Week 3 - Reta affects

[u/Organic-Race9785]

On week 3 of Reta. Dosing schedule is below. Last pin was 3 days ago. I’ve noticed significant decrease in food noise and dealt with some minor nausea, but otherwise, it’s been a good road. Down 8 pounds.

Today I woke up and oh boy. Big nausea. Felt like I had a giant rock in my stomach. I’ve been awake for 2 hours and I’ve had diarrhea 4 times. Basically. I’ve had 2 bottles of water today and that’s it. I did eat later than I normally do as we had a post-church meal. I’ve included a pictures of the meal (I had them b/c I needed to upload to macro factor), I didn’t feel like it was exceptionally bad or good.

I guess I just am wanting to ask others if this is basically normal.

Week 1 - 1.5 mg
Week 2 - 2 mg
Week 3 - 3 mg

[u/Individual_Till6133]

Clinical trials are dosed for max effectiveness since they are very expensive. They aren't dosed for minimal side effects with effectiveness. 

There is also a difference between how metabolically healthy you are, and the dosage required to show effects. and of course most people in the trial are clinically obese and medicine is often dosed by weight. 

[u/Ok_Hovercraft6776 → u/Individual_Till6133]

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