anyone else notice basics kicking in around week 49
Check-in as promised in the title: anyone else notice basics kicking in around week 49.
Asked what a COA was in my first week. Somebody linked the explainer and I have been reading them ever since.
Spent my first fortnight comparing myself to the loudest posters. Do not do that; they are not the middle of the distribution.
If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Titration is a tolerance ladder. Each step exists so the gastrointestinal effects settle before the next increase, which is why the intervals are what they are.
Concentration is mass over volume, and a U-100 syringe reads 100 units per millilitre. Those two facts are the whole of the arithmetic this board keeps explaining.
Concentration is mass over volume, and a U-100 syringe reads 100 units per millilitre.
Agreed, and for anyone finding this later: that is the normal experience, not a warning sign.
Flair set to Question and the wiki page linked in a comment rather than in place of an answer.
research-use-only material is not approved for human use, and that belongs in every beginner thread
I confused two very similar words on my first order and asked here, expecting to be mocked. Three people explained it properly instead.
Research-use-only material is not approved for human use. That is a plain statement of regulatory fact and it belongs in every beginner thread.
Research-use-only material is not approved for human use.
Slight disagreement with this bit only, because a beginner reading it might take it as a plan rather than a description.
week two with nothing happening is normal
Did you write the concentration on the vial?
A certificate of analysis is a document describing one batch: what was tested, by what method, and what the result was. Its value depends entirely on whether it names the batch and the method.
Bacteriostatic water contains a preservative, which is what makes repeated entry into a vial reasonable. Sterile water does not, and the two are not interchangeable for that purpose.
Bacteriostatic water contains a preservative, which is what makes repeated entry into a vial reasonable.
Adding the one habit worth starting today: write the concentration on the vial.
Agreed — week two with nothing on the scale is so common it should be in the sidebar. It probably is.
Has the appetite changed, even if the scale has not?
write the concentration on the vial, you will thank yourself
Yes — nobody here is your clinician, and the good answers on this board all end with that.
Cosigning the wiki point, and also: ask anyway. The wiki cannot tell you it understood your question.
Small correction, said kindly: those are two different products with similar names, and the difference matters for a multi-draw vial.
Week 21 for me was completely flat and I was convinced something was wrong. It was not. Month two was where everything happened.
Week 21 for me was completely flat and I was convinced something was wrong.
arne_restrepo has explained this better than the wiki does, which is saying something.
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