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

three years of dead space threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

Math Clean Column ×5

I have had 15 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe.

Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 8 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 93.7% against a claimed 98.6%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/emil_zamora132 points·8 months ago

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

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u/niels_roos87 points·8 months ago

Rodent data is rodent data. Dose scaling is not linear and the models tell you what to investigate, not what to expect.

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u/emeka_delgado0 points·8 months ago

Rodent data is rodent data.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 69 weeks to accept.

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u/batch_number_bertievetting0 points·8 months ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/vito_beaulieuOP1 point·8 months ago

Spent 8 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 20mg, 2mL, concentration is 20/2.

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u/marisol_frisk1 point·8 months ago

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

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u/ilias_cabrera1 point·8 months ago

stopper coring on the 5th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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u/tl_dr_tina1 point·8 months ago·edited

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

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u/sleep_apnea_sam52 points·8 months ago

Crossposting this to c/intlshipping because the people who need it are not reading this community.

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u/units_not_mgsyringe math-21 points·8 months ago

What was the vial size and how much bac water?

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u/vito_beaulieuOP1 point·8 months ago

bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way

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u/signe_grimaldi1 point·8 months ago

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

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u/vito_beaulieuOP1 point·8 months ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/ilias_steiner1 point·8 months ago

Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.

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