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c/newbiequestions·posted 2 years ago by u/graph_it_gary

someone explain week one to me like I have not read a paper in years

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Genuine question, and the title is the question: someone explain week one to me like I have not read a paper in years.

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.

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.

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.

Not medical advice, obviously, and nothing here is approved for human use. One person with a spreadsheet.

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u/rt_shift_reggie5 points·2 years ago

The vocabulary, once, since half the questions here are really vocabulary questions.

Titration is stepping the dose up slowly for tolerance. Reconstitution is adding water to a freeze-dried powder. Bacteriostatic water contains a preservative; sterile water does not. COA is a certificate of analysis — a lab document about one batch. Area percent is a purity measure from that document, and it is not the amount of peptide in the vial. Units are a volume on an insulin syringe, not a dose.

That is most of the jargon on this site. The wiki has the longer version of each and it is linked in the sidebar.

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u/gentle_correctionMOD3 points·2 years ago

Removed the specific dose recommendation. Describe what you did; do not tell a new member what to take.

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u/graph_it_garyOP3 points·2 years ago

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/nl_verzekering3 points·2 years ago

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

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u/saskia_rahimi2 points·2 years ago

write the concentration on the vial, you will thank yourself

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