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c/coa·posted 2 months ago by u/yannick_haddad

[Question] the UK — has anyone got a straight answer on COA

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related substances. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.

Everything else people worry about in c/sideeffects is downstream of it. Titration speed, muscle cramps, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort related substances out first, and almost nobody does.

I say this having got it wrong for 11 months. My triglycerides was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.

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u/certified_referenceQC26 points·2 months ago

the batch number or it did not happen

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u/fatima_wojcik16 points·2 months ago

Water content on the document? That affects your concentration math.

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u/priya_palacios13 points·2 months ago

PDF metadata is checkable in fifteen seconds

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u/sofia_danquah10 points·2 months ago

chromatogram or it did not happen

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u/ahmed_rasmussen11 points·2 months ago·edited

Water content on the document?

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 77 weeks to accept.

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u/amylin_amyamylin5 points·2 months ago

axis labels included, always

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u/ahmed_rasmussen19 points·2 months ago

That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.

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u/aleksi_eriksen7 points·2 months ago

post the whole document, not the headline number

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u/yannick_haddadOP-8 points·2 months ago

Water content was 3.8%, acetate was 6.2%, purity was 99%, but net peptide was only 90% of the label weight. Perfectly honest, just chemistry.

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u/spreadsheet_gremlindata15 points·2 months ago

chromatogram or it did not happen

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u/certified_referenceMOD8 points·2 months ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/tove_ogunleye14 points·2 months ago

Three years on this site and the questions have not changed at all. Which is depressing or reassuring depending on the day.

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u/gastric_emptying_g7 points·2 months ago

chromatogram or it did not happen

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