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c/reconstitution·submitted 1 year ago by u/batch_number_bertie

[Question] the UK — has anyone got a straight answer on bacteriostatic water

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Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: bacteriostatic water matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 7 months without either producing anything. What would actually settle it is 35 people…

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u/kenji_kimani14 points·1 year ago
genuinely useful, thanks
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u/declared_value_dv4 points·1 year ago·edited

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

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u/hedda_ekstrom-6 points·1 year ago

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

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

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u/ledger_modmod · vetting7 points·1 year ago

more water means more units for the same dose, which means finer resolution

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u/signe_grimaldi6 points·1 year ago

What was the vial size and how much bac water?

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u/bac_water_banditreconstitution9 points·1 year ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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