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  • RandyR Online
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    Randy
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    You may be interested in cartalax in the bioregulator category.

    "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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      PeptideEd
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      @randy I've seen some chatter about ARA-290 needing to be reconstituted with a phosphate buffer rather than BAC water. Any insight?

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        I’m no expert by a long shot but that’s what I’ve read as well. There seems to be a debate about it whether it has to do with the quality of the peptide or the bac water or some combination of both? Try to use the highest quality you can find. Ultimately I decided to go with cartalax in my research.

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          PeptideEd
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          @steve I have since successfully reconstituted ARA-290 at a 1 mg/ 10 units concentration with BAC water. No gelling up or other issues.

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            I’m still new to this whole research thing but would like to try a cycle when I have more experience. I’m still learning about sourcing and I’m sure with quality supplies my results will be similar to yours.

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              PeptideEd
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              @steve its a journey. Take your time. You'll get there 🙂

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                MyB
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                I reconstituted 10mg of ARA with bac water last night and had zero issues. Both the peptide and bac water were body temp.

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                • P PeptideEd

                  @randy I've seen some chatter about ARA-290 needing to be reconstituted with a phosphate buffer rather than BAC water. Any insight?

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                  Randy
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                  @Ed-Warnicke Ed! Like others have mentioned they have no issues. My moms rat has been on ara for a long time. never seen anything gel on that compound.

                  I think there are a lot of "experts" relying on chat-gpt. The problem is these LLM's just grab data from reddit, message boards etc and just state what data they have aggregated as fact. Jump cuts, reaching forward to start and stop recording are all tell tale signs they are just reading from their LLM script.

                  The new one is Tesamoralin cant be refrigerated or it gels because a meathead with knuckle tats and a ring light paid for a chat gpt premium subscription.... Now i have to pay a lab to do the test. Its just comical at this point.

                  "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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                  • S Steve

                    I’m still new to this whole research thing but would like to try a cycle when I have more experience. I’m still learning about sourcing and I’m sure with quality supplies my results will be similar to yours.

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                    Randy
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                    @Steve ezpeptides or mile high are where im sending my friends these days. Peptira seems to have it together as well. All this can change overnight but thats my opinion on sourcing as of this post.

                    "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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                      @Ed-Warnicke Ed! Like others have mentioned they have no issues. My moms rat has been on ara for a long time. never seen anything gel on that compound.

                      I think there are a lot of "experts" relying on chat-gpt. The problem is these LLM's just grab data from reddit, message boards etc and just state what data they have aggregated as fact. Jump cuts, reaching forward to start and stop recording are all tell tale signs they are just reading from their LLM script.

                      The new one is Tesamoralin cant be refrigerated or it gels because a meathead with knuckle tats and a ring light paid for a chat gpt premium subscription.... Now i have to pay a lab to do the test. Its just comical at this point.

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                      @Randy I have experienced the same data overload. It's more work trying to sift the wheat from the chaff sometimes when it comes to what is being said.

                      As for the Tesamorelin I had a couple of weeks worth in cold storage not freezing but pretty close without any gel issues.

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                        @Randy I have experienced the same data overload. It's more work trying to sift the wheat from the chaff sometimes when it comes to what is being said.

                        As for the Tesamorelin I had a couple of weeks worth in cold storage not freezing but pretty close without any gel issues.

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                        Randy
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                        @Steve I just finished recording a video on the tesa gelling subject. We got a few "the sky is falling take your tesa out of the fridge" emails today from vendors.

                        "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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                          ResearchCat
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                          Your videos are all top notch. And I like the product placement. 😉

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                            Randy
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                            hahaha thank you! We gotta keep the unc wang brand at the forefront

                            "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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                              @randy after reconstituting my ARA-290 I forgot about and found it 18 hours later, then put it in the fridge. Should it still be ok?

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                                @randy after reconstituting my ARA-290 I forgot about and found it 18 hours later, then put it in the fridge. Should it still be ok?

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                                said in ARA 290:

                                @randy after reconstituting my ARA-290 I forgot about and found it 18 hours later, then put it in the fridge. Should it still be ok?

                                Would just like to report that the vial left out and chilled when found ended up gelling. Two days later it separated and clumped. No other vial in the kit has gelled except this one that was handled incorrectly.

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                                • MyBM MyB

                                  said in ARA 290:

                                  @randy after reconstituting my ARA-290 I forgot about and found it 18 hours later, then put it in the fridge. Should it still be ok?

                                  Would just like to report that the vial left out and chilled when found ended up gelling. Two days later it separated and clumped. No other vial in the kit has gelled except this one that was handled incorrectly.

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                                  @MyB odd. where is it from?

                                  "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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                                    I purchased ARA, first vial ended up gelling about 3/4 of the way through. I switched to using 1.5 of PBS and .5 of bac, seems to do the trick, haven't had an issue since. Wondering if anyone has researched ARA from Nexaph and what your experience is/was?

                                    “Currently in a committed relationship with my plateau. Waiting for my receptor reset to file for divorce”

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                                      Im researching 3mg a day. I have a half dozen kits from nexaph. Just recon it with bac.

                                      "If it doesnt come in a needle. It doesn't work"

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                                        Im researching 3mg a day. I have a half dozen kits from nexaph. Just recon it with bac.

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                                        @Randy said in ARA 290:

                                        Im researching 3mg a day. I have a half dozen kits from nexaph. Just recon it with bac.

                                        I'll give it a try, thanks

                                        “Currently in a committed relationship with my plateau. Waiting for my receptor reset to file for divorce”

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                                          ResearchCat
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                                          Can anyone point me to more info on this? I am interested in researching it for back pain related to spinal fusion/stenosis and ghost pain(the rat would disagree) related to gall bladder removal.

                                          Am looking through Youtube and other sites but info seems limited and anecdotal.

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