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c/reconstitution·posted 1 year ago by u/runa_cabrera

[Question] concentration — what am I missing here

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Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/orforglipron repeats that concentration is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 20 threads of people agreeing with each other.

Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?

I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.

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u/priya_weiss108 points·1 year ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/runa_cabreraOP126 points·1 year ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

Disagree on that part. 97.6% and 97.9% on the same vial is normal.

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u/rasmus_mensah93 points·1 year ago

15mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 15/2 — write it on the vial afterwards

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u/runa_cabreraOP-35 points·1 year ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/bac_water_banditreconstitution1 point·1 year ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/tl_dr_tina69 points·1 year ago

Spent 4 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 20mg, 2mL, concentration is 20/2.

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u/arne_restrepo81 points·1 year ago

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

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u/zaid_balogun64 points·1 year ago

You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.

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u/soren_zamora40 points·1 year ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/wanjiru_varga47 points·1 year ago

Did you write the concentration on the vial?

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u/nabila_espinoza41 points·1 year ago

Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.

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u/oskar_kaufmann28 points·1 year ago

u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 19

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u/marisol_frisk15 points·1 year ago

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

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