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c/reconstitution·submitted 3 days ago by u/cesar_ivaturi

mg ÷ mL, that is the whole formula, why did i find this hard

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on units in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the…

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u/andres_sorensen40 points·1 days ago

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/mateusz_achebe17 points·1 days ago

u-100 syringe, not u-40, or your math is off by factor of 19

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u/britta_nakamura6 points·1 days ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/kavya_radich5 points·23 hr ago·edited

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/adaeze_cabrera21 points·1 days ago

Spent 23 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 5mg, 2mL, concentration is 5/2.

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u/nabila_espinoza14 points·1 days ago

swirl, do not shake, or you are courting oxidation

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