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5 votes0 answers1.9k views
How do I compute the +4 charge state m/z for a peptide of 4113.6 Da?

The particulars: +4 · 4113.6 Da. I would like the arithmetic checked rather than the conclusion asserted. I have deliberately not used an online calculator because I…

mass-spec
mass-spec

Mass spectrometry for identity confirmation: electrospray ionisation, multiple charge states, monoisotopic versus average mass, deconvolution, and…

38 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
purity
purity

Purity as chromatographic area per cent - the fraction of detected material that is your target peak. It says nothing about how much material is…

788 questions
asked by jonas_ekstrom 18k · 2 months ago
5 votes0 answers1.1k views
How many units on a U-100 insulin syringe is a 40 mg dose at 3.33 mg/mL?

Numbers first: a U-100 insulin syringe · 40 mg · 3.33 mg/mL. This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different answers. The numbers are…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
asked by forty_units 14k · 43 days ago
4 votes 5 answers18k views
What is the arithmetic to convert 8 mg in 3 mL into units on a U-100 scale?

Numbers first: 8 mg · 3 mL. This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different answers. The numbers are arbitrary; the method is what I am…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
asked by swab_stopper 16k · 22 months ago
4 votes 5 answers18k views
How do I get 10 units out of a vial reconstituted to 6.67 mg/mL without guessing?

Numbers first: 10 units · 6.67 mg/mL. I can find plenty of assertions about this and almost no reasoning, which is usually a sign that nobody has checked. Assume no…

insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
asked by drawn_and_capped 15k · 2.3 years ago
4 votes 4 answers18k views
How many units on a 1 mL luer-lock syringe is a 5 mg dose at 2 mg/mL?

The specifics, since they change the answer: a 1 mL luer-lock syringe · 5 mg · 2 mg/mL. I would like the arithmetic checked rather than the conclusion asserted. I…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
asked by kofi_mensah 12k · 22 months ago
4 votes5 answers15k views
How do I get 5 units out of a vial reconstituted to 2.5 mg/mL without guessing?

The particulars: 5 units · 2.5 mg/mL. I have read the obvious sources and they disagree with each other, so I would rather ask people who have actually done this. I…

insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
asked by shear_at_the_front 15k · 23 months ago
4 votes 5 answers15k views
What does STEP 3 report at the 50 mg dose level?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: STEP 3 · 50 mg. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the full report including…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by yuki_morishita 19k · 13 months ago
4 votes5 answers12k views
How many units on a low-dead-space syringe is a 15 mg dose at 4 mg/mL?

Stated plainly: a low-dead-space syringe · 15 mg · 4 mg/mL. The units are where I keep going wrong, so please be explicit about them. I have sanity-checked the order…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
asked by mala_venkatesh 21k · 11 months ago
4 votes5 answers10k views
Can I reconstitute tirzepatide at 1 mg/mL and still measure a small dose accurately?

The particulars: tirzepatide · 1 mg/mL. I would like to define my thresholds before I have a result, for obvious reasons. I want a plan with explicit stopping rules,…

diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by bridget_nyathi 16k · 20 months ago
4 votes 5 answers7.1k views
What does TRIUMPH-1 report at the 20 mg dose level?

For reference: TRIUMPH-1 · 20 mg. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am being…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by fiadh_cronin 14k · 21 months ago
4 votes 5 answers6.3k views
How many units on a 1 mL luer-lock syringe is a 2.5 mg dose at 8 mg/mL?

What I have: a 1 mL luer-lock syringe · 2.5 mg · 8 mg/mL. I can do the algebra. I am not confident about the conversion factors. If there is a standard way to lay…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
asked by Dr_Jonas_Halvorsen 41k · 20 months ago
4 votes5 answers6.1k views
How do I convert the STEP 1 hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

My laboratory results are from the same laboratory each time, drawn fasting, which I gather matters. Please show the division. I want to check my own against yours. I…

cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

111 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by jana_horakova 15k · 9 months ago
4 votes0 answers4.2k views
How many units on a 0.5 mL insulin syringe is a 2 mg dose at 6.67 mg/mL?

Concretely: a 0.5 mL insulin syringe · 2 mg · 6.67 mg/mL. Please show the division. I want to check my own against yours. I would like the general form as well as the…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
asked by nadia_kowalczyk 14k · 14 months ago
4 votes4 answers4k views
Does splitting a 10 mg weekly dose of tirzepatide across two administrations change anything?

Conditions: 10 mg · tirzepatide. This is one of those things that everyone repeats and nobody derives. This matters practically, not just academically, because it…

split-dosing
split-dosing

Dividing a weekly dose across more than one administration. Questions here concern the pharmacokinetic rationale, whether the peak-to-trough ratio…

39 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
glp1-mechanism
glp1-mechanism

Receptor-level pharmacology: GLP-1R as a class B GPCR, cAMP and PKA signalling, biased agonism, internalisation and resensitisation, and the…

175 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

14 questions
asked by Dr_Signe_Baldursdottir 46k · 14 months ago
4 votes0 answers3.7k views
What does STEP 8 report at the 8 mg dose level?

The case in front of me: STEP 8 · 8 mg. The figures are clear enough; the question is what they mean and what they do not. I can supply the numbers if the specifics…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by lipid_panel_q 44k · 14 months ago
4 votes0 answers2.8k views
Can I reconstitute tirzepatide at 10 mg/mL and still measure a small dose accurately?

The specifics, since they change the answer: tirzepatide · 10 mg/mL. I would like to define my thresholds before I have a result, for obvious reasons. I want a plan…

diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by hana_petrikova 19k · 2.2 years ago
4 votes 2 answers2k views
If I reconstitute a 30 mg vial with 1.5 mL of sterile water for injection, what concentration do I end up with?

Details up front: 30 mg · 1.5 mL · sterile water for injection. This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different answers. The numbers are…

reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by sian_llewellyn 85k · 43 days ago
4 votes0 answers1.4k views
Can I reconstitute cagrilintide at 1 mg/mL and still measure a small dose accurately?

Numbers first: cagrilintide · 1 mg/mL. I would rather over-plan the first cycle and simplify later. I am prepared to do the work if someone can tell me which work…

diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by seven_day_half 16k · 4 months ago
4 votes0 answers945 views
Is 30 mg in 1.5 mL of sterile water for injection a sensible presentation for ecnoglutide?

Details up front: 30 mg · 1.5 mL · sterile water for injection · ecnoglutide. This is a planning question. I know what my options are; I do not know how to weigh…

diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

330 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by wren_calloway 14k · 6 months ago
4 votes0 answers504 views
Can I reconstitute semaglutide at 3.33 mg/mL and still measure a small dose accurately?

Conditions: semaglutide · 3.33 mg/mL. 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,…

diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
insulin-syringe
insulin-syringe

U-100 and U-40 insulin syringes as measuring instruments. A U-100 syringe is graduated in insulin units where 100 units equals 1 mL, so one unit…

268 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by retest_please 13k · 16 days ago
3 votes5 answers16k views
What does FLOW report at the 40 mg dose level?

Numbers first: FLOW · 40 mg. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have deliberately not looked at anyone else’s interpretation…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by swab_stopper 16k · 18 months ago
3 votes 5 answers15k views
How do I compute the +4 charge state m/z for a peptide of 4813.5 Da?

The specifics, since they change the answer: +4 · 4813.5 Da. I would rather understand the derivation than memorise the outcome. Two people I asked gave two answers…

mass-spec
mass-spec

Mass spectrometry for identity confirmation: electrospray ionisation, multiple charge states, monoisotopic versus average mass, deconvolution, and…

38 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
purity
purity

Purity as chromatographic area per cent - the fraction of detected material that is your target peak. It says nothing about how much material is…

788 questions
asked by bea_forsberg 14k · 16 months ago
3 votes 4 answers15k views
How many vial-days does a 2 mg vial give at 2.5 mg/mL on a weekly schedule?

Numbers first: 2 mg · 2.5 mg/mL. This should be a straightforward calculation and I keep getting two different answers. The numbers are arbitrary; the method is what…

dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
cost-analysis
cost-analysis

Cost arithmetic done honestly: cost per milligram after dead-space loss, list versus net price, comparing a multi-dose vial to a fixed-dose pen,…

261 questions
diluent-volume
diluent-volume

Choosing how much diluent to add, which is really a question about what you want your measurement resolution to be. Larger volumes buy you…

308 questions
asked by micron22 36k · 17 months ago
3 votes 5 answers13k views
What does STEP 5 report at the 2.5 mg dose level?

What I have: STEP 5 · 2.5 mg. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to disagree, which is…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by Dr_Lena_Ostrowska 42k · 12 months ago