Dreant A, Blanchard C, Jacobi D
Stomach Pain on Reta vs Other GLP-1 Compounds Cross-trial comparisons have significant limitations, but directional data helps contextualize the stomach pain experience on retatrutide: Metric Retatrutide 12 mg Semaglutide 2.4 mg Tirzepatide 15 mg Overall GI events ~67% ~74% ~51% Nausea ~46% ~44% ~31% Diarrhea ~33% ~30% ~23% Vomiting ~22% ~24% ~12% Discontinuation due to GI AEs ~8% ~7% ~6% Key observation: Despite targeting three receptors instead of one or two, retatrutide's overall GI adverse event rate is comparable to semaglutide and modestly higher than tirzepatide
They may increase the dose beyond what would be appropriate, creating the overdose scenario described above
At low doses, it is used as a blood thinner
MMPs primarily regulate ECM degradation
We observed that, compared to the saline-injected group, mice injected with Ex-4c exhibited a significant increase in Fos expression by POMC neurons within the ARH (Fig