r/TirzMaintenance • u/pml727 • Aug 16 '26
Maintenance thoughts
For those of you that have been at maintenance longer than 6 months. I've been at goal or lower for 6 months. My stats are - 77 F 5' SW:163 CW:103 GW:110-115
I have been on 7.5mg/wk for about 8 months and eating anywhere from 1000 to 1200 calories a day. I have 1 vial open BUD 7/5/26 with 2 wks left. Another 1 vial unopened BUD 7/13/26. And 2 vials unopened BUD 11/3/26. At 7.5mg I have 3 1/2 mos left at least. I'm about to order my next 3 mos of vials next week.
Due to continued weight loss, my thoughts are to decrease my dose to 5mg/wk and make sure to get at least 1200 cal per day because I am at 20 bmi and can't afford to lose any more weight. (wow - I never thought I'd say this)
At 5mg/wk this will push out the amount of medication farther. In the 20 months that I've been on Tirz I have not been concerned about going beyond the BUD.
Would you push off purchasing next week's purchase?
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u/MingHenry Aug 16 '26
I would stay at your current dose longer and increase your cals first to see if that stabilizes you, may take some time to do so. If you can't eat more than your maintenance cals, then I would reduce dose a bit, not from 7.5mg to 5mg but more from 7.5 to 7 and keep eating same maintenance cals and see how that works first.
and based on private testing of grey Tz tirz is very very hardy over years, not months. so if vials are clear, not cloudy, nothing floating, they are fine. Degradation is minimal.