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[Discussion] first time is doing more work than we give it credit for

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first time is doing more work than we give it credit for. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down.

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.

Appetite change and weight change are different measurements on different timescales. The first is usually noticed first and the second lags it.

If two or three other people have done the same thing we might actually learn something. Alone it is an anecdote.

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u/britta_nakamura12 points·8 months ago

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.

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u/rt_shift_reggie3 points·8 months ago

Concentration is mass over volume, and a U-100 syringe reads 100 units per millilitre.

britta_nakamura has explained this better than the wiki does, which is saying something.

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u/pavel_kravchenko-13 points·8 months ago

no question is too basic here, that is the entire point of the board

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u/micro_bump_mick9 points·8 months ago

read the wiki first, then ask anyway

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u/nikhil_asante5 points·8 months ago

Push back on the advice above: nobody here can tell a member what dose to take, however confidently it is phrased.

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u/nordic_pricing3 points·8 months ago·edited

Small correction, said kindly: those are two different products with similar names, and the difference matters for a multi-draw vial.

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u/graph_it_gary1 point·8 months ago

The injection was scarier in my head than in reality. It took about ten seconds and I felt slightly silly afterwards.

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u/nordic_pricing1 point·8 months ago·edited

Correction: the starting dose is a tolerance step rather than a treatment dose. The distinction is the answer to the question above.

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u/hassan_ostergaardOP1 point·8 months ago

I confused two very similar words on my first order and asked here, expecting to be mocked. Three people explained it properly instead.

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u/halima_mbeki6 points·8 months ago

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.

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u/fasting_insulin_f2 points·8 months ago

ask the dumb question, three other people are searching for it

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u/hassan_ostergaardOP3 points·8 months ago

What week are you in?

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u/due_diligence_dee1 point·8 months ago

research-use-only material is not approved for human use, and that belongs in every beginner thread

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u/halima_mbeki9 points·8 months ago

bacteriostatic water has a preservative, sterile water does not

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