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Anyone switch from Reta to Semaglutide?

13 replies10 peopleJun 3, 2026β˜† Follow
Summary

Experiences switching from retatrutide to semaglutide for stronger appetite suppression?

Users report mixed results with low-dose retatrutide failing to fully control late-day hunger, leading some to stack semaglutide or increase reta instead of switching entirely. Several note semaglutide provides reliable food-noise reduction even at modest doses like 1 mg, while others view it as inferior to reta's multi-pathway effects. Stacking both is described as effective for balancing metabolic benefits with stronger suppression without major added sides.

What this discussion establishesWhere people disagree

Some see semaglutide as outdated or weaker overall compared to reta, while others defend it as highly effective and cheaper with fewer issues for certain users.

Still open

Whether complete switching makes sense versus stacking or dose adjustment, and exact equivalence between reta and sema doses for GLP effects.

Nothing here is advice.

13 replies Β· 10 people
ClearKettle55archiveopening postJun 3

Reta works well for me overall, though the appetite control isn't always as strong as I'd like. From what I've heard, Semaglutide might handle that better. Has anyone switched over, and what led them to do it? How do they stack up against each other? Is the hunger reduction noticeably better with Sema?

LevelCinder55archiveJun 3

Switching like that sounds extreme. 🀒 What's your current Reta amount? If the cravings returned that strongly for me, I'd raise my Reta or toss in a bit of Tirzepatide instead. Nothing beats Reta over Semaglutide in my view.

WryPebble36archiveJun 3

I really like Sema myself. I've never tried the others, but my girlfriend uses Tirze. I've heard the same thing, that semaglutide can hit harder on food noise and appetite because it targets just one pathway. That single focus is also why its doses stay lower. Stacking it might work better than adding Tirze since it would only overlap on the GLP side. I think that could mean fewer sides overall. A full switch probably wouldn't make sense though, since you'd lose the triple action from Reta. A lot of the recent dislike for sema seems like it's just not the newest option anymore. It still works great for me and costs less, so I'm staying with it. I've seen that 6 mg of Reta lines up roughly with 1 mg of sema for the GLP part.

WarmSparrow60archiveJun 3

This matches the experience of changing vehicles from one maker to a different one.

ClearKettle55archiveJun 3
↳ replying to @LevelCinder55

My current schedule has me taking one milligram doses spaced two days apart for a weekly total of two milligrams.

PatientTimber45archiveJun 3
↳ replying to @ClearKettle55

I stopped dividing it into smaller parts and took everything together instead so the appetite blocking effect came back.

BlueMarble65archiveJun 3
↳ replying to @ClearKettle55

Won't touch on anyone's approach to their own health matters. Still this compound typically calls for no less than six or eight milligrams before it shows real results across plenty of users. I stuck with a weekly schedule myself. Research studies followed exactly that pattern while using even larger amounts.

BlueMarble65archiveJun 3

Those remarks about a drop in standards caught my eye so I wanted to respond. The medication performs very well and could turn out preferable for some individuals along with their specific situations when going by the latest research.

WarmAnchor46archiveJun 3

I'm looking for info on whether Tirzep and ret can be taken together. That option works better for me than dividing the dose.

ClearKettle55archiveJun 3

I had the spacing wrong before. The two milligrams divide into one milligram amounts with four days separating each rather than two. My apologies if that led to mixups.

WrySparrow92archiveJun 3
↳ replying to @ClearKettle55 (opening post)

I've combined the two in my routine for years now. Doses sit at four milligrams reta with one milligram sema. The latter counts as the earliest version and for long timers past four years like me it alone quiets those hunger signals.

WryPebble36archiveJun 3
↳ replying to @ClearKettle55

With such a small amount it makes sense to me to raise it first before trying other options or combinations. The studies apparently reached as high as twelve milligrams. I keep wondering whether side effects explain why the amount stays low and split up. In that situation switching to something else could work or spacing out the one milligram every other day might help if larger single amounts feel too rough. That raises a concern for me that the other medication might bring on even stronger reactions depending on what is causing the trouble now though of course there is no way to tell. On a related note I dropped more than half my starting weight from over two hundred thirty down to one hundred ten in roughly twelve months while staying mostly at one milligram the whole period. Maintenance has continued for the past couple of years at that same level since it keeps working and dropping below it led to the scale creeping back up.

SteadySignal41archiveJun 3
↳ replying to @WryPebble36

Yeah I don't get the negativity some folks direct at that option. It ended up working really well for me.

GreyAlder96archiveJun 4

I'm combining the two together right now. I chose the second one mainly for its effects on metabolism yet the appetite control felt weak once I hit eight milligrams. It held up okay earlier on but the urge to eat would hit hard right before bed. Pushing the amount higher brought on that skin sensitivity issue. Throwing in the first one fixed everything with zero extra problems just better overall control. Worth noting the growth hormone ramped up my appetite dramatically almost like it had no end. These days with four units of that I'm running two milligrams of the first and eight of the second to cut weight.

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