What dose of reta are you at?

I started off at .8mg every 5 days for about 3 weeks, then up to 1.0, 1.3, 1.5 and now 3 months in at 2.0. Certainly not as effective as it once was. Next dose will be 2.5 going on the tail end of 3 months. I'm not necessarily trying to lose weight, I just don't want to crave chocolate/sweets/chips like when I first started.
 
Your doses are really low in my opinion, and I wonder what a bump from 1 to 1.3 to 1.5 would do. You also get used to the effects/feelings of Reta overtime.
 
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BNLFL said:
Your doses are really low in my opinion, and I wonder what a bump from 1 to 1.3 to 1.5 would do. You also get used to the effects/feelings of Reta overtime.
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Considering the quite big variations in actual milligrams packaged in vials compared to the advertised amount (R10 having from 8mg to 12mg,) these 0.2mg or 0.3mg bumps are completely meaningless.
 
Start weight: 215lb (Day 1)
Current weight: 198.2 lb (Day 38)

My reta dosage:
week 1: 1mg every 3 days / ~2.33mg per week
week 2: 1mg every 3 days / ~2.33mg per week
week 3: 1mg every 3 days / ~2.33mg per week
week 4: 1mg every 3 days / ~2.33mg per week
week 5: 1mg every 3 days / ~2.33mg per week

  • week 1 & 2 headache and fatigue was really bad, but dirinking electrolytes, sleeping more helped. I probably should have started lower dosage.
  • week 2 I lost 10 lb
  • week 4 I was stuck with the same weight for a week until I started to workout more intentionally. No more fatigue/headaches.
  • week 5 I definitely feel reta not working as it used to be, I feel the cravings come back in 1.5/2 days instead of 3 days, less effective with current dose. Planning to titrate up soon.
 
bogardbilla said:
Considering the quite big variations in actual milligrams packaged in vials compared to the advertised amount (R10 having from 8mg to 12mg,) these 0.2mg or 0.3mg bumps are completely meaningless.
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I know that and I mix for that. I'm just curious the reasoning and not trying to be an ass.
 
bogardbilla said:
We're all experimenting with this stuff after all, and 99% of experiment attempts end up looking silly in hindsight.
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Makes sense. I guess I never looked at it from the experiment side. I just followed the protocol and to lose weight.
 
Jumped today on 4mg. Started from 1mg and titrating 1mg up every 3 weeks. So curious if the magic dose of reta (4mg) is a real deal, or just another urban legend 😉
 
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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Never went above 2mgs and with working out and eating right I became the leanest I've ever been at 56 yrs old. I've been a gym rat for 40 yrs and always ate clean.
 
Started the 9mg ride this morning on 2 BFF R60's I reconstituted on Thursday with 3ml Hospira.Getting caught up on Friday shots. We went away last Thursday, so missed the last Friday 8mg, but pinned Monday morning. Next week will be Saturday, then the following back to Friday mornings. So a 6 day shot deal. My wife was confused, but that's to be expected.
In other news, got tracking on the WW R140 and on Zeus 3-R30.
 
RetCurious said:
Saw that popping off, ought to be exciting for the buyers.
I'm 15betting there's going to be some really good reta going stale in the next 90 days in some cases. 😆
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Fact on the R140 taking a shit. I'm going to do 1 vial at a time. 6ml BAC, 3ml reconstituted into a 10ml vial, then another 3ml BAC into that. 9mg pins will be 15 doses out of the vial at 9mg. Two of us pulling 9mg which is 8 weeks for both, acceptable. I heard they're overfilled like mad, so I'll need that test info before I don anything with it,
 
M38 / 76kg / ~20% body fat
Training Mon-Fri in the morning (fasted, weight training). No prior GLP-1 use — Reta is my first.

Week 1: Started with 0.5mg. One day after the first injection I could hardly eat anything at all — felt full after two bites. Stayed like this for about 3 days, then gradually got better.

Week 2: Bumped to 0.75mg. Realized after the injection that my syringe had a larger dead volume than expected — probably only got around 0.4mg in. Same effects as the first dose, plus some mild fatigue and light GI symptoms, but nothing extreme. Food noise has been gone consistently since the first injection.

Week 3: Took 0.75mg yesterday with the correct syringe (low dead volume this time). So far so good. I can manage 1400-1800 kcal a day with around 150g of protein, but for the first 2-3 days after each injection I have to force-feed myself a bit 😉

Honestly surprised by how strong the effects are at such low doses. The complete disappearance of cravings and food noise especially caught me off guard — didn't expect that from 0.5mg as a GLP-1 newbie.


(Text polished with AI — I have a hard time writing clean English myself.)
 
Started 9mg yesterday, zero side effects except the damn sleep thing. I usually get bedtime heart burn, but nothing.
 
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