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c/reconstitution·posted 13 days ago by u/aleksi_lehtinen

[Explainer] units are volume, mg are mass, this is the #1 error on this site

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Right, the units question again, but with numbers this time.

I have 12 data points over 24 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign.

The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am describing showed up at week 78, not week 32. People give up long before the interesting part.

Interested in whether this matches other people's logs or whether I am an outlier.

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u/santiago_ndiaye57 points·12 days ago·edited

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/hedda_adeyemi15 points·12 days ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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

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u/bac_water_banditreconstitution48 points·13 days ago

Dead space ate 11 units on a low-volume draw. Tiny impact at 5mg, massive impact at 2.5mg.

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u/runa_grimaldi38 points·13 days ago

Not to be pedantic but mg/mL and insulin syringe are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/karim_ilunga37 points·12 days ago

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

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u/aleksi_lehtinenOP43 points·12 days ago

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

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u/gradient_goblin33 points·12 days ago

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

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u/aleksi_lehtinenOP25 points·12 days ago

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

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u/aleksi_lehtinenOP0 points·12 days ago

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

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u/dilara_szabo15 points·12 days ago

Cored the stopper on my 21th draw because I kept using the same entry point. Rotate the puncture site.

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u/saskia_mwangi23 points·11 days 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/quarter_dose_queenlow and slow6 points·11 days ago

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

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u/priya_guerrero10 points·11 days ago

Spent 8 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 5mg, 3mL, concentration is 5/3.

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