Peptide Calculations / Waste

[fflores]

Can you guys let me know how you are reducing peptide waste when doing your calculations?

I might be over thinking this honestly, but I use the online peptide calculators that people use and then chart those on a google sheet to keep track of how much of each vial is left after each injection (in mL & mg), and it seems there's a lot of waste sometimes.

How much BAC are you using? Are you guys just using a new vial for each dose or using the leftover for the next dose?

Math isn't my forte, any help is appreciated

(I bought the 10 vial 12mg set)

 

[Skidude]

Can you guys let me know how you are reducing peptide waste when doing your calculations?

I might be over thinking this honestly, but I use the online peptide calculators that people use and then chart those on a google sheet to keep track of how much of each vial is left after each injection (in mL & mg), and it seems there's a lot of waste sometimes.

How much BAC are you using? Are you guys just using a new vial for each dose or using the leftover for the next dose?

Math isn't my forte, any help is appreciated

(I bought the 10 vial 12mg set)

I divide vial content by desired dose and add BAC to equal whatever percent,
So if I want 5mg dose out of 30mg vial, i just put 6X the amount of units I want in BAC.
So for a 30 unit dose I would put 6X 30 or 1.8ML BAC which would give me 5mg for each 30 unit dose.
It is really quite simple.

 

[kimmykat415]

I'll take your answers in reverse order. I'm not planning on using a new BAC water for each vial. I did over order on the BAC water though. Supposedly its only "good" for 30 days but there appear to be loads of folks in this forum using it for a lot longer. I think everyone's risk tolerance will vary.

In terms of reconstituting. I like the way Skidude suggests thinking about reconstituting above because it starts with the units you want to use. If you want to check your math, I found this calculator very helpful:
https://jaycampbell.com/peptide-calculator/ He seems to have accounted for all the variables that can lead folks to screw up.

I reconstituted with a larger than typical amount of BAC water initially because I wanted to start with two weeks of micro doses and knew I wouldn't be able to accurately see 5 units on a 1ml syringe but would be able to see the 10 unit mark. In terms of waste, I haven't crossed that bridge but I imagine at the end of this vial I might consider a combination of whatever fraction of a dose from this vial and in a second injection the remainder to make a full dose if after increasing it doesn't even out. -I'm pretty frugal so I can't imagine wasting it unless I felt like it was so old it was risky to inject.