Thanks so much for this. COA? I thought I had done all my research and still there’s lots to learn? I thought I’d follow and slow rather than titrate up beyond 1mg. We’ll see I guess
We'll see is right. You don't hafta titrate at 4 weeks. But your body may not respond still or at all to that dose. That's how you'll know.
Up the dose and exercise everyday for the best results
The general guidance is that a vial should be tossed out after 30 days. However, this is based on things like vials are mostly used in hospital settings and they may have pinned from that vial fifty times in a month. People who use vials at home, such as insulin, may pull from the vial multiple times a day. With the GLP medication, you are usually only pulling from the vial once a week, so you are far less likely to introduce a contaminant into the vial.
why store it in a thermos in the freezer?
Individual preference. A lot of what I buy is intended for long-term storage, because it's glp-'1s or things I expect to use a long time and want to protect against unavailability, so I pack three kits into a 13.5 oz food-container thermos, and pack in some silica packets at the top. The thermos is airtight and protects against any temperature swings and with the silica packets, the humidity is pretty controlled. It also makes it very easy to pull what I want without things shuffling around in the freezer; I know if I want klow, I'm looking for a green one, and both the side and the top are labelled so I can spot it quickly. And the thermoses are very compact and easy to pack together, so my space is controlled. Some of them won't be opened for years.
It's pretty common. I store in a thermos with silica gel packets. I do this because because I don't have a generator on my freezer, but the thermos will give me many extra hours of frozen stability. I also live in fire country and sometimes have to vacate my property for weeks at a time in the summer, and generally the electricity is cut when there are active fires around. Having it packed into a thermos already saves time in an emergency and protects it from an unnecessary thaw as I transport to new freezer.
Seconded. I mean, I don't really care what else anybody else does about storage. The point isn't the storage system, but keeping documentation in a way that makes your life easier. I think fondly of past-me every time I go to pull a vial of something from my way-too-much system, and it's super easy to be like "oh, the survo's in a pink one," then I pull the pink one and the labelling right on it is like "hey, this 12 is actually 16" and I can reconsitute accordingly without having to remember a bunch of different things.
Mind linking to the coolers you use? I like this idea. Also offer some protection against power failure
Sure! I have a sad feeling they're about to stop making them, because they've gradually been selling out in the last six months or so, but it's these. I get the two-packs because they're cheaper, and because I know I have a problem and there's so little chance one won't get used. They're wonderful; very small footprint in the freezer, and they hold EXACTLy thirty vials if you carefully load them in up-and-down beside each other, fifteen to a row, and have the exact right amount of headspace for a few silica packs and a COA.
how many vials fit in one of those thermoses
