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Supplies, Mixing & Storage

Reconstitution, bac water, syringes, pens, storage, and handling topics.

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  • Vial storage cases

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    Oh no! Those were a limited run. Any case we do is limited to 30 except the peptide critic 6 vial cases.
  • Click to milligram

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    Thank you both!
  • Using a pen for TRT

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    @Randy Holding down the button worked perfect this morning, that was definitely my issue! I do put the pen in a baby wipe warmer on medium heat overnight which I think helps with the flow (29 gauge). But my primary reason for using the wipe warmer is it eliminated the subQ lumps I was getting when injecting cold.
  • Scanability of QR Codes on labels on viala

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    @bobbish That was a good idea. It turns out though that my root issue was that the URL for the COA was too long. So I used tinyurl to shorten it and now things work fine
  • Cartridge use

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    Thats a good question for @randy … I think he swaps them but when i was doing 4 peptides like bpc, TB, KPV, Ghk in all different pens i would use the same needle and toss it when done. Got the blend now so not needed. However i never mixed the needle with my RETA
  • UV-C light

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    @cmastro I use the phone soap.products, but they are more of a contained box product.
  • SS-31

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    @researchcat yeah, check out @southernaminos they still have SS-31, Randy said so in his last email.
  • Pen Comparison

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    @Steve Im pretty much of a pen connoisseur as well. I have bought all of Randys pens and some others. So in my personal view i love my V1, why? Because it has a clicking action that i like. The V2-V3 practically, you push and its goes so you need to be more of an intermediate user if your trying to go slow. The new auto Gausen pen, is were i keep my Reta, its pretty bad ass, but i dont think i would swap pen vials or have 10 auto pens either. Randy just got a new Gausen pen not automatic im going to test out.
  • Where to purchase bac water syringe?

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    https://amzn.to/49WhVRd
  • Pen volume

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    @Bubba, the pens go down to 1 unit; not sure why you would want half a unit. Just double the back water when you reconstitute and use 1 unit. I think Jeff covered this on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geNpx5sJH3k. Basically, if you use as little as 1 unit, the little drip at the end of the needle contains more peptide than if you were using 5 units. I normally reconsitiute things so i'm doing 10units....Unless it's GHK-CU or something that stings, then maybe 20 units.
  • Love using Pens for research

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    @mrjoshua44 It’s funny, I have cut my drinking by 90% or more since going on tirzepatide. My wife moved from Ozempic to Tirz and she hasn’t seen any reduction in desire for booze at all. The variability in these effects fascinates me. Think of the money we’re saving! Well, I am spending all that money on peptides and peptide accessories, so maybe not saving that much.
  • Leaky peptide cartridges

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    I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I do research almost immediately out of the fridge. I also misspoke and meant to say the needle I use to transfer the peptides from the vial to the pen cartridge is a 25 gauge.
  • Where to get the cartridges that fit in the pens

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    https://peptidecritic.com/store/5-3ml-glass-cartridges-for-v2-reusable-pen
  • Understanding Testing Results

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    @PeptideEd Yeah, but you can easily simplify this by figuring out where you want to get to and backing into it. If you want to get to 1mg, you just reconstitute with the same 1ml, round to 11, and at 91 units you’re getting ~1.032 mg per shot. I tend to be very precise in doing my recon math, but at the same time, when I am arguing with friends over whether they should research 5 units or 6 units, we’ve gone overboard and should either add more bac water(if possible) or worry about it less. (If a difference of 1 unit is going to make you sick or otherwise impact our research, imo, we should definitely be taking a step back to reconsider our process.) The good thing about this is that you can adjust the math a few different ways to get as precise as you want to if you don’t mind a little more work on the front end.
  • What does everyone do when they travel?

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    I am in a hotel right now as my first time traveling with peptides. I bought this from Amazon and the freezer packs lasted the entire 6 hours from my house to the hotel and were still frozen and solid. I had it in my carry on and TSA never blinked or asked me to remove it. In the hotel I put it in the fridge. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLC8YF6F?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
  • Pen Storage

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    I have a 1.5 year old v1 thats lived in the fridge its entire life. Still as accurate as day one.
  • Bac water vs bac saline

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    The sodium from each most likely forms a bond then. Thanks!
  • Aint much but it's honest work🙏

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    New to this grey market but not to Healthcare. Peptides are very much part of the future of medicine imo and I'd love to see them more accessible to more people. Will post more of what I think are good deals as I come across them. I won't gatekeep https://amzn.to/3YnAc4F - Sterile 100 unit syringes with 25g needles https://amzn.to/49ohYor - Sterile 10mL vials https://amzn.to/3YW2DH0 - Sterile 3mL syringes with 23g needles
  • Calculating dose from peptide pens

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    1 ml with 10mg (is it tested at 10mg or labeled 10mg, big difference) will give you 100 units = 10mg, so 10 units would be 1mg.
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    Hi, I'm looking for a source for generic, economical 0.5" core resin ribbons and small holographic label rolls with a 1" core for TTR printers. Really hoping someone here has experience with this. I would like to make some labels for my 3ml+ vials and syringe barrels