DataDave said:Four weeks is the pharmacokinetics, not caution.
I disagree that the ladder is purely tolerability. The maintenance and regain data cluster at the top doses, so a ladder abandoned halfway leaves you outside the evidence base for the part that matters most — keeping it off.
jennifer_SEA said:I titrated faster than the label because I felt fine, hit a wall at the third step, and had to come back down — which I now think was the predictable…
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The therapeutic dose for weight management starts at 1.7mg (semaglutide) or 5mg (tirzepatide). Be patient with the ramp-up.
JennaRN said:I disagree that the ladder is purely tolerability.
Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either. Those three things can all be true at once, and most arguments here are two people holding different parts of that.
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Shop Reference StandardsOne thing that is still open after NicoleRaleigh’s answer:
Why the interval is four weeks rather than two, and whether a slower ladder gets to the same place?
OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.
I held the step an extra three weeks instead of stepping back down, and it settled. Same dose, same everything, just more time — which is exactly what was suggested upthread.