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I'm not saying I've done this, but if you're handy with bitcoin, it's so much cheaper to go through the steroid sites. I saw a sale of 10 x 10mg for reta where the total price was $225 with shipping. That's $22.5 per vial which is absurdly cheaper than any of the "legit" methods of getting GLPs.

And hey, if you want a little test/anavar/tren to spice up your GLP, you can get that in the same order!

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Did I get it right Triz (Mounjaro or Zepbound) and Reta (still in clinical trials) have better mechanisms than Sema (Ozempic or Wegovy), so gray market customers choose them, and gray market versions of all three are a fraction of official versions?

Triz is a double agonist while Sema is a single agonist. Generally, more agonists = better, although some people will prefer one to another due to the side effects.

Reta is a triple agonist that is basically Triz + glucagon. Bodybuilders love it because it'll repress appetite but also burn fat. As for why they're cheaper, it's because the Chinese will manufacture them for cheaper than the pharma companies, not slap a tremendous markup on them, and then sell the raw powder to the steroid sites.

Counterfeits is a problem. How would you know you are getting the real deal?

The online stores that sell these usually are also reputable websites that have been selling anabolic steroids for years. There's a forum that discusses various vendors with people sending samples and posting lab results with content/purity. I don't think any of these reputable sources would then try to sell bunk weight loss drugs, because once found out, the word would quickly spread in the bodybuilding circles and people would just buy from competition instead.

Would be interested to know more about which website you saw the sale on. For research purposes of course, have my email in bio.

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