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Appetite Suppression Ranking of the GLPs?

51 replies30 peopleMay 17, 2026☆ Follow
Summary

How do users rank appetite suppression strength of semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, cagrilintide and similar compounds on a 1-10 scale?

Forum members report highly variable personal ratings for each compound, with tirzepatide frequently described as strongest, retatrutide as milder or inconsistent, and semaglutide in between. Several users note that retatrutide still produces weight loss even when hunger reduction is weak, while others combine agents or switch when one fails. Individual response, prior diet habits, and dose all appear to influence outcomes more than any fixed hierarchy.

What this discussion establishesWhere people disagree

Participants disagree on whether retatrutide provides more, less, or equal suppression compared with tirzepatide and semaglutide; some call it the weakest while others rate it highest.

Still open

No consensus emerges on a universal ranking or on why receptor sensitivity and prior calorie deficit appear to change results for some users but not others.

Nothing here is advice.

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LevelFenwick52archiveopening postMay 17

I've used retatrutide for several months with great outcomes. Others have said its hunger reduction is weaker than tirzepatide or semaglutide, but it's still sufficient for me. That made me wonder how the group would score appetite effects across semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, cagrilintide, and similar options on a 1-10 scale where 1 is normal hunger and 10 means you could skip food all day. Melanotan-2 could be added too. With only retatrutide experience, I'd give it 8.5.

LevelSignal57archiveMay 17

Tirzepatide since early March gets a 7 from me. I still eat daily but no longer feel constant hunger.

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @LevelSignal57

Tirzepatide does seem especially strong for that. I might try the others just to compare the feeling against retatrutide.

AmberCompass48archiveMay 17

How can anyone assign a single number when they have only tried one of the three?

PatientFenwick91archiveMay 17

Only retatrutide so far, now at 5 mg, and I notice almost no hunger reduction, so 2 on that scale. Started at the beginning of the year and will try 6 mg next week; if that still does nothing after six months I will stop. The batch tested overfilled with high purity, so it's not fake product. Planning to try cagrilintide or eloralintide later once prices drop.

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick91

I had also read that retatrutide tends to suppress appetite the least. I was already used to eating less from the year before, so maybe that helped. Stacking retatrutide with cagrilintide or tirzepatide is mentioned for stronger effects. Would you consider combining or are you done with retatrutide?

PatientFenwick91archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @LevelFenwick52

Receptor sensitivity might explain it, and I'm glad retatrutide helps many others. For me hunger returned after month four and now feels stronger than before starting. I never had big appetite issues originally, but now I'm constantly craving food and side effects are getting worse with higher doses, so it's not worth continuing. No stacking for me; I'll try cagrilintide alone. The kit is on the way.

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick91

Good luck with that. I'm only in month three on retatrutide and hope to avoid the same problem. My plan is to stay at the lowest effective dose, recently moved to 5 mg, until I hit 8-9 % body fat from the current 11 %, then drop to around 2 mg for maintenance.

SharpTimber40archiveMay 17

GLP ranking: semaglutide first, then tirzepatide, then retatrutide. GIP ranking: retatrutide first, then tirzepatide. Cagrilintide response varies; at 0.5 mg it crushed my appetite. It works on amylin receptors, not GLP.

SlowSignal40archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @LevelFenwick52 (opening post)

My normal hunger would already be minus 100; retatrutide brought it to zero. Yes, the product is real. The most powerful option should work dramatically, so maybe some people are just unlucky.

WryLedger73archiveMay 17

Tried all three. Tirzepatide gave the strongest appetite drop. Semaglutide and retatrutide felt about equal.

CopperAlder51archiveMay 17

Response seems very personal. Semaglutide for nearly a year did almost nothing for me. Retatrutide works well and fully removes hunger, a 10. I can still eat when needed. Planning to lower the dose soon and expect hunger to return, so I have cagrilintide ready for maintenance.

PlainAlder11archiveMay 17

Only retatrutide experience. Hunger control is still present and I fill up quickly. The last week and a half the side effects have disappeared, including heartburn, and sleep has improved.

BlueTimber11archiveMay 17

Does any of this ranking actually matter?

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @BlueTimber11

Only if you want to know what others think.

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @CopperAlder51

Same here with strong hunger control. I don't think I need anything stronger. Also looked at cagrilintide for when I reduce the dose.

BlueTimber11archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @LevelFenwick52

I'm only interested in details that have real importance. Is any of this ranking useful for the actual purpose of these drugs?

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 17
↳ replying to @BlueTimber11

It satisfies my own curiosity. Beyond that, you can decide for yourself.

IronCompass33archiveMay 19
↳ replying to @LevelFenwick52 (opening post)

Tirzepatide since early February, still at 2.5 mg, has removed all hunger signals. I had to track calories to avoid undereating. Inflammatory markers have not improved and even rose slightly. A fibromyalgia flare in April stopped weight loss. Added 1 mg retatrutide last week hoping it would restart loss without extra appetite drop, and it did. Now down two pounds with similar suppression. So tirzepatide is 10, retatrutide 1 for me, yet retatrutide restarted progress on the scale.

LevelSignal57archiveMay 19
↳ replying to @LevelFenwick52

Exactly. I'm considering retatrutide but hesitant because tirzepatide is already working well. If it isn't broken, why change it?

LevelFenwick52archiveMay 19
↳ replying to @LevelSignal57

Retatrutide is excellent and I don't plan to switch. Even with newer five-agonist options coming, I'll stay with it.

GreenSignal63archiveMay 20

Only retatrutide at a low dose so far, wanting the fat-burning effect without losing all enjoyment of food. It has reduced snacking outside meals but overall appetite change is modest, though weight is dropping. Ordered tirzepatide as backup and also curious about tesamorelin for muscle while cutting. Main interest was effects on blood markers and inflammation; cholesterol and fatty liver flags make the next labs important.

BrightSignal76archiveMay 20
↳ replying to @WryLedger73

Used semaglutide, retatrutide, and cagrilintide. Cagrilintide ranks first, semaglutide and retatrutide tied. Needed maximum trial doses for the latter two before side effects appeared. Current sweet spot is 8 mg retatrutide plus 1 mg cagrilintide. Retatrutide and semaglutide suit people who keep macros balanced for slow loss and muscle retention, often at lower doses. Those with strong hunger issues may do better with tirzepatide or cagrilintide stacks. All work, but results depend on diet and training. Losing more than a couple pounds weekly without strength work can hurt body composition.

BrightSignal76archiveMay 20
↳ replying to @GreenSignal63

Muscle growth requires testosterone or hgh. Under forty, hgh is preferable if future children are planned; after forty consider testosterone and tadalafil. Tesamorelin targets visceral fat but adds little muscle and brings water retention plus carpal tunnel. Searching the forums with an AI tool can help gather more posts.

KeenHarbour69archiveMay 21
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick91

Same experience with retatrutide giving very little appetite control, so switching to tirzepatide to test if it works better.

KeenSparrow23archiveMay 21

Tried semaglutide and tirzepatide. Semaglutide scored 10 but partly because I felt sick constantly. Tirzepatide is 7 and I like it more. No retatrutide yet.

PatientFenwick91archiveMay 21
↳ replying to @KeenHarbour69

Plenty of non-responders here. Went up to 6 mg with zero appetite effect. Also interested in tirzepatide but will try cagrilintide first.

KeenHarbour69archiveMay 21
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick91

Helpful to know others have the same issue. Wonder what causes the difference. Considered cagrilintide but will try tirzepatide first.

PatientFenwick39archiveMay 22

No semaglutide experience. Tirzepatide 8, retatrutide 6.5, cagrilintide 9. Both tirzepatide and cagrilintide suppress too strongly for me. Retatrutide strikes the right balance of still being able to eat while controlling cravings.

PlainAlder11archiveMay 22
↳ replying to @BlueTimber11

Thanks for the medical opinion. I agree and have enough personal data to support it.

CopperAlder25archiveMay 22

Good question because the three compounds reduce appetite differently even when scale results look similar. Personal scores: semaglutide 6, steady background effect where food thoughts decrease but cravings remain. Tirzepatide 8, much stronger satiety from the GIP part; half a plate fills you and more food feels off-putting. Retatrutide 5, milder than both despite being triple agonist. The interesting part is why retatrutide still drives loss when hunger control is the weakest of the three.

WarmMarble23archiveMay 23
↳ replying to @LevelFenwick52 (opening post)

Ten weeks on retatrutide up to 4 mg. Slight effect started at 2 mg but became noticeable only at 4 mg. It doesn't strongly suppress appetite; instead it creates a mild full feeling and faster satiety.

SharpCinder28archiveMay 23

Tirzepatide can raise thermogenesis via GIP-driven futile calcium cycling, though far less than retatrutide's glucagon effect. Retatrutide also performs some calcium cycling.

SlowSignal40archiveMay 23
↳ replying to @CopperAlder25

You covered the thermogenic angle I was going to add. Semaglutide back in 2020-2021 reduced hunger briefly but left sweet cravings untouched, 5. Retatrutide acts more subtly, like a hidden filter that makes food less noticeable, 6. Modafinil gives a mild 3. Tesofensine a weak 2. Asia Black-25 scores 7. Combining retatrutide, Asia Black, and modafinil reaches 13 and forces deliberate eating.

AmberCompass30archiveMay 24

Retatrutide has actually given me better appetite control than the other GLPs once the dose was right, helping maintain the deficit.

WarmQuill25archiveMay 25
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick91

Hard to believe it does nothing for you. Must be frustrating when it works for most others. How many months on retatrutide now?

PatientFenwick91archiveMay 25
↳ replying to @WarmQuill25

Not depressing at all. Found other non-responders here. Using it more for insulin and longevity reasons than weight, so it was an experiment. Now at month six on 6 mg and hungrier than before. Ending the retatrutide trial soon.

WarmQuill25archiveMay 25
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick91

What did the independent test involve? Did you send a sample to a lab?

PatientFenwick91archiveMay 25
↳ replying to @WarmQuill25

Yes, sent it for testing as mentioned earlier. It was overfilled and high purity, also checked for endotoxins. I filter all peptides.

RustKettle37archiveMay 30

Shows how individual results are. Retatrutide let me skip food entirely, making protein intake difficult and requiring shakes. Lost interest in sugar and preferred simple meals. Would rate it 9. Now on tirzepatide and find it frustrating; nausea is not the same as appetite control even if the outcome is similar. Electrolytes help a bit. The worst part is sometimes it allows the wrong food then punishes with stomach issues. Fine for maintenance but only a 3 if nausea is ignored.

GreyAnchor47archiveMay 31
↳ replying to @PlainAlder11

How long have you been on retatrutide? Heartburn was bad two weeks ago but seems to be easing.

IronThistle53archiveMay 31

Sticking with retatrutide so far but plan to switch to tirzepatide for maintenance because of stronger expected appetite control and because tirzepatide keeps heart rate higher, which may not be needed once maintaining. Once retatrutide trials finish, longer-term medical guidance will probably reflect that.

SharpBramble33archiveMay 31

At church so can't read everything yet, but my ranking is tirzepatide or retatrutide first (used together so hard to separate), then cagrilintide at 0.5 mg which hit hard. Other options include tesofensine, semaglutide, mazdutide, orforglipron, survodutide, eloralintide and more.

WarmQuill25archiveJun 2
↳ replying to @RustKettle37

What dose and duration on retatrutide? On 5 mg I can still eat what I want when I do eat, though I avoid overdoing it to prevent feeling bad later. No sugar cravings, only minor chip cravings that I limit. Usually eat once or twice a day because stomach hunger appears that often, though food noise is gone.

RustKettle37archiveJun 2
↳ replying to @WarmQuill25

Didn't have much to lose. As a short middle-aged woman the remaining fat was stubborn. Used 1 mg twice weekly for three months. Went from losing half a pound a week with perfect adherence to dropping 15 pounds in the same period while keeping the same workouts and protein focus.

SharpAlder96archiveJul 18

Started on prescribed semaglutide. First two months at 0.25 and 0.5 did nothing; effect began at 1 mg where I remain. Now stack with roughly 4 mg retatrutide split across the week plus 1 mg semaglutide mid-week. Hard to separate but semaglutide seems to add more appetite control. Retatrutide works differently. I don't want zero interest in food or nausea at the thought of eating, just removal of food noise, which the stack achieves. Also protecting muscle by prioritizing protein so I need to be able to eat. Sweet tooth is reduced; one sweet item satisfies without wanting more. Both rate 10 for me. Haven't tried tirzepatide though considered switching.

LevelSignal57archiveJul 18
↳ replying to @KeenHarbour69

Tirzepatide has been excellent; food noise is basically gone.

BlueMarble65archiveJul 18

Semaglutide 7, responded fast at low dose. Tirzepatide 8. Retatrutide 5. Cagrilintide 2 with little personal benefit. Everyone responds differently due to pharmacogenetics and receptor factors.

CopperFenwick68archiveJul 18

Semaglutide 9.5, tirzepatide 8.5, retatrutide 6.

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