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c/reconstitution·submitted 1 year ago by u/quiet_reader_99

the Netherlands: mg/mL, and what it actually costs here

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Confession thread, sort of. I went from 5mg to 1.7mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 2 weeks later, at which point I had no way of knowing whether the dose increase did anything or whether it would have broken anyway. So now I have reflux I did…

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u/niels_roos196 points·1 year ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/andres_sorensen97 points·1 year ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/aurel_boateng54 points·1 year ago

more water means more units for the same dose, which means finer resolution

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u/britta_nakamura12 points·1 year ago

more water means more units for the same dose, which means finer resolution

Adding to this: reconstitution is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/georgi_adebayo64 points·1 year ago

Cored the stopper on my 2th draw because I kept using the same entry point. Rotate the puncture site.

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