the least biased person to advise on semaglutide as I put up with a year of nausea and malaise from it to try to help control hunger after losing about half my weight, before I discovered grey versions that were less expensive and had way less side effects. Tirz 15mg plus reta 5mg per week has less nausea, and no malaise than 0.8mg/w of ozempic for me.

One option would be to start wegovy and see how it goes, side effects vary a lot from person to person, and you may not get much in the way of side effects, and if it turns out to be a problem then try reta. Or if it does not help the NAFLD much.

As a straight up comparison reta wins by a mile , to lose 15% body weight on semaglutide is full max dose of 2.4mg/week, where you could get the same degree of weight loss from around only 3mg a week of reta ( 1/4 the max dose ), so you don't only get the advantage of less side effects from reta vs sema at full doses, but you may well get away with much lower doses of reta with even less side effects.

 

[Grogu]

I stacked 1mg of sema on top of tirz for about 10 weeks last fall and literally had no side effects. So, YMMV. I personally wouldn’t switch to sema as it’s inferior to reta or tirz, but that doesn’t mean you can’t fill the Rx and stay on reta.

As long as your insurance is covering the medication and it’s cheap, I would personally fill the Rx and either stockpile for maintenace as suggested by @Thee Oohwee or keep it to use it as a stack if you stall or need a boost.

I’m not into selling peptides/medications in the b/s/t market, but you could probably sell it. I’d be more apt to gift it to a family member or friend. I realize that all these are probably illegal, but I’m just being practical.

 

[Rolltide61]

Things like how to reconstitute Reta or which dosage regime I should be following, even Anhedonia reports I read about Reta makes me anxious

You ain't lived until you have reconstituted your first peptide hoss. It's a rush. It's magical. You'll want to do it again and again. You'll buy other peptides just to reconstitute them. And then......it becomes a chore.

 

[GLP1Pharmacist]

I would have no hesitation using Wegovy but I would double check your copay. Mine is over $700 a month , which is nuts. F*ck BC/BS Wegovy has actual clinical trials to support treating fatty liver too.

 

[BNLFL]

You ain't lived until you have reconstituted your first peptide hoss. It's a rush. It's magical. You'll want to do it again and again. You'll buy other peptides just to reconstitute them. And then......it becomes a chore.

Don't remind me, I'm trying to break the GB spree. 🤣 I'm just a sucker for deal.

 

[super35link]

My insurance fully covers this treatment, I am thinking to talk my doctor to change it to Mounjaro since Triz is second generation and supposedly better than Wegovy

 

[super35link]

You ain't lived until you have reconstituted your first peptide hoss. It's a rush. It's magical. You'll want to do it again and again. You'll buy other peptides just to reconstitute them. And then......it becomes a chore.

I’ve never touched a needle in my life let alone reconstitute my own stack of peptides.
Recently I discovered that I have trypanophobia, the kind that triggers vasovagal response which directs blood away from the needle’s location, all this happens unconsciously in a split second.

 

[CNCCurrency]

Haven’t tried wegovy but Reta has helped me come out of the pre diabetic range. Did some blood tests about 2 weeks ago and I am now in the healthy range for A1c.

In my opinion, if you are able to get your hands on Reta I would recommend it over Wegovy since it is a triple agonist compared to only one like wegovy.


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Mine went from 6.3 to 5.1 in 8 months. reta for the win for me.

 

[lessthanhalf]

If the choice is between prescription tirzepatide versus grey reta, then tirzepatide is probably the better choice, even if reta is a little bit more effective, assuming the legit version is not expensive even with insurance. Mainly as you do not get the added risk of worse side effects from tirz.

 

[tbaby]

I wouldn’t touch WeGovy even if it was free. It has the worst size effects compared to Tirz or Reta.