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c/reconstitution·submitted 1 year ago by u/quiet_reader_99

the Netherlands: mg/mL, and what it actually costs here

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Confession thread, sort of. I went from 5mg to 1.7mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 2 weeks later, at which point I had no way of knowing whether the dose increase did anything or whether it would have broken anyway. So now I have reflux I did…

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u/india_generic_g374 points·1 year ago

Show the arithmetic. Where did the units come from?

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[removed]256 points·1 year ago

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u/quiet_reader_99OP187 points·1 year ago

stopper coring on the 16th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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u/liv_nkemelu91 points·1 year ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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u/freya_onwuka241 points·1 year ago·edited

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

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u/quiet_reader_99OP87 points·1 year ago

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

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u/tomas_kimani308 points·1 year ago

dead space is real and the syringe matters

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u/ahmed_rasmussen169 points·1 year ago

Show the arithmetic. Where did the units come from?

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