is the wiki up to date, and where do i start in it
Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: is the wiki up to date, and where do i start in it.
Bacteriostatic water contains a preservative, which is what makes repeated entry into a vial reasonable. Sterile water does not, and the two are not interchangeable for that purpose.
Research-use-only material is not approved for human use. That is a plain statement of regulatory fact and it belongs in every beginner thread.
Concentration is mass over volume, and a U-100 syringe reads 100 units per millilitre. Those two facts are the whole of the arithmetic this board keeps explaining.
Ask me anything specific. Anything general I will probably get wrong.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Removed for rudeness. Bad questions are welcome here; being unpleasant to someone for asking one is not.
Removed for rudeness.
Adding the one habit worth starting today: write the concentration on the vial.
Yes — nobody here is your clinician, and the good answers on this board all end with that.
Yes — nobody here is your clinician, and the good answers on this board all end with that.
Agreed, and for anyone finding this later: that is the normal experience, not a warning sign.
search first, but a repeat question is not a crime
search first, but a repeat question is not a crime
This is the answer. Everything else in the thread is elaboration on it.
week two with nothing happening is normal
Nothing on this board is medical advice, and the people answering you — including me — are members with spreadsheets rather than clinicians.
Appetite change and weight change are different measurements on different timescales. The first is usually noticed first and the second lags it.
the first month is a tolerance check, not a results phase
the first month is a tolerance check, not a results phase
Slight disagreement with this bit only, because a beginner reading it might take it as a plan rather than a description.
Correction: the starting dose is a tolerance step rather than a treatment dose. The distinction is the answer to the question above.
Correction: the starting dose is a tolerance step rather than a treatment dose.
nordic_pricing has explained this better than the wiki does, which is saying something.
no question is too basic here, that is the entire point of the board
nobody here can tell you what dose to be on
Has the appetite changed, even if the scale has not?
What week are you in?
the starting dose is not meant to be the dose that works
Not quite. Bacteriostatic and sterile water are different products and only one is intended for repeated entry.
Cosigning the wiki point, and also: ask anyway. The wiki cannot tell you it understood your question.
Is this your first step up or the starting dose?
ask the dumb question, three other people are searching for it
What is the actual question underneath the question? Happy to answer both.
write the concentration on the vial, you will thank yourself
Wrote the concentration on the vial after reading it here. Have never once had to reconstruct it from memory since.
Agreed — week two with nothing on the scale is so common it should be in the sidebar. It probably is.
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