[Results] 66 weeks on 12.5mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring
Quick one. Canada here.
reconstitution 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 23 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.
Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.
best — the order this archive was captured in
What was the vial size and how much bac water?
u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 17
Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.
i am begging people to write down the concentration
Crossposting this to c/sideeffects because the people who need it are not reading this community.
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
The single most useful thing I did was write the concentration on the vial. Stopped all the confusion after that.
Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.
bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way
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.
dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which
bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose.
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 34 weeks to accept.
10mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 10/2 — write it on the vial afterwards
Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.
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