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Is 2.5 mg in 0.5 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride a sensible presentation for cagrilintide?

Asked 1 May 2024Modified 2.2 years agoViewed 24k times
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The case in front of me: 2.5 mg · 0.5 mL · 0.9% sodium chloride · cagrilintide.

The failure mode I am trying to avoid is making this decision emotionally.

I have twelve months in view and I would like the plan to survive that long.

What should I decide now, and what should I defer?

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2Can you add the vial size and the diluent volume? Everything follows from those two. – Dr_Nadia_Farsi 7 months ago
Is this U-100 or U-40? It changes the arithmetic by a factor of two and a half. – low_dead_space 5 months ago
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