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According to the website, this includes guidance on administration, side effect management, and dose-related questions
This is why Retatrutide remains available only as a research-use compound
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As the half-life of retatrutide is 6 days, once weekly administration was sufficient with as expected gastrointestinal disturbance being the most common side effect and occurring in 63% of those on retatrutide, 60% on dulaglutide, and 54% of the placebo cohort [63]