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When you prime the needle in a pen is that expunging the air from the vial? My past experience from using Ozempic for instance each new pen you set your pen and press then you would see a drop on the tip of the needle. Is this necessary when using a V2 or V4? I pinned 1mg of Reta and I didn't notice any change in the volume of my pin. So long story short is I don't believe that I pinned any amount as it wasn't primed. Am I correct in thinking this?

@snake-pepskin Thank you for sharing this info. I'm a newbie and I've found that just by lurking and reading other comments I learn something e.g., primed and acuate.

Thanks for all the replies. And I'm educating myself reading as much as I can find. If anyone has any useful information that I could read about this research it would be greatly appreciated. I

Currently I'm on 2mg of Ozempic and I feel like I've hit a plateau. Meaning that I've slowly gained the weight back that I had initially lost. I am planning on making the switch to reta and I have a couple of questions. Should I continue with the Ozempic and just add the reta? Or should I stop the Ozempic and go with the reta? I plan to follow the low and slow approach to reta starting my research amount at .05. I'm 64 and am active as I walk 1.5 hours a day in the southern heat as well as go to the gym primarily for elliptical between 45 minutes to an hour. I want to eventually add some high rep light weight training as well. I would really appreciate any thoughts or input anyone may have. Thanks

I got this image from their website.

@stevepep Sorry, but they didn't send a COA. I take it that's not a good thing? This is first reta that I've bought.

What does COA stand for?

Whew! Thanks for all the replies. I've been reading and watching. This is definitely a learning experience for me which is ok. I need/want to understand it. Also, I made a mistake about the vial size as it is 3ml and not 30mg. I got the vial (glass cartridge, that's the same thing, right?) from this website. I really learn from the tutorials and I'm glad they are back. Thanks again and sorry if for the dumb questions.

Newbie here and I have a couple of questions about setting the pen to the dosage I want. I have a V2 pen and I want to start with 0.5 mg. of reta, however the dial does not have 1/2 dosages it just has whole numbers 1,2,3 etc. Is it not possible to set pen at 0.5? Also, the reta I have is 10 mg. and the vials I have is for 30mg is this a problem? I know that I couldn't put more that 30mg. in the vial but is putting 10mg. going to be an issue since it won't fully fill the vial and thereby have air in it? Sorry if these are stupid questions I'm just trying to get my head wrapped around this. Thanks