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Is 1 mg/mL a sensible working concentration for a GLP-1 receptor agonist, or should I go lower?

Asked 3 Apr 2026Modified 4 months agoViewed 4.6k times
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Setup, so nobody has to ask: 1 mg/mL · a GLP-1 receptor agonist.

Both of these get recommended confidently by different people, which suggests neither is obviously right.

My constraints are cost, measurement resolution and how much handling I am prepared to do — in roughly that order.

Under what conditions does the answer flip?

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