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c/reconstitution·submitted 2 months ago by u/andres_sorensen

tried concentration for 23 weeks. here is what happened.

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Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 10mg, week 63, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable — insulin syringe — and tracked it for 11 weeks. Result: a difference, but a small one, and well inside what I would call noise if someone else posted it.…

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u/a1c_arcT2D185 points·2 months ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/oskar_ibarra128 points·2 months ago

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

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u/cesar_ivaturi105 points·2 months ago·edited

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

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/tl_dr_tina26 points·2 months ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/arne_restrepo22 points·2 months ago

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

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u/andres_sorensenOP89 points·2 months ago

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

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