Switching from Sema to Reta...any advice?

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8mg reta as the ceiling on tolerable dose and then adding sema every 3 days to cover what the higher dose would have done is a creative solution. 110 total with another 8 on the combination is a strong result. Going from 10 lbs on sema to that kind of total - the combination piece seems to be what moved things.
 
Sema working well until tolerability capped at 1mg and then switching to TZ is a really common two-step progression before reta comes into the picture. The OP's 10 lbs on sema before switching is a smaller response than some, which actually makes the mechanism-switch argument for reta more interesting. Did TZ fix the tolerability issue that stopped you on sema?
 
The split dosing approach for sema side effects is actually a smart starting move, and hearing it made things more even makes sense. Transitioning from split sema to reta should be manageable if you start reta low and give it a few weeks before assessing. What dose of reta are you planning to start at?
 
Switched over to RETA and it's honestly been amazing, hated SEMA, drowsy, nauseous, constant bathroom trips, just miserable. Zero issues on Reta for me, and I've dropped over 70 pounds in eight weeks.
 
Ran sema for nearly a year. Dropped 10 pounds the first couple months, then completely stalled. Appetite control was minimal and I generally felt awful. Switched over to reta afterward and the entire experience felt like night and day.
 
Cycled through both compounds at different points. Reta broke through a three month plateau for me, but the constipation got worse and the emotional flatness was more noticeable. Went back to sema for maintenance now.
 
Even after almost six months on sema, still had random burping and loose stools show up occasionally. Went a good six weeks with zero issues, then out of nowhere it hit again. Now I'm doing split doses of reta and honestly barely notice any side effects.
 
My husband tried sema for about six months, worked up to 1mg. Absolutely no reaction, no appetite drop, no weight loss, just left him feeling drained. Would switching to something like tirz or reta give better odds? Anyone here dealt with non-responders before?
 
Might be worth stepping away for a couple months and letting things reset. Sitting at a 12mg reta amount with zero movement after eight weeks does seem unusually stalled. Reached that same 12mg level, once weekly, following the standard trial schedule a while back, and progress stopped there too. Sema had done absolutely nothing a couple years earlier even at the full amount. Since then the reta amount got scaled back to 6mg with cagri layered in, and the scale is moving again, just very gradually, but that's fine as long as it doesn't reverse.
 
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