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Repair-vs-suppression framing. register: source_ledger.\n\nENRICHMENT BRIEF (binding section logic — one ## per compound):\n{\"voice\":\"enrichment\",\"article_shape\":\"multi_stack\",\"condition\":\"Sciatica\",\"condition_key\":\"sciatica\",\"primary_peptide\":\"retatrutide\",\"peptides_in_scope\":[{\"id\":\"retatrutide\",\"name\":\"Retatrutide\"},{\"id\":\"bpc-157\",\"name\":\"BPC-157\"},{\"id\":\"tb-500\",\"name\":\"TB-500\"},{\"id\":\"ara-290\",\"name\":\"ARA-290\"}],\"drugs_in_scope\":[],\"weight_sensitive\":true,\"stimulant_context\":false,\"breaking_down\":{\"section_title\":\"What's breaking down if you have Sciatica\",\"degenerative_why\":[\"Sciatica is nerve pain along the sciatic nerve — often from disc herniation or stenosis compressing a root.\",\"The nerve is signaling damage/compression; suppressing pain does not uncompress the nerve.\"],\"degenerative_layers\":[],\"note\":null},\"peptide_chains\":[{\"peptide\":\"retatrutide\",\"name\":\"Retatrutide\",\"section_title\":\"Why Retatrutide might help you\",\"layer\":\"metabolic load / body weight\",\"steps\":[\"You have **Sciatica** — breakdown is outpacing repair.\",\"**What keeps failing:** Excess body weight multiplies compressive load on spine, hips, knees, and plantar fascia.\",\"**What Retatrutide is studied to do:** Studied for GLP-1/GIP/glucagon-driven weight loss — less mechanical load, not direct disc regeneration.\",\"**Therefore for you:** If that layer is part of your problem, Retatrutide is discussed because it targets repair (metabolic load / body weight) — not because it masks pain.\",\"This article centers **Retatrutide**; see other sections for bpc-157, tb-500, ara-290 — different layers, same condition.\",\"**Mechanical load:** Rough rule used i","response":"{\n  \"slug\": \"retatrutide-sciatica\",\n  \"title\": \"Retatrutide for Sciatica: Weight-Loss Load Reduction and Layered Repair Evidence\",\n  \"body\": \"## What's breaking down if you have Sciatica\\n\\nSciatica involves pain along the sciatic nerve path, often triggered by disc herniation, spinal stenosis, or other compression at a nerve root. The nerve signals ongoing damage or irritation from mechanical pressure. Suppressing that signal alone leaves the compression in place, so the underlying breakdown continues.\\n\\nExcess body weight increases compressive forces through the lumbar spine, hips, and kinetic chain. Each extra pound multiplies load on discs and facets. When breakdown exceeds repair capacity at the tissue, vascular, cellular, or neural level, symptoms persist or recur.\\n\\n## Why Retatrutide might help you\\n\\n1. You have Sciatica — breakdown is outpacing repair.\\n2. What keeps failing: Excess body weight multiplies compressive load on spine, hips, knees, and plantar fascia.\\n3. What Retatrutide is studied to do: Studied for GLP-1/GIP/glucagon-driven weight loss — less mechanical load, not direct disc regeneration.\\n4. Therefore for you: If that layer is part of your problem, Retatrutide is discussed because it targets repair (metabolic load / body weight) — not because it masks pain.\\n5. 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