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c/reconstitution·submitted 1 year ago by u/hedda_adeyemi

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

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Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: insulin syringe matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 22 months without either producing anything. What would actually settle it is 13 people measuring…

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u/ilias_steiner5 points·1 year ago

Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.

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u/saskia_rahimi4 points·1 year ago

Cosigning.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/runa_cabrera3 points·1 year ago

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

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u/hedda_adeyemiOP1 point·1 year ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/emil_zamora1 point·1 year ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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