Tirz to Reta or "Ghetto Reta" Transition Questions
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I jumped straight to Reta and have lost 30+ pounds in six months.
My significant other has been, and is currently, on Tirz (12.5) prescribed by her doctor. After seeing my success, she wants to transition to either the Tirz/Maz combo or the Reta. Are there any suggested processes?
If Tirz/Maz is the route, should you (a) keep Tirz at 12.5 and slowly add Maz, (b) reduce Tirz by some amount and also slowly add Maz or (c) some other process?
If Reta is the route, should you (a) stop Tirz and replace with Reta (titrating up), (b) reduce Tirz by some amount and also slowly add Reta or (c) some other process?
I would presume 2-4 weeks for each "step".
Experiences and suggestions?
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I jumped straight to Reta and have lost 30+ pounds in six months.
My significant other has been, and is currently, on Tirz (12.5) prescribed by her doctor. After seeing my success, she wants to transition to either the Tirz/Maz combo or the Reta. Are there any suggested processes?
If Tirz/Maz is the route, should you (a) keep Tirz at 12.5 and slowly add Maz, (b) reduce Tirz by some amount and also slowly add Maz or (c) some other process?
If Reta is the route, should you (a) stop Tirz and replace with Reta (titrating up), (b) reduce Tirz by some amount and also slowly add Reta or (c) some other process?
I would presume 2-4 weeks for each "step".
Experiences and suggestions?
@coondogesq I’m on tirz/maz because I couldn’t tolerate Reta. The increased resting heart rate and skin sensitivity was too much for me even at just 1mg. I switched to Maz off Randy’s recommendation, he says Maz was gentler than Survo. I started with tirz 2.5 weekly and then 2.5 twice a week. I stayed there.
I added Maz 0.5 once a week then moved to twice a week after 2 weeks. I slowly moved to 1mg twice a week, and have been on that tirz/maz combo for a couple months now. I have a little heart rate increase and slight skin sensitivity but otherwise going well.
As for lowering the tirz, you’ll get tons of opinions. I’m of the opinion to use the lowest dose possible so you don’t blow out all your receptors. But if it’s prescription, you may not be able to. I have heard trying to step down can result in prescription denial.
Survo is cheaper than Maz tho. And fewer carry Maz. So think about which one you want to marry yourself to for a while. When I’m out, I may try Survo just cuz I can get a kit from Nexaph. -
@coondogesq I’m on tirz/maz because I couldn’t tolerate Reta. The increased resting heart rate and skin sensitivity was too much for me even at just 1mg. I switched to Maz off Randy’s recommendation, he says Maz was gentler than Survo. I started with tirz 2.5 weekly and then 2.5 twice a week. I stayed there.
I added Maz 0.5 once a week then moved to twice a week after 2 weeks. I slowly moved to 1mg twice a week, and have been on that tirz/maz combo for a couple months now. I have a little heart rate increase and slight skin sensitivity but otherwise going well.
As for lowering the tirz, you’ll get tons of opinions. I’m of the opinion to use the lowest dose possible so you don’t blow out all your receptors. But if it’s prescription, you may not be able to. I have heard trying to step down can result in prescription denial.
Survo is cheaper than Maz tho. And fewer carry Maz. So think about which one you want to marry yourself to for a while. When I’m out, I may try Survo just cuz I can get a kit from Nexaph.@jennn Good suggestions. I’ve transitioned from 5mg Tirz 1.5mg Reta to the Loretta stack. 2mg Reta and 1mg Elora. Is a quad agonist and the Elora hits the appetite/food noise as good as Tirz. Reta is weak in that area hence the Elora.
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I wanted to transition to reta eventually so I started adding reta to my normal tirz protocol. I started at 1mg and have titrated up every 3 or 4 weeks to 2mg, then 3mg, while not reducing tirz and am currently at 15mg of tirz and 3mg reta. I have not had any issues tolerating it. Sample size of 1. In about 3 weeks I'll be at 4mg reta and off tirz and add cagri in slowly. If not doing it for me I'll fall back to my current tirz and reta protocol.
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