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c/reconstitution·submitted 11 months ago by u/piotr_bruun

dead space: what the trials say vs what this community says

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Quick one. Canada here. dead space works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US. Specifics: the route I used took 7 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the…

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u/bac_water_banditreconstitution30 points·11 months ago

This is correct. 3mL versus 14mL is the common mistake.

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u/honest_syringe_202515 points·11 months ago

Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.

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u/viktor_erdogan10 points·11 months ago

Is that 30mg vial or 10mg?

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u/vito_beaulieu5 points·11 months ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/anjali_tamm2 points·11 months ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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u/nabila_espinoza1 point·11 months ago

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

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u/marisol_frisk5 points·11 months ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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