Tirz taker and explorer

[ZombieFoot]

After months of consideration and figuring out with my spouse how to pay for Zep without insurance, in December my PCP denied me a prescription despite morbid obesity, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular disease. Motivated by anger, I got a telehealth prescription and compounded Tirz. It worked almost immediately, including reducing inflammation that I didn't know I had. While stocking up on compounded vials, I found grey and went down the reconstituted peptide rabbit hole. After five months, I'm down 56 lbs; so far only titrated up slowly to 5mg/5days. Very grateful to have Tirz not only to lose weight, but to have some hope that I can keep it off taking it (or maybe something even better) for a lifetime.

I tend to test kits myself because of safety concerns and because I'm sometimes too impatient for group tests, though I've participated in a few group tests. I use pens for dailies and syringes for less frequent pinning. A dorm fridge in my recon room and a small freezer in the garage means I might have gone too far. 🙂

Recently discovered I'm considered elderly at over 65, though I've learned to use crypto to make several purchases. The member name ZombieFoot refers to my left foot that was permanently screwed up by elective surgery, but at least I still have it for now.

 

[Calm Logic]

Welcome!

Did you ever find anything surprising from the vial tests you ordered?

 

[ZombieFoot]

Welcome!

Did you ever find anything surprising from the vial tests you ordered?

Two >10% underfills that I was able to get vendor credit for. One purity of 96% that the vendor refunded, though supposedly 4 other vendor tests were >98%. The biggest one was just last week I got a purity of 84%, which the vendor is apparently claiming (I heard indirectly) used an invalid method of purity measurement. That one is turning into drama. [I didn't mention vendor names or peptides because I don't know what's allowed for newbies. Tests were done by Jano.]

 

[Calm Logic]

[I didn't mention vendor names or peptides because I don't know what's allowed for newbies. Tests were done by Jano.]

Please give the juicy details. Others post their test results, so no problemo.

 

[Kristee060]

After months of consideration and figuring out with my spouse how to pay for Zep without insurance, in December my PCP denied me a prescription despite morbid obesity, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular disease. Motivated by anger, I got a telehealth prescription and compounded Tirz. It worked almost immediately, including reducing inflammation that I didn't know I had. While stocking up on compounded vials, I found grey and went down the reconstituted peptide rabbit hole. After five months, I'm down 56 lbs; so far only titrated up slowly to 5mg/5days. Very grateful to have Tirz not only to lose weight, but to have some hope that I can keep it off taking it (or maybe something even better) for a lifetime.

I tend to test kits myself because of safety concerns and because I'm sometimes too impatient for group tests, though I've participated in a few group tests. I use pens for dailies and syringes for less frequent pinning. A dorm fridge in my recon room and a small freezer in the garage means I might have gone too far. 🙂

Recently discovered I'm considered elderly at over 65, though I've learned to use crypto to make several purchases. The member name ZombieFoot refers to my left foot that was permanently screwed up by elective surgery, but at least I still have it for now.

I’ve never heard of someone doing their own testing. The testing process is half the reason I haven’t purchased anything grey yet. It’s all too overwhelming I’m probably too dumb to figure out how to do it myself 😆

 

[cldfront]

I’ve never heard of someone doing their own testing. The testing process is half the reason I haven’t purchased anything grey yet. It’s all too overwhelming I’m probably too dumb to figure out how to do it myself 😆

Welcome Zfoot!

FWIW, I used to send a vial from all my ASC purchases pre-meltdown to PeptideTest and in late 2024 it sorta seemed the norm, although fancy. Now I'm exclusively a Nexaph customer and feel good about trusting the multiple layers of testing done, so I don't do my own anymore.

Welcome!

Did you ever find anything surprising from the vial tests you ordered?

Great question! I hope we get the 84% deets - Jano is golden.

 

[ZombieFoot]

Please give the juicy details. Others post their test results, so no problem.

The underfills were SRY, Cagi and Tesa (and earlier DSIP I forgot). SRY seems to be having lots of problems lately.

The 96% purity result was MOTS-C from PGB, but they made it right and I generally like that vendor and would order from them again. Note that just yesterday a multi-vial independent test was released by a Flying Purple group, who got good MOTS-C purity. So my one kit seems to be an outlier.

The 84% purity was Tesa from SRY. SRY is claiming Jano used an inaccurate method, maybe for the different type of excipient SRY uses ... but that discussion goes well over my head. I infer that SRY and Jano are discussing this now, but I'm not looped in.

 

[ZombieFoot]

Welcome Zfoot!

FWIW, I used to send a vial from all my ASC purchases pre-meltdown to PeptideTest and in late 2024 it sorta seemed the norm, although fancy. Now I'm exclusively a Nexaph customer and feel good about trusting the multiple layers of testing done, so I don't do my own anymore.


Great question! I hope we get the 84% deets - Jano is golden.

Yes, I'm comfortable with Nexaph-paid customer-run testing too. I participated as a vial donor and vial collector for two of their tests. They also run much faster than other groups it seems. But, Nexaph prices are getting even higher lately. Still it's good to have Nexaph and PGB as fast-shipping domestic options when you need something fast.

 

[ZombieFoot]

I’ve never heard of someone doing their own testing. The testing process is half the reason I haven’t purchased anything grey yet. It’s all too overwhelming I’m probably too dumb to figure out how to do it myself 😆

Groups are harder and take much longer than doing it yourself, but a lot cheaper. If you're not price-constrained, ordering your own test is not hard and the best possible safety since you're getting a vial from your own kit tested. You can't go wrong with industry-standard Janoshik. Check out their website, basically you email them back and forth...they want your money so they'll work patiently with you to get the test you need.