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c/retatrutide·posted 4 months ago by u/emil_wojcik

[Question] dose escalation — what am I missing here

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.

The advice on TRIUMPH in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.

I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.

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u/farid_molnar0 points·4 months ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/rekha_vestergaard1 point·4 months ago

the glucagon component changes the side effect profile, not just the efficacy

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u/kofi_balogun1 point·4 months ago

the glucagon component changes the side effect profile, not just the efficacy

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/rohan_cardoso138 points·4 months ago

Crossposting this to c/progresspics because the people who need it are not reading this community.

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u/lane_watchermod · logistics77 points·4 months ago·edited

Are you quoting phase 2 or is there phase 3 data now?

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u/tired_ledger_notes95 points·4 months ago

the 15mg arm is different from 0.25mg, results do not transfer

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u/incretin_ivyMOD76 points·4 months ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/nausea_notesside effects115 points·4 months ago

nobody should be giving this to anyone without extensive monitoring

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u/lane_watchermod · logistics169 points·4 months ago

nobody should be giving this to anyone without extensive monitoring

Disagree on that part. 98.4% and 98.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/vito_beaulieu53 points·4 months ago·edited

triple agonism plus glucagon is a different physiological state than GIP/GLP-1 dual

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u/devils_advocate_d141 points·4 months ago

Yeah, phase 2 retatrutide is interesting but it is not comparable to phase 3 compounds.

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u/renzo_yildiz38 points·4 months ago

Rodent data is rodent data. Dose scaling is not linear and the models tell you what to investigate, not what to expect.

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u/emil_wojcikOP22 points·4 months ago

Dose escalation on retatrutide is steeper and faster than on semaglutide. Do not assume the titration patterns transfer.

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u/liver_enzyme_liz-21 points·4 months ago

Strongly agree. Heart rate escalation needs the actual data, not impressions.

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u/yannick_salinas37 points·4 months ago
tl;dr for anyone scrolling: triple agonist
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u/ismael_eriksen20 points·4 months ago

triple agonism is phase 2, do not generalise

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u/noor_ivaturi8 points·4 months ago

Yeah, phase 2 retatrutide is interesting but it is not comparable to phase 3 compounds.

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u/emil_wojcikOP5 points·4 months ago

heart rate and dose escalation need actual measurements, not impressions

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u/dead_space_doug24 points·4 months ago

Strongly agree. Heart rate escalation needs the actual data, not impressions.

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u/clara_weiss20 points·4 months ago·edited

Did you actually measure heart rate or is that a feeling?

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u/viktor_laurent15 points·4 months ago

Yeah, phase 2 retatrutide is interesting but it is not comparable to phase 3 compounds.

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u/farid_molnar11 points·4 months ago

triple agonism plus glucagon is a different physiological state than GIP/GLP-1 dual

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u/titration_marshalmod · c/semaglutide6 points·4 months ago

This is correct. Triple agonism is genuinely different.

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u/helga_vermeulen8 points·4 months ago

What was the dosing schedule in that arm?

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u/helga_vermeulen16 points·4 months ago·edited

research use only, handling and analysis, not protocols

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u/emil_wojcikOP9 points·4 months ago

research use only, handling and analysis, not protocols

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u/careful_gradient_again2 points·4 months ago

the weight curves are unusually steep, which makes predicting individual response harder

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