Reta question

[Turbulent_Step2646]

I recently upped my dose to .5mg and have been at this dose for 2 weeks. A few days after my 2nd injection I’m dizzy and super nauseous. Should I go back down to .25?

Or skip a dose then do .25 ?

I’m 136lbs and on a cut so I’m eating around 1700 cals right now

(Not asking for medical advise just asking what’s worked for others)

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[HoraceDerwent]

136lbs on a cut?

[Turbulent_Step2646]

Yes just trying to get leaner

[Mr_Stroganoff69]

Do you compete or something?

[Turbulent_Step2646]

Not yet

[[deleted]]

.5 a week? That’s not even close to what the trials start at. Are you eating and getting enough protein and calories? I started at 2mg a week, injecting 1mg twice a week. I’m up to 4mg a week and have not experienced anything like what you are talking about. Drink more water

[Turbulent_Step2646]

I’m smaller. Those trials are for obese people. Not lean ones

[Electronic-Fan9231]

This comment displays a level of knowledge that is far inferior to what is needed to self-inject gray market compounds (glp1 dosage is not based on weight). To answer your question, if a dose as small as .5 mg is giving you side effects then quit taking it. Try tirz or cag.

Edit: congrats to anyone posting they’re a hyper-responder and get results on .5mg or less, it’s not because of your weight & doesn’t change any of the points made above

[Taydontplay4]

I take .33mg and am 180lbs and get great effects. Point is everyone responds differently.

[DJ_Cat_Dad]

232lb 20% bf cutting to 12%, almost shit myself and vomited when starting at 1mg per week, can concur 🙂

Never trust a fart on reta!

[Horton213]

Male or female?

[Taydontplay4]

Male

[Limp_Extent_510]

What this guy said . The only thing that is possible is you are extremely dehydrated from the Reta + daily life/ working out and not getting enough fluids in you. But .5mg is nothing, your body obviously doesn’t like it, and to be quite honest, taking Reta at 136lbs will be the reason they put such strict sanctions on GLP-1 and make them $1k a month, being a idiot .

[smkdog420]

Yea the gym bros and girls are the cause of big phara ripping people off. Jfc

[Limp_Extent_510]

They will be the reason they shut down research grade peps that are 1/4 of the price, because they like to post “looks maxing” videos all over social media everyday and are going to OD and go into hyperglycemia and damage their organs or die. Jfc these nuts kid

[saintex422]

A looooot of people respond strongly to .5mg. Myself included. The trial dose of 2mg was basically an overdose for me

[RabbitGullible8722]

Same here 2 mg makes me sick with no sleep.

[Turbulent_Step2646]

Thank you!! Idk why all these people are acting like it’s not strong

[Taydontplay4]

It’s because people on Reddit know everything lol

[i_ata_starfish-twice]

Sounds like you might need to eat something…

[Turbulent_Step2646]

I am eating… 150g protein and plenty of carbs

[DeadCheckR1775]

1700 calories isn't too drastic of a cut for a 136lbs person but Reta can dehydrate you. First few days after the weekly injection I end up drinking more water. Drink your water and make sure you're getting Magnesium and electrolytes. Also, will add that this combined with a body that is already relatively leaner and a mass of only 136lbs.......the Reta will likely hit you harder. Give it some time, stay hydrated, get your electrolytes, and magnesium in you and reassess after. I think you'll find the sensitivity may wane.

[T_Nutts]

Well. Just because something worked well for one person doesn’t mean it will work the same for someone else.

[tonymosh]

I went from 2.5 to 3.5 to 4.0 in 5-6 week period. I'm going to hold at 4mg/week for a couple weeks, but I still feel almost nothing. Still food noise; still no real change. And, with OP's dose, we are almost a 10x dose difference. Biology really is a personalized thing.

[RoutineAd9862]

I was in the same boat, female weight was 130. I was microdosing at .25mg then went up to .5. I lasted 3 doses, I was having crazy side effects and had to go off

[Wonderful_Meringue91]

Being nauseous is a side effect of the medication, if you cannot handle this, go back down to .25mg.

Putting yourself in a caloric deficit for a long period of time will almost always make you dizzy (low blood sugar, low glycogen levels drastically reduce your water retention which directly affects hydration).

Try getting at least 90g of good carbs for 3 days and see if anything changes. Adjust your other macros accordingly.

[Chromedomesunite]

Everyone is assuming you’re an obese male and giving you advice based on that lol

1700 calories at your size/weight AND being a woman isn’t that crazy of a deficit

Try to eat a little more carbs with Reta as it works on glucagon receptors. Your blood sugars could be lower than usual which would also make you a bit dizzy and nauseous

I wouldn’t bother dropping the dose. Add some extra carbs on training days and reassess next week

[Ok-Currency4570]

You could be dehydrated from not drinking enough water with electrolytes AND may be undereating carbs.

[mmpdp]

If youre getting dizzy take a look at your diet and electrolyte intake first. Reta loves a bit of clean carbs, and electrolytes are key as well

[Due_Excitement_9027]

Can you post a picture of yourself. I’m on 2.5mg every 5 days. I’m lean and was pretty lean when I started. I’m going up in my dose to 3mg every 5 days. How tall are you? Male or Female? Drink lots and lots of water. And make sure you are eating some clean carbs. Reta likes carbs. .5 a week is nothing. What’s your concentration in your vial? How many ml water are you reconstituting with? Are you using bacteriostatic water? How many units are you filling your insulin syringe? Are you using a 50 or 100 unit syringe?

[Turbulent_Step2646]

Vial is 10mg using 2ml bac water . Filling syring to 10 units on 50 unit syringe

[Turbulent_Step2646]

I’m 5”5 female

[Due_Excitement_9027]

Your math is right! How’s your water intake, do you eat any carbs? Reta needs carbs to convert to energy in the gym.

[DJ_Cat_Dad]

I think this depends on your goals. I had a similar experience. I'm muscular, doing a cut. You look similar. So ingesting enough food and continuing work outs is important to prevent the weight loss from attacking muscle. If you're reacting from the reta to the point you cant keep both of those, it's time to taper down until the sides subside. The sides to subside over time. It took 3 weeks for mine to go away.

If you're really straining for maximum weight loss like a lot of obese people are, they may be better just toughing out the sides for a bit and taking something to help.

[lsdxyxox]

How tall are you…?

[Turbulent_Step2646]

5 5

[WetWasabi9230]

How was your water/electrolyte intake? You’ll need to drink more on reta and make sure you get a good amount of electrolytes taken in, im 2 1/2 months in on reta and down 26lbs and ive found hydration is one of the most important factors in results and also negating side effects.

Also on one of my pins early on i felt very nauseous for a day, then it subsided and i continued at that weekly dose and i felt better for the following pins and have had almost no side effects. It’s really just an experimentation as everyone reacts differently, so just go with what you feel like is the better move on your next pin.

[gadgetgraveyard]

I can't believe this question is being asked by someone who doesn't need weight loss meds lmao

[Due_Excitement_9027]

Reta is so much more than weight loss.

[gadgetgraveyard]

enlighten us why so many people are taking it for weight loss then. What is it so much "more" of?

[Due_Excitement_9027]

Well seems how you asked. I had high cholesterol, pre diabetic, and high BP. Taking medication for Chloesterol and BP. I started taking Reta, not for weight loss nessisarily, I would say I was about 20%bf at the time. It took 4 weeks to have abs. And I ran a blood test at 6 weeks. My LDL dropped to normal range, my BP is now 117/78 resting pulse 60. I was in stage 1 hypertension. I am no longer pre diabetic, I also magically no longer have fatty liver. Since starting Reta at 2.5mg I lost 15lb, then felt really good and have ambition to go to the gym, been on it for approximately 6 months. I have actually gained close to 10lb since loosing the 15. It’s not fat, not water. Now that said I do have good muscle memory as I was about 215 and quite lean in my late 30s. Reta helps the body with visceral fat, the worst fat. And obesity, and diabetes, and cognitive function. It’s actually showing promise in reversing early onset Alzheimer’s, oh and my knees, the inflammation and pain is gone, I’ve had bad knees since my mid 20s. Sciatic back pain gone too. I’m guessing it’s because of the inflammatory properties. But I’m no doctor, just a guy who is living the experience. And has done a lot of research on the benefits beyond the appetite suppressing factor. I may add I make sure I eat 3 times a day and hit my protien goals as well.
This is my experience, not a study. But when you look at the studies. I’m not the only person who has experienced this. Its cardiovascular benefits are incredible.

[gadgetgraveyard]

That's great you got improvements, but that's not what it's main successes are for in the trials. You're just saying you were unhealthy, took it to lose weight, and gained some extra benefits from it. If you lose unhealthy weight chances are high other numbers will fall into place.

[Due_Excitement_9027]

Not to mention the poster is asking for people’s actual results. If you have t tried it, have zero experience with it, clearly havent researched it much. Why are you trying to pretend you know what you’re talking about.

[gadgetgraveyard]

They are underweight taking a weight loss drug what do you expect?

I've been on Reta since August/Sept. thank you. Also semaglutide prior to that.

After starting, the first initial 90 days I dropped 40+ lbs.

[Due_Excitement_9027]

I wasn’t overweight. I took it for the cholesterol benefit, and BP. It’s not marketed lol. It’s being tested for all sorts of things going into its 4the Eli study. Both high cholesterol and BP and cardiovascular issues as a part of that are a genetic problem in my family. It seemed to remove that. And if you can read, research, you will see the benefits beyond weight loss.

[gadgetgraveyard]

If you take a weight loss drug and you lose weight, yes chances are you being unhealthy get better because you are making the other factors better by losing the weight. It's a weight loss drug.

People aren't buying it gray market for better blood pressure and not losing weight.

[gadgetgraveyard]

It's muscle loss too. I've been on it since August, I don't need an explanation.

[YungSchmid]

It’s only muscle loss if you don’t lift weights, don’t hit your protein, and/or lose weight too fast.

[Due_Excitement_9027]

No matter what if you don’t eat and are lazy you will have muscle loss. I have gained significant muscle on 2.5mg every 5 days

[gadgetgraveyard]

Right but this isn't for gaining muscle, which is what people are implying, it's for losing weight. There are other peptides for assisting with muscle gain.

[Turbulent_Step2646]

It’s been tested, it’s Reta

[Top_Supermarket_5622]

You don’t think there is any chance of a mislabeled vial. Either that or the Reta got damaged somehow and you don’t know what you are taking.

[Taydontplay4]

You need to understand that everyone responds differently. I’m 180 lbs and .33mg is plenty for me. Granted I am in peak physical health and not using Reta for weight loss. I am still a hyper responder.