How many of you are filtering?

[TropicalBlaster]

I hadn't really taken filtering seriously.... but I keep seeing posts popping up alongside the endotoxin discussions. My understanding is that endotoxins wouldn't be filtered out but only bacteria. Does the Bac water not work to kill some of that bacteria too??

 

[maokai]

It's one more step that doesn't add much more time since I'm already prepping a cart. Doesn't remove all risk but minimizes it.

 

[tcpnomad]

BAC water does not kill bacteria. It only inhibits its growth.

So, any bacteria already present will find its way into your body. Hence, the use of a filter to remove it.

 

[BigDog8084]

BAC water does not kill bacteria. It only inhibits its growth.

So, any bacteria already present will find its way into your body. Hence, the use of a filter to remove it.

Exactly what he said 👆!!

 

[Torque]

I kind of enjoy filtering as part of the process and it was a step that was included when I first learned of reconstituting my own peptides.

 

[sheilarae74]

Even though it doesn't get rid of endotoxins, filters really aren't that expensive. I figure I might as well try and remove as many foreign substances as possible to lessen my chances of getting sick. Same reason I swab my skin with alcohol before pins. I would probably be alright if I didn't but why take the chance when those little pads are a couple cents a piece.

 

[HouseCat]

There was a great post about filtering—from a nurse I believe—who was talking about microscopic inorganic compounds in our lypholized vials that can enter the body and cause all sorts of complications. There may be lil teeny bits of rubber or metal from vial production in addition to bacteria and other microorganisms—filtering takes care of all of this.

@BNLFL turned me on to Biologix, who makes sterile 13mm PES 0.22 micron filters about $50 USD for 100. Don’t get non-sterile filters; it defeats the point and is a waste of money. Biologix shipped fast, and they’re a well-respected brand. (I’ve used their lab culture media when I was in college, and just ordered some to run my own sterility experiments.) All that peace of mind for $0.50!

Filters do nothing for endotoxins unless you get positively charged filters which trap gram negative bacteria endos, but everything I’ve learned so far indicates they may ruin your peptide as well if the peptide solution itself is negatively charged.

It’s SO easy to do and quick! Like less than 2 minutes. You can pre-wet the filter with BAC and then after either flush with air or BAC to get the most out of your peptides. I’ve only air flushed so far as I’m still refining my supply and work flow, but have found based on volume that I’m not losing much trapped in the filter.

Plus it gives you the mad scientist feels!

 

[Flash-BCR]

I am less concerned about getting sick as a reason to filter than I am for keeping the reconned vial as bacteria free as I can so that it can be as pure as possible and last longer...