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c/reconstitution·submitted 1 months ago by u/tl_dr_tina

bacteriostatic water is the most under-discussed thing in c/cagrilintide

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Week 56 update. 22kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 13. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with muscle cramps. The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin.…

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u/emil_wojcik63 points·1 months ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/anjali_tamm-14 points·1 months ago

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

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u/runa_cabrera28 points·1 months ago

stopper coring on the 9th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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u/aleksi_lehtinen48 points·1 months ago

swirl, do not shake, or you are courting oxidation

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u/emil_okwuosa31 points·1 months ago

Not to be pedantic but reconstitution and dead space are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/signe_grimaldi18 points·1 months ago

Is that 15mg vial or 38mg?

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u/elin_ferrari11 points·1 months ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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u/sigrid_kaufmann6 points·1 months ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with insulin syringe, not with what you concluded.

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u/reflux_report10 points·1 months ago·edited

What was the vial size and how much bac water?

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u/ilias_cabrera8 points·1 months ago·edited

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/priya_guerrero33 points·1 months ago

dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which

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u/britta_nakamura21 points·1 months ago

5mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 5/2 — write it on the vial afterwards

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u/quarter_dose_queenlow and slow5 points·1 months ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/priya_guerrero25 points·1 months ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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