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[Discussion] the ice pack advice in here is 10 years out of date

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packaging. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.

Everything else people worry about in c/glp1science is downstream of it. Titration speed, muscle cramps, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort packaging out first, and almost nobody does.

I say this having got it wrong for 10 months. My triglycerides was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.

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u/bruno_dumitru89 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. Peak temperature is not the whole story.

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u/certified_referenceQC44 points·1 year ago·edited

data logger is the standard, gut feeling is not

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch28OP64 points·1 year ago

The gel pack lasted 20 hours in a courier van, then liquid. Powder itself fine, the cold chain mostly died in transit.

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u/ines_lindqvist49 points·1 year ago

Do you have the logger trace?

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u/ice_pack_auditcold chain37 points·1 year ago

time-at-temperature integral is the dose, not just peak temperature

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u/usb_logger_ursulaMOD27 points·1 year ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/ms_fragmenter34 points·1 year ago

excursion claims need a logger trace or a photo at unboxing, not "it felt warm"

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch2836 points·1 year ago

customs clearance often breaks the cold chain, factor that in

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u/kian_ekstrom42 points·1 year ago

customs clearance often breaks the cold chain, factor that in

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

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u/hplc_hobbyistruns their own column11 points·1 year ago

data logger is the standard, gut feeling is not

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u/sten_palacios24 points·1 year ago

data logger is the standard, gut feeling is not

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u/milos_vestergaard19 points·1 year ago

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

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u/isabela_nilsen17 points·1 year ago

no tracking numbers, no full addresses, no label photos — instant removal

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u/phase_two_pete14 points·1 year ago·edited

lyophilised powder is far more forgiving than reconstituted solution

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u/bence_ibarra15 points·1 year ago

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

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u/sequence_checkerresearch peptides11 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. Peak temperature is not the whole story.

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u/emeka_beaulieu16 points·1 year ago

Reconstituted or dry powder?

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u/chidi_yilmaz9 points·1 year ago

lyophilised powder is far more forgiving than reconstituted solution

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u/gustav_vermeulen7 points·1 year ago

stability after excursion is not zero, it is dose-dependent

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u/asks_dumb_questions-33 points·1 year ago

The gel pack lasted 8 hours in a courier van, then liquid. Powder itself fine, the cold chain mostly died in transit.

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