How do I choose the size of the vials to order?

Starting out with 2 kits is a reasonable move. Once the dose climbs, either reconstitute 2 vials and pull from both, or reconstitute 2, then filter and transfer them into a fresh sterile vial. Have your kits tested, so you know the reta is at the purity it claims (over 99%) and the endotoxin level is safe. Bear in mind that nearly every vendor overfills, and that filtering costs you volume (the filter keeps some back no matter how much air/bac water you flush through), which throws off your dosing accuracy.

For each vial I wouldn't stretch usage past 6 weeks, since the peptide loses potency after that. Once you're on a steady maintenance dose, 4 weeks would be my own limit.
 
OP — my 2 cents:

It's great that you're working out a plan before committing to this, or any, GLP medication. As others have said, nobody can predict how you'll respond until you actually start. You could turn out to be a slow responder or a fast one, you could run into assorted side effects, or you could find the medication simply isn't a fit for you. However much research you've done, what you experience will be your own.

Let's run the numbers: an R10 kit holds 100mg of medication, and however you slice it, that's the total you have to work with. So where do you begin — 0.5mg, 1mg, or 2mg? Say you were to follow the titration protocol used in the trials, which calls for a structured step-up every four weeks, here's how it plays out:

Weeks 1- 4: 2mg weekly, which is 8mg all told

Weeks 5-8: at 4mg, so 16mg all told

Weeks 9-12: 8mg, working out to 32mg

Weeks 13-16: 12mg, giving 48mg in total

With a 104 mg total you're looking at just under four months of supply, though how you dose and how you schedule it is ultimately your call. You'll pick a starting dose — 0.5, 1, or 2, say — aiming to bring the medication in gradually so you can watch for side effects. Results differ; the weight loss might be small or it might be large, and there's no telling which. After the first month you reassess. If the dose is doing its job, why change it until you stall? When the stall comes, that's when you decide on the next increase. That becomes the rhythm: pick a dose, hold it for a month, then think about going up. Back to the R10 kit and its 100mg: follow that protocol and one kit should see you through about four months, maybe more if you respond well. Two R10 kits are certainly not money wasted — they could carry you past six months, which is plenty of time to watch your progress and settle into the routine.
 
Thank you all so much for the advice. I hadn't expected this volume of replies so quickly. 🙏

I'm in a technical line of work, and protocols are my instinct. Sticking closely to the clinical trials and what they reported had been my approach. Your suggestion to just watch how my body handles 2 mg strikes me as more pragmatic. If 2mg does the job and the scale moves 3 kg a month, that's precisely the outcome I'm after.
 
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