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bacteriostatic water — my 8-week log, condensed into one table
I have had 5 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…
u/emil_zamora
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comment on [Explainer] why 1mL syringes cause overdoses and 0.3mL ones do not in c/reconstitution · 31 points · 4 days ago
20mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 20/2 — write it on the vial afterwards
comment on cloudy after reconstitution — discard, right? right. in c/reconstitution · 5 points · 13 days ago
dead space is real and the syringe matters
comment on bacteriostatic water — my 8-week log, condensed into one table in c/reconstitution · 6 points · 25 days ago
The single most useful thing I did was write the concentration on the vial. Stopped all the confusion after that.
comment on bacteriostatic water — my 8-week log, condensed into one table in c/reconstitution · 8 points · 26 days ago
Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.
comment on bacteriostatic water — my 8-week log, condensed into one table in c/reconstitution · 13 points · 26 days ago
Two vials, two different concentrations, forgot which was which, almost made a 19 times error. Now I label everything.
comment on [Results] 86 weeks on 2.4mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/reconstitution · 43 points · 1 months ago
u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 12
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dead space vs reconstitution — genuinely asking which matters more
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/cagrilintide repeats that dead space is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
comment on [Vendor] QST order #5 — Denmark, 25 days, no drama, receipts inside in c/reconstitution · -10 points · 3 months ago
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
comment on anyone else notice concentration kicking in around week 40 in c/reconstitution · 2 points · 5 months ago
bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about bacteriostatic water until somebody posts a number in c/reconstitution · 11 points · 7 months ago
Are you using a u-100 or u-40 syringe? That changes everything.
comment on three years of dead space threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/reconstitution · 132 points · 8 months ago
Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.
comment on mg/mL: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/reconstitution · 49 points · 10 months ago
that is the funniest sentence i have read on this site
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for bacteriostatic water posts in c/reconstitution · 755 points · 1 year ago
dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which
comment on three years of units threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/reconstitution · 1.4k points · 1 year ago
bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way
comment on someone explain bacteriostatic water to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/reconstitution · 1 points · 1 year ago
No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.
comment on bacteriostatic water vs units — genuinely asking which matters more in c/reconstitution · 43 points · 1 year ago
the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step
comment on [Discussion] reconstitution is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/reconstitution · 8 points · 1 year ago
never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration
comment on [Discussion] reconstitution is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/reconstitution · 1 points · 1 year ago
show your working or it is unhelpful
comment on [Question] the UK — has anyone got a straight answer on bacteriostatic water in c/reconstitution · 43 points · 1 year ago
Is that 30mg vial or 27mg?