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

insulin syringe is the most under-discussed thing in c/sideeffects

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Right, the mg/mL question again, but with numbers this time. I have 20 data points over 18 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…

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u/marta_weiss54 points·2 months ago

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/kenji_kimani25 points·2 months ago

Mechanistically the bit that matters is bacteriostatic water. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

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u/yusuf_nakamuraOP15 points·2 months ago

Cored the stopper on my 17th draw because I kept using the same entry point. Rotate the puncture site.

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u/yusuf_nakamuraOP9 points·2 months ago

Two vials, two different concentrations, forgot which was which, almost made a 22 times error. Now I label everything.

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u/quarter_dose_queenlow and slow2 points·2 months ago

u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 20

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u/priya_weiss14 points·2 months ago

Mechanistically the bit that matters is bacteriostatic water.

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 19 weeks to accept.

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u/zaid_balogun42 points·2 months ago

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

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u/adaeze_cabrera21 points·2 months ago

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

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