[PSA] bacteriostatic water is not what most of this community thinks it is
Quick one. Canada here.
dead space 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 18 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.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Every time this gets posted it hits the front page and every time someone has to re-explain it.
This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.
i am begging people to write down the concentration
dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which
Spent 4 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 15mg, 3mL, concentration is 15/3.
show your working or it is unhelpful
the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
Did you write the concentration on the vial?
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way
u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 2
Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.
never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration
never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 59 weeks to accept.
Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.
Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.
dead space is real and the syringe matters
dead space is real and the syringe matters
Disagree on that part. 98.1% and 96.2% on the same vial is normal.
never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration
more water means more units for the same dose, which means finer resolution
Show the arithmetic. Where did the units come from?
u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 15
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