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| 28 Days on Retatrutide |
Retatrutide is the successor to Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 drugs Ozempic/Wegovy (Semaglutide) and Eli Lilly's Mounjauro (Trizipatide).
Retatrutide is NOT approved by the FDA and is currently undergoing research in a clinical trial. If you are accepted into the trial, you are either given Retatrutide or a placebo. In the case of a placebo, boo hoo, you won't lose weight. Meanwhile, Retatrutide participants are losing close to 30% of their weight while showing an unbelievable reduction in liver fat. Some indications suggest better muscle sparing as well, making the weight loss even more impressive.
Retatrutide is available under "research purpose" from many companies. It is my understanding that most of the Retatrutide is coming from China. That isn't necessarily bad. The Chinese even have key patents and processes in play to manufacture Reta. But legitimacy is always a concern. There are real risks for things like endotoxins.
Most sellers or resellers of Retatrutide will provide a Certificate of Authenticity to verify the product's authenticity. Some won't even use the word Retatrutide on their website, but will mark the product with something like "GLP-R" where the R stands for Reta. The product is sent to labs for purity and quantity testing, as well as for testing for contaminants such as endotoxins. Be aware: you can always fake a certificate of authenticity!
That said, people are going to be people and find a way even if you tell them NOT to. I did!
I ordered a 15mg bottle of Retatrutide peptide vial from Evolve Peptides based on the recommendation from a very well-known biohacker and triathlete, and took the plunge. NONE of this is MEDICAL Advice. This is just my experience!
In 28 days (Mar 15-Apr11) I lost 22lbs. Yes, I'm sure a ton is water weight, but there was plenty of weight loss as well. The results are simply undeniable. In addition, as a former pro triathlete, I pretty much stopped exercising in favor of landscaping instead. Now, landscaping can be a lot of work, but I had been told you have to be careful how much cardio you do on reta because weight just melts off. I guess it did anyway.
Protocol
I decided to go with a 1mg injection on Saturday night, and 1mg injection Tuesday or Wednesday. To do so, I bought a 15mg vial. Vials are really only guaranteed for 28 days for best sterility but I decided I would try to stretch it out to 45 days or so. Vials must be kept refrigerated.
Given my 2mg a week, I really should have bought a 10mg bottle instead, but I was being cheap as the 15mg was only an extra $30.
Supplies I needed other than Retatrutride
- Disposable Gloves 100 count - Glove up for sterility.
- Sterile prep pads - Used to wipe the injection site and the tops of both the peptide vial and the reconstitution solution vial.
- Reconstitution Solution (From Evolve) - Sterile Bacteriostatic water vial, which I draw from and inject into the peptide vial to reconstitute the Retatrutide. I ordered my solution from Amazon, but Amazon has pulled all their reconstitution solution.
- 1ml Syringes 31g 1/4 6mm 20 Pack - used to inject myself in the left or right abdomen belly fat (alternating) with peptides drawn from the peptide bottle.
- 2.5ml Syringes 25ga 25pack - Used to draw the Bacteriostatic and inject it into the peptide vial.
Reconstitution of Retatrutide
Retatrutide arrives as a dry powder (lyophilized) because it's more stable and lasts longer. However, that means it must be reconstituted. That is why I needed the other supplies listed above. It wasn't complicated.
In my case, because I had 15mg of Retatrutide Peptide, I reconstituted it with 1.5ml of reconstitution solution. I used 1.5ml to keep the math easy. See, doing it this way means all I need to do to get my 1mg dose is draw 10 units from the peptide vial (.1ml). If I wanted a 2mg dose, I would need 20 units (.2ml). The 1ml syringe has a total of 100 unit capacity so I am using about 1/10 the capacity.
The simple math for 10mg would be 1ml of reconstitution. 20mg 2ml. 5mg .5ml.
I watched other videos on Youtube for best practices in reconstitution
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