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Each is the latest step in a distinct multi-decade research lineage, and understanding those lineages explains why the two look so different despite chasing the same endpoint

Using bacteriostatic water rather than sterile saline extends the stability of the reconstituted solution to approximately 30 days under refrigeration

The TRIUMPH-4 Phase 3 trial in obesity with knee osteoarthritis later reported 28.7% mean weight loss at 68 weeks with retatrutide 12 mg/week, and identified a dose-related dysesthesia (nerve-tingling) signal in 8.8% of 9 mg and 20.9% of 12 mg patients (Bays et al., 2025)

This dual effect on both sides of the energy balance equation is why retatrutide produced the highest weight loss percentages of any single-agent trial