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c/reconstitution·posted 2 months ago by u/reflux_report

am I the only one who found bacteriostatic water harder than the injections

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Been lurking in c/insurancefights for about 23 months and finally have something worth posting.

Short version: week 62, 0.25mg, and units is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 39 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle.

What I actually want to know is whether the people saying it does not matter have measured it, or whether it is just repeated confidently. Happy to be told I am overthinking this — I probably am — but I would rather overthink it now than at week 68.

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u/ahmed_rasmussen72 points·2 months ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with bacteriostatic water, not with what you concluded.

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u/vial_math_veraMOD55 points·2 months ago

Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.

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u/elodie_grimaldi23 points·2 months ago

Removed a chain here.

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

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u/nadia_kjaer11 points·2 months ago

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

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u/piotr_bruun9 points·2 months ago·edited

15mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 15/2 — write it on the vial afterwards

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u/reflux_reportOP5 points·2 months ago

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

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u/ines_ekstrom-25 points·2 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/quarter_dose_queenlow and slow1 point·2 months ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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