Testing if HCG is real with a pregnancy test?

[KOArtist]

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

Thanks

[JohnnyVegas]

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.

[Papiriqui]

Good to know!!

[KOArtist]

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?

[bass]

how many iu's do you have to use/waste to ensure results?

two drops in 1 ml water, mix then dip the strip.

[Rusty11]

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

[krugerr]

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.

[KOArtist]

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.

[JohnnyVegas]

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.

[bass]

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.

[JohnnyVegas]

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.

[bass]

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