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c/reconstitution·submitted 8 months ago by u/quiet_reader_99

how much of what we believe about concentration actually comes from mg/mL threads

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Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: how much of what we believe about concentration actually comes from mg/mL threads. Why "more water" keeps confusing people, including me for a month. The vial contains a fixed amount of peptide. Water changes nothing about that amount. What it…

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u/anya_antonsen282 points·8 months ago

Same. I got this wrong once, caught it because the units looked absurd, and have written on every vial since.

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u/vial_math_veraMOD151 points·8 months ago

Left up and flaired Explainer — the numbers in this one check out.

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u/karim_ilunga188 points·8 months ago·edited

Left up and flaired Explainer — the numbers in this one check out.

Adding one thing — put the date on the label too. Concentration plus date and you can never mix two vials up.

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u/quiet_reader_99OP122 points·8 months ago

write the concentration on the vial in marker, that is the whole post

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u/rasmus_mensah42 points·8 months ago

bacteriostatic water has the preservative, sterile water does not

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u/RetaAndRegret2-28 points·8 months ago

bacteriostatic water has the preservative, sterile water does not

Disagreeing with this line only: adding more water is not a safety margin, it is a different divisor.

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