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@keurimm if i dont pinch the skin and just poke. it can bruise. if i go at a weird angle it sometimes stings. if i reinsert the needle even once into the vial it will dull these tiny needles enough to hurt or bruise. lots of little things add up.

Heard from @brandon that he uses Rhythm for bloodwork, which is the leading option, but wanted to doublecheck to see what others use for regular bloodwork. Also, which metric panels do you value and why? Ex I’m wearing Apple Watch every day now cause I read “Reta may increase heart rate, so I want to monitor it.” But with bloodwork: “Reta can possibly have negative effect X, so get panel Y.” “MOTS-C can deplete A, so get panel B.” If these statements are better coming from a “pep doc”, then so be it, but the question then becomes how do I find one that isn’t trying to scam me?

@MyB Maybe try a different vendor product?

@mattclayton the puck is not something you can split. the puck is filler. peptides mixed in. Its formed during the freeze drying process. Dont try this. You'd get localized ISR. Not skin sensitivity from expired months old reta. maybe an infection if its not sterile. Some poeple handle the allodynia it and it goes away, some wait 16 weeks for it to clear up and some cant handle it at all (me). Ive tryed all the remedies you listed including mucinex and a few others. What worked for me was switching back to tirz. Honestly reta is neat. It really is...but its getting hype because its new. It doesnt handle food noise as well as tirz, it has more side effects than tirz and trial data suggests it causes more weight loss but at the cost of more muscle wasting. A lot of these "coaches" are personal trainers who used to push sarms and jumped on the peptide bandwagon. Reta is great but i don't feel it's worth the hype.

Do a test pin with just BAC water or saline. If it still bruises it’s the pen/needle itself or the way you actually pin - if it doesn’t- it’s the pep.

He is due for another dose on Wednesday night, but I told him we will skip it and I have put a label on his pen listing the new unit amount with the same 1mg dosage. I hadn't labeled the new pen. Not sure he would have looked at it anyway. He was used to clicking 20 units.