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

[Question] how do you actually verify units

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Right, the units question again, but with numbers this time. I have 15 data points over 8 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign. The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am describing…

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u/ines_ekstrom825 points·1 year ago

Show the arithmetic. Where did the units come from?

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u/iman_falk660 points·1 year ago

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

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u/aleksi_lehtinenOP-17 points·1 year ago

Show the arithmetic.

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

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u/batch_number_bertievetting1 point·1 year ago

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

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u/emil_zamora1 point·1 year ago

swirl, do not shake, or you are courting oxidation

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u/declared_value_dv1 point·1 year ago

This is correct. 3mL versus 19mL is the common mistake.

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u/ledger_modmod · vetting1 point·1 year ago

Small correction: the trial was 3 weeks, not 3. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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