does reconstitution actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: does reconstitution actually matter or is it forum lore at this point. Spent 20 weeks confused about this until somebody drew the table for me. 10mg, 2mL, 5mg/mL, 2mg is 40 units. That is the whole thing. Wrote the date on the vial as well as the concentration after losing…
The failure modes I have actually seen posted here, in order of frequency.
One: reconstituting at a different volume than intended and not writing it down, so the next draw is based on a remembered concentration. Two: treating units as a dose rather than a volume, which breaks the moment the concentration changes. Three: assuming a syringe is U-100 when it is not.
All three are solved by the same two habits — do the arithmetic before the water goes in, and write the result on the glass. Neither costs anything and between them they cover almost every question this board gets.
Asked JEEP what volume they reconstitute to for their own stability testing and they answered in one line. Useful thing to know.
Asked JEEP what volume they reconstitute to for their own stability testing and they answered in one line.
This is the sentence that makes the rest unnecessary. Write it on the vial and the problem is gone.
reconstituting at a round concentration makes every later dose easy
Did the maths give you a whole number of units, or a fraction?
Reminder: this board does maths, not dosing. Nobody here tells another member what amount to take.
more water is not more drug, it is the same drug in a bigger volume
dead space in the needle hub is real and it is small