Nausea is the most common GI side effect
The Trump administration, via the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said in late January that 23 million consumers have signed up for 2026 individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2026 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period on November 1, 2025. Those numbers, however, include people who signed up or renewed coverage and not those who ended up paying their first months premium, industry analysts have said
Since GLP-1 receptor agonists work by slowing gastric emptying, they can lead to side effects like nausea, vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea
Visceral fat, the dangerous fat around your organs, begins to mobilize
These byproducts may include: Ketones (from fat burning) Urea and ammonia (from protein breakdown) Other organic compounds filtered by the kidneys If more of these substances are present in the blood, they will appear in urine and may affect its smell
Additionally, 41% of patients who used 8 mg retatrutide showed an improvement in blood pressure, and they had to discontinue at least one antihypertensive medication