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c/reconstitution·posted 8 months ago by u/swirl_dont_shake

is it normal to get constipation at week 95

Question Cold Box ×7 The Quiet One ×2

Quick one. Canada here.

insulin syringe works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 3 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/swirl_dont_shakeMOD349 points·8 months ago

Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.

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u/arne_restrepo285 points·8 months ago·edited

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

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u/swirl_dont_shakeOPreconstitution168 points·8 months ago

Two vials, two different concentrations, forgot which was which, almost made a 4 times error. Now I label everything.

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u/quiet_reader_9976 points·8 months ago

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

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u/india_generic_g221 points·8 months ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/oskar_kaufmann133 points·8 months ago

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

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u/ledger_modmod · vetting186 points·8 months ago

Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.

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u/ismael_nwosu228 points·8 months ago·edited

the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step

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u/nadia_kjaer58 points·8 months ago

the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step

Disagree on that part. 98.4% and 98.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/bac_water_banditreconstitution111 points·8 months ago

Small correction: the trial was 19 weeks, not 5. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/swirl_dont_shakeOPreconstitution68 points·8 months ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/kavya_radich102 points·8 months ago·edited

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/hedda_adeyemi91 points·8 months ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/adaeze_cabrera69 points·8 months ago

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

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u/arto_falk58 points·8 months ago

u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 17

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u/swirl_dont_shakeOPreconstitution54 points·8 months ago

The single most useful thing I did was write the concentration on the vial. Stopped all the confusion after that.

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u/tomas_kimani62 points·8 months ago

stopper coring on the 12th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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u/ines_lindqvist51 points·8 months ago

Two vials, two different concentrations, forgot which was which, almost made a 23 times error. Now I label everything.

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u/saskia_mwangi31 points·8 months ago

Two vials, two different concentrations, forgot which was which, almost made a 23 times error.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 5 weeks to accept.

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u/honest_syringe_2025-20 points·8 months ago

This is correct. 2mL versus 3mL is the common mistake.

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u/vial_math_verasyringe math24 points·8 months ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/hub_opssite staff11 points·8 months ago

The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.

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