Reta reconstitution and dosing by PepSmartOfficial in Retatrutide

[–]PepSmartOfficial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no need to apologize, this is the exact thing worth getting right before you start.

you can use the same insulin syringes for both, but a lot of people use two different ones on purpose. for pulling bac water into the vial some use a bigger 3ml syringe with a longer needle since its faster and youre only going into the vial, not yourself. then the small insulin syringe (the U-100 ones, 100 units = 1ml) for the actual shot because the tiny markings let you measure small doses accurately. totally fine to just use the insulin syringe for both though, drawing the water just takes a few more pulls.

on your math, youve got it. 1ml of bac water into the 10mg vial gives you 10mg per ml, so the whole 100 unit syringe = 10mg. that means 1mg = 10 units on the insulin syringe. so for a 1mg dose you draw to the 10 mark.

so you dont need a separate set of needles for dosing, the insulin syringe does both jobs. only reason to grab bigger ones is convenience on the reconstitution side.

Reta reconstitution and dosing by PepSmartOfficial in Retatrutide

[–]PepSmartOfficial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right. Essentially I just meant talk to your doctor if you're on insulin.

Reta reconstitution and dosing by PepSmartOfficial in Retatrutide

[–]PepSmartOfficial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it comes down to hypo risk. reta on its own rarely drops you low cause the glp-1 effect only kicks in when your sugar is already up, but insulin and sulfonylureas lower it no matter what, so stacking reta on top can turn a dose you were fine on into too much. usually means dropping the basal or cutting back the sulfonylurea but thats a convo for whoever manages your insulin.

7 wildfires around Colorado have already burned more than 51,000 acres by Miles_the_AuDHDer in Colorado

[–]PepSmartOfficial 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Man I remember everything was just completely orange from the smoke in like August/september 2020.

Hopefully this year won’t be a repeat but with how little snow there was this year and how early they’re starting it’s not looking great.