Splitting up a large vial?

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Has anyone bought for example a single 100 mg reta vial, and then made their own 10 mg kit out of it? It appears vials and milligram scales are available on Amazon for not much money. Though the “value add” step would seem to make sure you’re maintaining sterility.
 
I'm probably extremely naive when it comes to this but I believe it would be pretty difficult to maintain sterility while doing this. Static, moisture and measurement accuracy are all going to be tough as well. You would probably need to spend more money setting up your environment than it costs to just get some high quality gray reta from one of the reputable vendors here... I just got 20 r15 vials for under 200 with shipping
 
Yes many people make aliquots but doing so does not involve a scale.
 
riposte said:
Has anyone bought for example a single 100 mg reta vial, and then made their own 10 mg kit out of it? It appears vials and milligram scales are available on Amazon for not much money. Though the “value add” step would seem to make sure you’re maintaining sterility.
I have not seen anyone offer higher than 60 mg vial? Where did you find 100mg reta?
 
CNCCurrency said:
I have not seen anyone offer higher than 60 mg vial? Where did you find 100mg reta?
I saw 100's somewhere yesterday looking for Hospira. I can't remember. No way I'd want to mess with splitting that much powder accurately.
 
CNCCurrency said:
I have not seen anyone offer higher than 60 mg vial? Where did you find 100mg reta?
I can’t discuss sources yet lol. But I think it’s a popular place…

GalloB73 said:
You can't split the powder. You can only aliquot a reconstituted vial.
Why can’t you split powder? My idea is keep the larger sample frozen, pull it out, scoop out a smaller volume and place in a new vial. The parent vial is recapped, evacuated (by syringe) and placed back in the freezer.

While I don’t have access to a glovebox. The idea is open a sterile vial, add powder, bac and recap.
 
soapysnake said:
I'm probably extremely naive when it comes to this but I believe it would be pretty difficult to maintain sterility while doing this. Static, moisture and measurement accuracy are all going to be tough as well. You would probably need to spend more money setting up your environment than it costs to just get some high quality gray reta from one of the reputable vendors here... I just got 20 r15 vials for under 200 with shipping
You’re probably right, but I’m trying to avoid crypto, so…
 
BNLFL said:
I saw 100's somewhere yesterday looking for Hospira. I can't remember. No way I'd want to mess with splitting that much powder accurately.
if you recall please post just for my curiousity
 
CNCCurrency said:
if you recall please post just for my curiousity
Here you go, no charge. lol

Peptide Test

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BNLFL said:
Here you go, no charge. lol

Peptide Test

Peptide Test offers fast, reliable, and accurate peptide testing services and lab supplies. Our tests are performed in Michigan by scientists at our partner lab who are experts in commercial quality control testing of FDA regulated pharmaceuticals.

peptidetest.com
Not the question, he said 100 mg of reta vial not an empty vial? Maybe I'm confused? Thanks anyways
 
CNCCurrency said:
Not the question, he said 100 mg of reta vial not an empty vial? Maybe I'm confused? Thanks anyways
No, I probably am. I shouldn't read or post without my glasses, and they sit right next to my laptop. I was a 100% wrong, sorry about that.
 
BNLFL said:
No, I probably am. I shouldn't read or post without my glasses, and they sit right next to my laptop. I was a 100% wrong, sorry about that.
No worries
 
riposte said:
I can’t discuss sources yet lol. But I think it’s a popular place…

Why can’t you split powder? My idea is keep the larger sample frozen, pull it out, scoop out a smaller volume and place in a new vial. The parent vial is recapped, evacuated (by syringe) and placed back in the freezer.

While I don’t have access to a glovebox. The idea is open a sterile vial, add powder, bac and recap.
I believe the molecules are attached to the fillers you see in the vial and may not be equally distributed in the powder. So reconstitute then split
 
riposte said:
Has anyone bought for example a single 100 mg reta vial, and then made their own 10 mg kit out of it? It appears vials and milligram scales are available on Amazon for not much money. Though the “value add” step would seem to make sure you’re maintaining sterility.
I would strongly advise against this. There are several major problems with that idea.

First these vials always contain peptide plus excipients/filler, so it's going to be 100mg of Tirz plus an unknown amount of filler. Without validated lab data, you have no way of knowing how much of that powder is actually tirz and how much is filler. So weighing out “10 mg portions” doesn’t mean you’re getting 10 mg of tirzepatide. You’d just be weighing 10 mg of mixed powder.

Second, consumer milligram scales are not reliable enough for that level of precision. Static, humidity, airflow, and transfer loss all affect powder measurements. You could easily end up with inconsistent amounts.

Third, and most importantly, sterility. Redistributing peptide powder into new vials requires sterile pharmaceutical handling. Labs do this in controlled environments with laminar flow hoods and validated sterile technique. Doing this at home introduces contamination risk you can’t see.

So you’d be dealing with three major unknowns:

You don’t know the true peptide content

You can’t reliably portion it accurately

You can’t realistically maintain sterility

If you’re even considering this, it would be wise to spend more time reading about peptide formulation, excipients, and sterile handling first. Injectables are not a place to learn through a bright idea or trial and error.
 
Jfrick11 said:
I would strongly advise against this. There are several major problems with that idea.

First these vials always contain peptide plus excipients/filler, so it's going to be 100mg of Tirz us an unknown ant of filler. Without validated lab data, you have no way of knowing how much of that powder is actually tirz and how much is filler. So weighing out “10 mg portions” doesn’t mean you’re getting 10 mg of tirzepatide. You’d just be weighing 10 mg of mixed powder.

Second, consumer milligram scales are not reliable enough for that level of precision. Static, humidity, airflow, and transfer loss all affect powder measurements. You could easily end up with inconsistent amounts.

Third, and most importantly, sterility. Redistributing peptide powder into new vials requires sterile pharmaceutical handling. Labs do this in controlled environments with laminar flow hoods and validated sterile technique. Doing this at home introduces contamination risk you can’t see.

So you’d be dealing with three major unknowns:

You don’t know the true peptide content

You can’t reliably portion it accurately

You can’t realistically maintain sterility

If you’re even considering this, it would be wise to spend more time reading about peptide formulation, excipients, and sterile handling first. Injectables are not a place to learn through a bright idea or trial and error.
I was leaning against at it, but this basically seals it as not being remotely worth it. looks like I should look into crypto…
 
riposte said:
You’re probably right, but I’m trying to avoid crypto, so…
If you just dont wanna buy crypto for personal reasons then I get it. If not though, I'd be happy to help however I can. Buying Bitcoin is insanely easy now-a-days. Coinbase is a super noob-friendly place to do so.
 
dirtyharry said:
If you just dont wanna buy crypto for personal reasons then I get it. If not though, I'd be happy to help however I can. Buying Bitcoin is insanely easy now-a-days. Coinbase is a super noob-friendly place to do so.
I appreciate the offer, but I should just buck up and figure it out. I have a brother who basically speculates in this stuff full-time so I can ask him.
 
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