#616

Pepcid AC - active ingredient - famotidine. Besides the ability to help with heartburn it also has an anti-inflammatory effect.

I usually do a monthly cycle, 1 before bed for 30 days then take a 30 day break.

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#617

BTW the worst acid reflux I get is actually when I eat veggies and beans, so NOT a good idea to go vegetarian (for me at least). Meat and cheese products (i.e. pizza) has less of a negative affect for some reason. Actually, a meatloaver’s pizza (I usually eat) seems to be the only food that I can tolerate fine without any signs of heartburn/reflux. I guess it will be pizza breakfast, lunch, and dinner for me LOL.

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#618

RapMet,
You could try micro-dosing Reta. This is often done to alleviate or avoid side effects. The most common micro-dosing pattern that I’ve read about is dosing it 3 days a week. Those 3 days of injections equal to what you would normally dose all at once. Might be worth a try.

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#619

I hear you but while my dosing may not be microdosing, it is not that high either. Doing 2.5mg weekly and the hunger suppression and even the weight loss seem at the high end of the recommendation. So even at not so large doses seems to be working well for me, had it not been for heartburn. No other sides other than a bit tired, nothing big. I’ve taken Pepcid ac last couple days as recommended by Combi and seems to be working good for now.

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#620

Some medical practices have abandoned IM glute injections (in top outer quadrant) because of risk of hitting the sciatic nerve. I am sure it has happened, but I cannot understand how you can manage this feat unless you are extremely unfocused or drunk.

I use 1.25 inch needles.

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#621

Do you think it makes a difference if you use IM or SQ? Some protocols stipulate IM, which would not be my preferred choice, but I wouldn’t want to use SQ and risk a lesser response. Maybe a 1.25-inch in the outer thigh would be both effective and painless. Thanks.

#622

In the two studies I found (not on peptides), IM had about twice the bioavailability of SQ, but the ratio may vary perhaps a lot between drugs and individuals.

I tried the thigh but already the second or third injection was quite painful and this is often reported. I don’t find any practical alternative to the glutes for IM (for me, Thymalin,
since that was done in the Khavinson protocol) and, when painful in the belly (for me, GHK-Cu. I have never heard of IM for this and following a protocol of six injections a day it would just have been too much to do IM).

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#623

Bioavailability makes sense, as does speed of transmission through the body, which may be related to half-life. I don’t know. Some of the burners on the body building sites use a 25-g, 1-inch for glutes. I might try that. A short one to the glutes works well for GHK-cu. Thanks.

#624

Right, an insulin needle works fine.

#625

Yes. There is an external bioregulator that frees up an immense amount of time. However, it can be costly. It’s called DH (domestic help). It’s usually sourced from Mexico these days.

However, it’s illegal to import without the proper authorization. Although you may be able to order one from India. :wink: J/K

Seriously speaking, having paid domestic help is the best way to make more time for yourself. Laundry, cleaning and cooking use up a boatload of time.

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#626

When I’m close to the end of a vial and have 1 or 2 doses left, I remove the cap and draw all of it out. Sometimes I get 1, sometimes 2 doses (would use 2 syringes) and keep the second one in the fridge for the next shot.

#627

You break sterility?

#628

I imagine it shouldn’t matter since he’s immediately injecting it and no time for bugs to grow(?)

#629

Probably not, as long as you didn’t sneeze before breaking the top off. :joy: I don’t see the need though.

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#630

Yes I am a rule breaker :slight_smile:

We only go through about 165 injections a month in our house between the 3 of us and over the past 17 months we have not had any issue related to “sterility” :slight_smile:

Contamination takes few things to line up to be an issue;

  1. contaminants present
  2. the item that is to remain “sterile” present
  3. exposure to the contaminants
    4) time < this is one thing most don’t take into consideration

If I was doing this in a barn, I might be concerned but my house is pretty clean and we run 2 HEPA filters 24/7 so the risk based on 1,2, 3 are low and because the vial is only open for less than a minute, the risk is quite low.

But I would not recommend my procedure even though it has worked for us and is often used in the aesthetics business to get the last few drops out of botox vials :slight_smile:

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#631

Usually there is more than 1 dose left and that second dose stays in the capped syringe until the next dose is required, within a week at most.

I have posted a pic of my weekly setup so here it is again. No mark is the morning dose, black stripe is the night time. M was MOTS-c and G was Gonadorelin

I do this every Sunday as I worship at the alter of peptides :slight_smile:

PXL_20240820_121152702.MP

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#632

“Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.”

Yeah, makes sense. Though my house is probably closer to barn-like with the kids and pets. It’s how we keep our immune systems functional.

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#633

can you share your chinese source, possibly?

#634

Watch out for peptides binding the plastic over time, reducing the effective dose. This may or may not happen - just a theoretical concern to be aware of.

#635

Appreciate the concern.

I’ve been doing this for 18 months and so far the peptides we take do what they are advertised to do. I’ve had good results so far, some more subtle than others, as is typical. Some quite spectacular.

My list;
Tirzepatide
Retatrutide
BPC157
TB500
MOTS-c
CJC-1295 noDAC
Ipamorelin
Epithalon
Gonadorelin

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