Decisions, decisions.

[timj382]

I suppose you could. I do that with my GHK-CU.

I'd like to ask you a tangential question question about GHK-cu. After reading on this forum, reddit and elsewhere, I've been adding 50-60 units bac water to my syringe then adding the 5mg of GHK-cu. I tried going down to 30mg of the extra bac water one day and got the bruising and soreness I've read so much about. But my question is, sometimes when I draw up the reconstituted GHK-cu into the syringe (that has been mixed and sitting in the fridge for almost a week now), it pulls in a blue-purple blob that often won't mix or only kind of mixes with the extra bac water. I've read endlessly about being gentle with the peptides, but sometimes giving the syringe a flick and a shake disperses the blob. But today, I drew it up and that blob stayed a blob-- like a tiny lava lamp. And I do have some soreness from where I pinned it (having added an extra 50 units of bac water to the syringe). Is this 'blob' phenomenon typical? Should I add ascorbic acid to the vial? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated by anyone in the know. Thanks.

 

[timj382]

I'd like to ask you a tangential question question about GHK-cu. After reading on this forum, reddit and elsewhere, I've been adding 50-60 units bac water to my syringe then adding the 5mg of GHK-cu. I tried going down to 30mg of the extra bac water one day and got the bruising and soreness I've read so much about. But my question is, sometimes when I draw up the reconstituted GHK-cu into the syringe (that has been mixed and sitting in the fridge for almost a week now), it pulls in a blue-purple blob that often won't mix or only kind of mixes with the extra bac water. I've read endlessly about being gentle with the peptides, but sometimes giving the syringe a flick and a shake disperses the blob. But today, I drew it up and that blob stayed a blob-- like a tiny lava lamp. And I do have some soreness from where I pinned it (having added an extra 50 units of bac water to the syringe). Is this 'blob' phenomenon typical? Should I add ascorbic acid to the vial? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated by anyone in the know. Thanks.

AI says the peptide in this vial is breaking down and not inject it. Ugh.

 

[zpped]

I'd like to ask you a tangential question question about GHK-cu. After reading on this forum, reddit and elsewhere, I've been adding 50-60 units bac water to my syringe then adding the 5mg of GHK-cu. I tried going down to 30mg of the extra bac water one day and got the bruising and soreness I've read so much about. But my question is, sometimes when I draw up the reconstituted GHK-cu into the syringe (that has been mixed and sitting in the fridge for almost a week now), it pulls in a blue-purple blob that often won't mix or only kind of mixes with the extra bac water. I've read endlessly about being gentle with the peptides, but sometimes giving the syringe a flick and a shake disperses the blob. But today, I drew it up and that blob stayed a blob-- like a tiny lava lamp. And I do have some soreness from where I pinned it (having added an extra 50 units of bac water to the syringe). Is this 'blob' phenomenon typical? Should I add ascorbic acid to the vial? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated by anyone in the know. Thanks.

Shake the vial to dissolve the ghk. You aren't going to hurt it. The peptides we deal with are not that fragile.

 

[timj382]

Shake the vial to dissolve the ghk. You aren't going to hurt it. The peptides we deal with are not that fragile.

Really appreciate that. Are you sure? Asked a couple AI models and they say the congealing blobs mean the peptide is damaged and I shouldn't inject it. I want your answer to be right. Just don't want to fuck myself up. Are we allowed to say fuck here? Thanks again for answering, either way.

 

[mlke6]

Really appreciate that. Are you sure? Asked a couple AI models and they say the congealing blobs mean the peptide is damaged and I shouldn't inject it. I want your answer to be right. Just don't want to fuck myself up. Are we allowed to say fuck here? Thanks again for answering, either way.

Bro

 

[zpped]

Really appreciate that. Are you sure? Asked a couple AI models and they say the congealing blobs mean the peptide is damaged and I shouldn't inject it. I want your answer to be right. Just don't want to fuck myself up. Are we allowed to say fuck here? Thanks again for answering, either way.

AI only repeats what other idiots are saying.

Am I sure? Yes. Are you sure I know what I'm talking about? I haven't given you any proof.
I will promise you're absolutely not going to fuck yourself up by shaking it. I'll pinky promise on it.

 

[desinr-gal]

Really appreciate that. Are you sure? Asked a couple AI models and they say the congealing blobs mean the peptide is damaged and I shouldn't inject it. I want your answer to be right. Just don't want to fuck myself up. Are we allowed to say fuck here? Thanks again for answering, either way.

Maybe this is a good time to point out that you are about to inject a substance from a vial, that came from overseas somewhere, from people you do not know.. there is no guarantee that what's inside wont hurt you.
You may have a massive allergic reaction to it. try a tiny quantity first, to see.
As far as shaking it up, that's the least of your worries.. The heads of testing labs, who do this all day, have said shaking doesn't affect anything.

 

[jemifus]

I feel like I am misreading the doses required for SS-31. Have you found kits with vials greater than 10mg in the grey?

I’m currently using a 25mg kit that tested at 37. I’ve seen that at a couple places, and I see one of the current popular vendors has 50mg kits (for $300).

All of the clinical trials were done with much higher doses (30-70mg per dose) so I’m trying to come a little closer to those doses… currently at 18mg EOD (two doses per vial).

 

[PAPoots]

Dang. That is a bit more than what my protocol is.
09/24/2025 - AM 5mg dose, 25ml
09/23/2025 - 4mg dose, .20ml/20 units
09/23/2025 - I reconstituted the 50mg bottle with 2.5ml of bac.

Did you titrate up to 18mg because you didn't feel results until you got that number? And that is once a day at night right. Based on what I've read you take it in the morning for mitochondria repair, in the evening for nootropic reasons. Like better brain health

 

[jemifus]

Dang. That is a bit more than what my protocol is.
09/24/2025 - AM 5mg dose, 25ml
09/23/2025 - 4mg dose, .20ml/20 units
09/23/2025 - I reconstituted the 50mg bottle with 2.5ml of bac.

Did you titrate up to 18mg because you didn't feel results until you got that number? And that is once a day at night right. Based on what I've read you take it in the morning for mitochondria repair, in the evening for nootropic reasons. Like better brain health

It was my plan from the get go. All of the clinical trials are with much higher doses. For example see here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41436-020-01006-8 And here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5890606/

I’m going for mitochondrial repair and I wanted to get as high as possible but still be able to administer a reasonable number of doses. I settled on 18mg since it was half of my vial size. I thought about doing a couple at 36 but then I started doing the math on how much $ per dose and I balked. So I’ll do five vials, ten doses EOD at 18mg, then drop to 4.5mg daily for the last three vials (12 doses). I’ll start in on mots when I finish the ten doses of 18mg.

All dosing is in the morning. I’ve had a lot of energy at the lower doses, not sure if it’s coincidence.

 

[timj382]

AI only repeats what other idiots are saying.

Am I sure? Yes. Are you sure I know what I'm talking about? I haven't given you any proof.
I will promise you're absolutely not going to fuck yourself up by shaking it. I'll pinky promise on it.

I had no problems the first couple days with the vial in question-- that I now believe went bad somehow. But I pinned again from that same vial after your message and another elsewhere. I got the blue to mix right away through employing a couple methods, but in exactly that injection site, I got a pretty extreme sore itchy spot where I injected. Unlike other soreness I've experienced previously from the GHK injections because GHK can do that. This was clearly a bad reaction.

But I trust the peptide source and there are objective reasons for that trust and I'm not here to debate them (nor shill for anyone). But as I racked my brain further, I actually came up with a few things that happened where I think there could have been some possible issues either damaging the peptide (beyond merely shaking the reconstituted vial) and/or, also, a possible opportunity for contamination. Explanations for both would be long and tedious. But long story short, I reconstituted a new vial from the same kit. No problems. First vial didn't start bad but did go bad one way or another-- through mistakes I made. For sure. Lessons learned.

 

[timj382]

Bro

Useful.

 

[timj382]

Maybe this is a good time to point out that you are about to inject a substance from a vial, that came from overseas somewhere, from people you do not know.. there is no guarantee that what's inside wont hurt you.
You may have a massive allergic reaction to it. try a tiny quantity first, to see.
As far as shaking it up, that's the least of your worries.. The heads of testing labs, who do this all day, have said shaking doesn't affect anything.

Sure. Thanks for the obvious but still-thoughtful reminder. But this isn't really new anymore. The risk had already been taken as I've been injecting it without issue (over a dozen times at least)-- until a couple days ago. Anyway, I sorted out what happened. Long story short, vial was damaged or contaminated or both. One way or another. Damaged because of mistakes I made. Started a new vial from the same kit careful not to make any of the same errors. No issues.

 

[BooneDonk]

Glad you got it sorted. Our skin is great at fending things off, but the game changes when we poke a hole in it!