Decide on the dose you will be taking and then reconstitute at the appropriate concentration to facilitate that dosage. I used 250IU EOD. That is the recommended dose. My amps were 5000iu each. I recommend reconstituting with 2.5ml of Bacteriostatic Water. You were likely provided with only 1ml of the water in one of each pair of amps (one contains the freeze dried hCG and the other contains 1 ml of Bacteriostatic Water otherwise known as 0.9% NaCL). If you reconstitute with 2.5ml of Bacteriostatic Water it will yield you 5000iu hCG in 2.5ml of Bacteriostatic Water. This breaks down to 2000iu/ml.
You want a dose of 250iu EOD so you want 1/8th of 1ml (1/8th of 2000iu = 250iu). 1ml / 8 = 0.125ml. That is your EOD dose giving you 250iu each injection. You inject subcutaneously (under the skin - not in muscle) usually around the abdomen. Normally you pinch some skin loosly between thumb and finger and use a 0.5cc insulin pin filled 13 lines (0.13ml is close enough to the 12.5 you want for 250iu).
Now how exactly do you reconstitute? You should buy a sterile vial that you will use to reconstitute. I recommend a small one = 5ml sterile vial. That way you have plenty of room for your 2.5ml and it is small enough so that you can get to every last drop. You will also need to buy extra Bacteriostatic Water. It is not expensive and don’t bother with the miniscule 1ml amp of Bacteriostatic Water provided. Buy Bacteriostatic Water in as small quantity as you can find as you need only 2.5ml for each 5000iu of hCG. Use a 3ml barrell with a 1.5" 25G needle to inject 1ml of Bacteriostatic Water into the amp containing the freeze dried hCG. Let it sit for a minute while you inject the other 1.5ml into the 5ml sterile vial you will be adding the hCG to (that means you should fill the 3ml barrel with 2.5ml of Bacteriostatic Water before injecting 1 ml of it into the hCG amp and then injecting the rest into the sterile 5ml vial. Now you have the sterile vial filled with 1.5ml of Bacteriostatic Water and the hCG amp with 1ml of Bacteriostatic Water combined with the freeze dried hCG.
Finally use the now empty 3ml syringe to extract the mixed hCG and Bacteriostatic Water in the amp (1ml) and inject that into the sterile vial. Now you have 2.5 ml of Bacteriostatic Water mixed with 5000iu freeze dried hCG which means you have completed the reconstitution process and are now ready to use the hCG or refrigerate it until you are ready. It only has to be refrigerated once it is reconstituted.
[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
I would not assume that.
When back home I’ll look at what came with my latest HUCOG brand and see what the package insert says.
Many months for sure… years unrefrigerated, that does not sound right to me.
Myself, I refrigerate it before reconstitution as well. Why not.
If frozen (this would be fine unreconstituted, and personally I think is okay at least one time when reconstituted), years probably is correct.[/quote]
[quote]G.I. Joe Galway wrote:
I cant imagine internet sources storing hcg in a fridge, for whatever time they have it sitting around![/quote]
Yeah, some places are clearly better than others, so it really depends…
I suppose to get some degree of confidence in your hCG, once you reconstitute it you could make a few dilutions (1:5, 1:50, 1:100… I’m just guessing as to the sensitivity) and test them on pregnancy strips. If you know someone else with some new hCG it would be ideal as you could compare the two. Kind of a pain in the butt, and I’d definitely buy some new hCG as backup.
[quote]G.I. Joe Galway wrote:
I cant imagine internet sources storing hcg in a fridge, for whatever time they have it sitting around![/quote]
I really don’t see why not. Consider that a large proportion of internet pharmacies ARE actual pharmacies but in thailand etc.
Also consider that a fridge-freezer can be bought for $100-200 i really cannot see why anyone WOULDN’T store heat sensitive products (generally peptides) in a refrigerator.
I would be so bold at to assume that any supplier who cannot afford to run a fridge does not sell quality product either…!