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c/reconstitution·submitted 7 months ago by u/hub_ops

[Discussion] can we stop arguing about bacteriostatic water until somebody posts a number

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insulin syringe. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/glp1muscle is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort insulin syringe out first, and almost nobody does. I say this having got it wrong for 4 months.…

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u/kavya_radich192 points·7 months ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/ines_ekstrom59 points·7 months ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/julia_erdogan32 points·7 months ago

Small correction: the trial was 19 weeks, not 14. Does not change your point but people will quote it.

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u/emil_zamora11 points·7 months ago

Are you using a u-100 or u-40 syringe? That changes everything.

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u/clara_weiss6 points·7 months ago

30mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 30/2 — write it on the vial afterwards

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u/batch_number_bertievetting18 points·7 months ago

This is correct. 2mL versus 24mL is the common mistake.

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