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c/reconstitution·posted 5 months ago by u/india_generic_g

unpopular opinion: bacteriostatic water is massively overrated

Correction Clean Column ×3 Slow Clap ×2

Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/cagrilintide repeats that insulin syringe is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 23 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/declared_value_dv-14 points·5 months ago
okay but what dose
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u/ledger_modmod · vetting55 points·5 months ago

What was the vial size and how much bac water?

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u/ismael_nwosu26 points·5 months ago

What was the vial size and how much bac water?

Disagree on that part. 99.0% and 98.9% on the same vial is normal.

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u/india_generic_gOP14 points·5 months ago

The single most useful thing I did was write the concentration on the vial. Stopped all the confusion after that.

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u/hedda_ekstrom16 points·5 months ago·edited

Spent 21 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 5mg, 2mL, concentration is 5/2.

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u/honest_syringe_20250 points·5 months ago

Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.

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u/india_generic_gOP1 point·5 months ago

The single most useful thing I did was write the concentration on the vial. Stopped all the confusion after that.

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