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    Question Testing if HCG is real with a pregnancy test?

    Does this actually work? I've heard conflicting reports/opinions.

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    Yup, that is a thing. Drop some hCG on the strip. Pregnant means you have actual hCG.

    I am sure you know this, but I will say it because it gets asked more often than you might think: no, you don't pee on the strip. Use a few drops of hCG.
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    Good to know!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnnyVegas View Post
    Yup, that is a thing. Drop some hCG on the strip. Pregnant means you have actual hCG.

    I am sure you know this, but I will say it because it gets asked more often than you might think: no, you don't pee on the strip. Use a few drops of hCG.
    how many iu's do you have to use/waste to ensure results?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KOArtist View Post
    how many iu's do you have to use/waste to ensure results?
    two drops in 1 ml water, mix then dip the strip.

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    I've never read/heard about someone getting bunk hcg . But, I guess anything's possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rusty11
    I've never read/heard about someone getting bunk hcg. But, I guess anything's possible.
    Well, if you paid for a big order of HGH, I would try this to ensure I hadn't been given HCG .

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    hmmm...I just tried it. Dropped a few drops of my 500iu per 1/10 of a ml HCG on a preggo test and didn't get a positive. It's human/pharm grade (Ovidac), expiration date not until 2014, and I just reconstituted it only 2 weeks ago. Maybe I need to use more than a few drops? Then again it was a dollar store pregnancy test, maybe that is what's bunk. I'd be pretty shocked if it was bunk hcg, but now I'm certainly wondering. Shit.

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    Make sure you get it really wet. The one I used wanted me to get it wet up to a certain line and I made sure it was saturated since it is meant to be peed on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KOArtist View Post
    hmmm...I just tried it. Dropped a few drops of my 500iu per 1/10 of a ml HCG on a preggo test and didn't get a positive. It's human/pharm grade (Ovidac), expiration date not until 2014, and I just reconstituted it only 2 weeks ago. Maybe I need to use more than a few drops? Then again it was a dollar store pregnancy test, maybe that is what's bunk. I'd be pretty shocked if it was bunk hcg, but now I'm certainly wondering. Shit.
    Mix 2-3 drops in 1 or 2ml water, that should do it, you don't need much to detect hCG .

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    Quote Originally Posted by bass View Post
    Mix 2-3 drops in 1 or 2ml water, that should do it, you don't need much to detect hCG.
    Right, they are meant to detect a small amount of hCG . The concentration doesn't need to be strong.

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    that is correct JV, the key is to soak the test strip as you have noted previously.

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