damn! was reconstituting a peptide and the negative pressure started drawing the diluent out of the pin...and faster than i would have liked. i hope that i had the vial tilted enough that it didn't shoot straight down and degrade the substance. crap. we'll see, good thing is that it dissolved before i even looked in the vial, so there was no swirling needed. i at least know that i didn't degrade it by shaking it around like a maraca.
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Updated 12-24-2010 at 11:26 AM by kleaver
****** I put this in my blog to keep as a reference, i DID not write/author this ******* Firstly it's a good idea to use an alcohol swab to clean the nipples of both your vial of peptide and dilutent before reconstituting. Most peptides (HGH, MGF, GHRP, HCG) can be reconstituted with sterile water or more commonly with Bacteriostatic Water (BW) which is sterile water with 0.9% Benzyl Alcohol added and maximizes shelf life. BW is readily available and preferred. Some ...