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OK... maybe I'm just slow today... but the links to Janoshik from the new test all the things sites at Nexaph are no longer direct... they take you to a form that needs the task id and unique key... the Nexaph end provides the unique key... but I don't see the task id anywhere. Am I just blind?

@stevepep sorry to have gotten that wrong... I'd missed the second mass/purity tab Now I just have to figure out how to get all the direct QR codes onto my labels and still remain phone scannable on a curved vial surface

@pep_researcher I see that now... I am over all super pleased with the test coverage... but a little concerned about the less than 99% purity test from Jashonik.

@pep_researcher The main purity/mass testing for the some Tesamorelin I just received is showing Freedom Labs - please note - I don't think this is a concern to me... but it appears to be more than just the group tests.

@pep_researcher I keep a bottle of liquid benadryl right there when I inject MOTS-C - not a perfect hedge - but also not nothing. (and note, I've never had any issues with MOTS-C and dose 5mg 3x a week - I'm just cautious)

@randy Could you put your reconstituting GHKCU video up on Rumble or Twitter? I don't see it there and its the goto for this question

I have to say... my only complaint about Nexaph is the small number of things I'd like to buy they don't carry

I've only reconstituted with Hospira - but zero issues.

@vpeptides I have used Nexaph Tesamorelin in the past (in fact, I just recently got more from them). Now all batches I both received and used had COAs that fell within my comfort zone. That said, I have purchased things in the past from Nexaph that did not have COAs at the time they arrived. I simply waited (approximately a week I believe) for the COAs to catch up before deciding whether to use them or not. YMMV.

Oh... and one other matter. Since Nexaph sends all of their testing to Janoshik, and Janoshik does not provide purity for 5-amino-1mq, I have sent the 5-amino-1mq I purchased from Nexaph out for testing to a different lab. Always came back golden.

@sunshine_day the thing to realize about COAs is they are entirely a game of layered trust. Vendor posts COAs. Great. How do you know they are shipping you vials from the same batch? Well... one way to resolve that is to have random customers the vendor has shipped vials to send them in for further testing. Keep in mind none of this is perfect (including when done by pharmaceutical companies). Testing and COAs are good. From random customers is better. But at the end of the day, if you do this enough, you will realize every vial is slightly different, even in the same batch. You can do things that increase confidence, but never perfect it. That's the trade we make every time we take anything, ROU or otherwise.

Personally, I find the Nexaph community testing increases my confidence. But even with Nexaph, they send all of their stuff to Janoshik. Janoshik doesn't do purity testing for 5-amino-1mq, so I send three vials of every batch of 5-amino-1mq I buy from them out to AFI to get them tested myself (I typically post the results here as a community service) so I can get that data. Good news is: those tests have always in my experience come back golden. Boosts confidence (at least in me). I still do it every time I order 5-amino-1mq.

One of the things to realize is that (reasonable) skepticism is a community service. We've seen dramatic improvement in testing of peptides over time precisely because the customer community demands it, and rewards companies that do it better with their business. This lifts all boats. Which is a round about way of saying: good on you for asking the question, and I hope you have found my answer helpful

@vpeptides Yeah... amusingly the scans they used for the thymus do not appear to be available generally... so I can't even do before and after measurements to try to do my own n=1 meaningfully

@vpeptides what I'm really interested in is reversing thymic involution... do any of those contribute to that?

My understanding is that thymalin is supposed to be an extract of calf thymus containing a heterogeneous mixture of low-molecular-weight polypeptides. I've seen it a number of places (including Southern Aminos) advertising something as thymalin that - when you look into it, is actually just thymulin.

Does anyone have a source for actual thymalin?

Southern Amino's claims to have Cerebrolysin: https://southernaminos.com/product/cerebroslyin-60mg/

Does anyone know anything about it?

@montemontemayor - I concur with @randy 's suggestion to buy 10. You'll be amazed how fast your peptide collection grows. The other thing is: buy cartridges early and in quantity. Occasionally the store runs out, and though Randy always manages to get them back in stock... it always makes me a bit nervous.

@pep_researcher @newenough I kind of split the difference... @pep_researcher is entirely right about the native default capabilities of folks. I myself shudder in terror (for their safety) when I encounter the normal persons ability to math around this stuff. But I've also repeatedly encountered folks who are making a genuine reach into which they invest effort to try to uplevel themselves to be responsible participants in this endeavor. I'm a sucker for folks who are reaching. It's why I periodically put effort into detailed walk throughs of how to think about re-constitution... because a lot of folks are reaching, and are plenty smart enough in principle to play, but have been so mis-served by our education system they are not out-of-the-box equipped... so you help them uplevel.

We all get by with a little help from our friends...

Does anyone have a good source they like for Humanin?

@researchcat I find different models have different personalities. Gemini is pretty liberal, and insightful about peptides. Claude is a bit more traditional, but very very detailed. The two of them together in my experience provide better results than one alone.

@researchcat If you haven't come across Dave Feldman and his work on cholesterol, highly recommend.

WRT the rest of what you have going on, I have some similar issues I'm working around inflammation markers and joints. I have found it invaluable to feed data into Gemini and Claude (their upper level, high reasoning models) and talk through various issues with them. That together with the ability to order my own tests via Ulta Labs has been tremendous. I literally ran a lab a few weeks ago to settle a bet between Gemini and Claude. Now note: you do have to press them, you do have to ask them questions and point them to things when you think they are off base... but they are more useful than most doctors.

@valgal Any opinions on LANAP (Laser-Assisted New Attachment Procedure) for bone restoration?

@eleanor Do ask them to make it right. I had an experience with Eternal Peptides where a vial of Glutathione I'd ordered arrived cracked. I mentioned it to them (didn't even request anything) and they shipped a replacement out immediately. Shit happens... so I tend to judge based on what folks do about it