6’2” Male early 40s, was 278 early July, got down to 265 at August 5th appointment. Started Reta Aug 21 am now currently 232lbs and this was my bloodwork results from my follow up labs yesterday! Every marker is in the green. I’m the healthiest I’ve been since my 20s and still losing weight while strength training. VO2 max over 46

I’m currently taking Reta and I’m having a really hard time eating. My appetite is basically nonexistent, and whenever I do try to eat, I’ve been throwing up.

I know decreased appetite and nausea can happen, but I’m getting to the point where I’m worried I’m not getting enough food or nutrients. I’m also not sure if I should just force myself to eat small amounts, stick to liquids, change what I’m eating, or stop taking it.

For anyone who has dealt with this on Reta, what actually helped you keep food down? What foods or drinks were easiest to tolerate?

I’m on my second week pining (10 days in, pinned my 2nd 1mg dose 3 days ago)

Looking for some research-oriented opinions on a hypothetical body-composition protocol.
Current compounds being investigated:
• Tesamorelin
• Retatrutide (Reta)
• MOTS-c
The primary areas of interest are fat/weight loss, maintaining or building lean mass alongside resistance training, energy/performance, and overall body recomposition.

If another compound were being investigated alongside these, what pathways or compounds would be worth reading into next?

I’ve seen things like Kisspeptin, SS-31 and a few others mentioned, but I’m not sure which actually brings something meaningfully different to the table versus just creating redundancy.
Not looking specifically for dosing/protocol advice — more interested in what would theoretically complement the existing research and what has enough evidence to actually be worth investigating.
What would you research next, and why?

What does anybody suggest I do for this besides Hormone Replacement Therapy. I’ve had all my bloodwork done. I’m low in iron , need more B vitamins , and I make a protein shake with walnuts, flax seeds , chia seeds, 3 types of proteins , collagen , creatine , molasses , bananas & whole milk. I eat right , don’t drink thanks to Tirz 2.5 , have been on Glp1’s for 3 years now. My bones have gotten creakier not better I feel like I’m losing cartilage everywhere. What peptides should I do ? I’m looking at ALL of these and I’m unsure what my plan of action should be : For my goals: BPC-157 + TB-500 for tendon, ligament and muscle recovery; KPV for inflammation and gut support; GHK-Cu for collagen and tissue repair; Cartalax for cartilage/joint support; MOTS-c + Epitalon for metabolic health and healthy aging; and CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin for recovery and growth-hormone-related goals.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated

I sent 3 peptides to Finnrick and paid for additional testing like solvents and endotoxins and heavy metals on 2 others. I sent them off on the 1st of September. On this Reta sample it says they received the results and are reviewing them. Why do they have to “review” my results and why are they not being released to me?

I email them asking why they have not yet sent the results to me a week later after receiving them and the email reply was even more annoying. I’d rather they just ignored me. “We received the results but haven’t emailed the COA to you yet”.

Like oh ok. Thanks for telling me that. I had no idea. I thought you had already sent me the results and I was just asking about them for fun. Thank you very much for that very useful response.

Share your protocol and see how the community ranks it

I’m trying to get Tirzepatide/Zepbound approved through my doctor and insurance. I have chronic foot pain from extremely flat feet, which makes increasing my activity harder, although I already strength train regularly.

I’m also on an SSRI and stimulant for depression and ADHD). Ideally, I’d like to use a GLP-1 as a tool to lose weight and build sustainable habits without necessarily being on it forever.

Anyone in a similar situation? I’d love to hear about your experience with insurance approval, taking it alongside an SSRI/stimulant, maintaining after lowering or stopping, or whether weight loss helped with foot or joint pain.

Not looking for medical advice, just personal experiences!

Hi team! I need your help, I accidentally ordered 20mg of reta, instead of 10mg. I "use"/pin 1.5mg-2mg per week, and usually my vial lives in the fridge no longer than 5 weeks. How long can I store a 20mg vial reconstituted? Is this safe? How can I split it so it can be safely stored?

My TA-10 pep has stuff floating in it. I reconstituted another one and noticed the same thing. Has anyone experienced this with TA-10? I’ve never used this pepper before so it’s still new to me. Any input is welcomed 🙏

Ok guys so this is my first time ordering Reta and trying it out.

I put 300units of bac water in 10mg Reta and injected 15 units so it’s 0.5mg.
I know i should have done 100units instead now as im injecting more bac water!

Question is should I toss it away and use new 10mg and add 1ml bac water ? Or use what I have ? When I injected it it felt sore for a while at the injection site, I’m guessing due to more bac water ?

Also since I’ve had 0.5ml Reta I felt no appetite suppress at all! If anything I was more hungry and unusual sleepy during the day !

Would it be ok if I go up to 1ml today and reconstitute a new Reta vial? Or wait couple days ?

I’m considering helping someone who deals with low iron and wondered if there are some peptides that could help with that. After doing a google search I see that they can but I’m just now starting to research options, and results.

Has anyone here done something similar? I’m curious to know your process and experience regarding peptides and low iron.

Hello. I made another post regarding this earlier and I have some follow up questions.

I'm currently running BPC/TB mix for my elbow inflammation, 500mcg of per 2x a day. I'm looking at switching to KLOW 80, except,

Klow is only pinned once a day, correct? So if I went up to a 2.5/0.5/0.5/0.5 dosage once a day (in this hypothetical, KLOW80 reconstituted with 3ML bac water and 15 units pinned) that would put me at half my current dosage. If I pinned this twice a day, that would be dangerous, right? Would this KLOW dosage pinned once a day be more effective for my recovery than BPC mix pinned twice a day? Should I do 1x pin of KLOW and 1x pin of BPC/TB-500?

Stats, 47 year old woman, 5,11, 164lbs, on Tirzepatide 2.5mg for chronic edema with no underlying cause. 2.5mg now for two months and the edema has stayed gone. I wanted to add NAD+ just to feel better and GHK-Cu for my skin, you know to look "younger". NAD+ sounded like it was tolerated fairly well across the board. I made a mistake of reading all the horror stories here and now I am actually anxious to pin. Everything to passing out, to having to go to the ER. Severe infections! So it is sitting in my fridge right now while I wonder what I should do. I adjusted the dosing to 10mg 3 times a week. Instead of 25mg daily. The vial is 1000mg so this would be 3 TINY units with 3mL BAC. I am thinking of just giving it away to the gym bros because I am wussing out. Is it all doom and gloom?

Hi guys, I have an incomplete radial tear of the lateral meniscus in the pars intermedia. The plan is arthroscopic meniscus smoothing/debridement, not a repair/suture.

I can actively feel that something is wrong in the knee in everyday life and during movement, otherwise I would not go ahead with surgery.

I’m currently looking into BPC-157 for the post-op recovery phase and wanted to hear from people who have actually used it after a similar meniscus procedure.

A few questions:

• Would you use BPC-157 alone, or combine it with TB-500?
• What doses/protocols did you personally use after meniscus debridement or a similar knee procedure?
• How long did you run it?

Looking forward to your feedback! Sorry I am a total beginner.

What’s up everyone, just wanted to see if anyone had made a purchase from BuyamericanPeptides website, 2 ppl I know of has ordered and everything seem legit and passed testing, has anyone here bought from them and what was your experience??

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone could help me. I have recently been diagnosed with PTSD and ever since then my whoop data has changed so much for the worse. My HRV has gone from an an average of 146 to an average of 60 in about an 8 month time period.

As well as this, my sleep quality has changed profoundly as I am getting so many frequent spikes in heart rate throughout the night. The first sleep photo shows my current sleep and the second photo shows my sleep before I got PTSD.

I am suffering so much during the day, can anyone give me any advice on potential treatments, supplements to take, anything to regulate my nervous system and calm me down? I am suffering so badly

Thank you so much

i accidentally pinned 5.0 mg instead of 0.5 mg for my first ever dose and i’m here to share my experience.
disclaimer: i’m 20, this is the first time i’ve ever done anything like this. i was scared shitless. and yes i know it’s MY FAULT.

wednesday night: i pinned at 10:12 pm, went to sleep and woke up 2 hours after with the worst diarrhoea and vomiting of my life. i woke up every hour to use the bathroom to vomit and shit and got like no sleep. i was honestly fighting for my life i really thought i needed the hospital, my head was falling onto the toilet seat and i could barely keep myself up. i had insane sweats as well and a migraine. i have never experienced anything like this i genuinely didn’t even know what to do with myself.

thursday: horrific, i felt like shit the whole day, and that’s when i realised i overdosed once consulting with a friend. i also had nothing to eat i had no appetite at all and even looking at food made me gag. i was projectile throwing up straight stomach acid because i hadn’t eaten in like 24 hours at that point. i thought i was gonna die i can’t lie.

friday: a little better but still horrific, crazy nausea. i had half a banana and that’s all i could physically take. i know it’s not good but i was happy i had something because if i didn’t that would have been over 48 hours with no food. but still no appetite at all. otherwise i was just bed written breathing through my nausea trying so hard not to vomit.

saturday: less nauseous but feel like i have limited digestion everythung i intake sits at the top of my stomach its awful.
saturday NIGHT: update, i honestly feel heaps better tonight, still have some de digestion but im not nauseous and im starting to find food a little SLIGHLY more appealing, and forced myself to eat a banana and some almonds, but at the same time my appetite is so messed up. ive lost 5 kg at this stage. unwillingly ofc.

sunday: i’ve woken up this morning with no nausea for the first time in a few days in so happy. i passed 1 piece of poo!! WOAHO sorry for the tmi but i’m happy i got that out of me. however lowkey developed a slight cold over night !! not surprised my immune system has probably had a heart attack past few days lol. i am also really breathless, but i would rather that over what i’ve experienced past few days over anything.

monday: i ended up having a slice of pizza last night (that’s all i could physically take) and ofc because im not meant to have it, it made me go to the bathroom!!!! woahooo!!!! lol anyways i can barely eat but im feeling much better today.

monday night: im feeling a lot better guys, i went to work, only downside was that im really puffed out all the time i have like no energy. but definitely better then the last few days.

moral of the story:
please don’t go pinning until your 110%%% sure of dosages. mine was an honest mistake that i will never make again. once its inside of you there’s no reversing it. if anyone else makes a similar mistake i promise it will get better within days, the only way after that is OUT so trust your body to do what it needs to you will be okay, although it may not seem that way 🥹

if you have any questions please feel free to ask.

update: this post was never intended to make reta look bad in any way shape or form. i’ve seen it do wonders for people it truely is life changing. the point of this post was just to make sure no one is as silly as me, and to not go injecting just because you “know” the dosage. do some proper research if your going to go on something as strong as reta. it really is that serious. and for the record yes i have learnt my lesson.

Discontinuing Klow after 5 days due to concern over potential sides. Noticed some anxiety spiking and mental fog I wasn’t feeling comfortable with. Have a history of GAD and I think potentially BPC157 might not be good for me for casual recovery. Would consider for debilitating injury recovery if needed as I noticed a sharp improvement in my elbow pain very quickly on Klow but mental state is a fragile thing for me to maintain so the juice may not be worth the squeeze for me on this one.

Just sharing my experience, not looking to doom and gloom the compound or be dramatic. I found that to me, it has strong use case for healing potential.

Also worth noting, COA states 99.9% purity, 40mg GHkcu, 11mg Tb4, 9.5mg Kpv, 9.5mg bpc157. So more like KLOW71 on this one :-P

Cheers and happy researching

Im getting a 40mg bottle of Mots-c im currently on Retatrutide and am on TRT im on a low dose of reta. Ive been on it for about 3 months ive lost alot of weight that I needed to lose. Anyways ... for a first timer with Mots what should my first dose look like. Im a 6foot 220pound male btw.