Weeks 25-36 (maintenance or continued loss): Rate of weight loss naturally slows
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This allows your body to reach new steady-state levels, which takes approximately 4 to 5 half-lives (roughly 24 to 30 days for retatrutide)
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But since these are not technically bariatric surgeries, when we refer to bariatric surgery in this discussion we are referring to gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and duodenal switch
Importantly, in one study, nearly three-quarters of participants with prediabetes returned to normal blood sugar levels, suggesting that retatrutide may help not only manage but even reverse early metabolic dysfunction