Is 2.5 mg in 2.5 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride a sensible presentation for a GLP-1 receptor agonist?

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Conditions: 2.5 mg · 2.5 mL · 0.9% sodium chloride · a GLP-1 receptor agonist.

I want to decide this in advance so that I am not deciding it under pressure later.

Assume I will follow the plan I write down, so I would like it to be a good one.

How would you structure this, and what thresholds would you set in advance?

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askedgreta_holzmann23k2726 Dec 2025

2Are you asking about the arithmetic or the technique? Both are answerable, separately. – lyoph_cake 3 months ago

Voting to keep this open — it is more specific than it first looks. – rota_site 42 days ago

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