BAC vs Sterile water for Tirzepatide?

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Veggie-Coffee

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Hey everyone,
I'm about to mix my first 10mg tirzepatide vial soon. I've had trouble finding Hospira BAC water that ships to my location in Europe.
I have 2 choices:
1. Use BAC water from the same supplier as my peptide.
2. Use sterile water.

Since the vial will only be used for a week after mixing (at 5mg/week), I think either option is okay. Has anyone else in Europe had this issue, and what did you do?

PS: Any tips on where to get Hospira in Europe would be great!
 
BAC water lasts longer than a week. The FDA says 28 days, but some people use it even longer than that.
I've had a 30ml vial last for, like, half a year.

Don't bother trying to buy Hospira in Europe. BAC water isn't easy to get here. You might be able to import it from Canada, but just so you know, it's prescription-only in the EU.
 
Is the prescription requirement due to a government rule, or is it a newer policy like the situation with Pfizer in the US? The US thing seems to be completely independent of any governmental laws.

Corrected based on @needle-shy's comment. It seems that in the USA, a prescription is necessary for diluents marketed for injection.
 
People in Europe commonly use sterile water and keep the vial for a while. I've done it for a couple of weeks and been fine. A week shouldn't be a problem, just be as clean as possible.
 
It's not a new thing in the USA. All BAC water intended for injection has always needed a prescription. Suppliers just started enforcing it more recently.

Reconstitution solution with 0.9% benzyl alcohol sold online gets around the prescription because it's marked "research use only."
 
I stocked up right before things got difficult, and I'm using it slowly. If I were buying now, I'd probably get one to three vials from a more expensive reseller, or through a group purchase... always Hospira.
 
Just FYI, Janoshik said in an interview they always use sterile water, not BAC, and just mark the date and throw it out after a month. He thinks BAC isn't worth it since you should toss it after a month anyway.
Most people here seem to trust BAC more, me included, since I've used vials for a couple months... maybe it's just because he doesn't use it.
 
There's a lab in Texas that sells it. Each vial is about $13. There might be a discount for new customers. It might be worth paying for faster shipping so it doesn't sit in the mail for too long. I found them with a quick search online.
 
For subcutaneous work, you could honestly inject plain water and be alright. I've run over 100 carts myself. My concern isn't that they're bad - it's that the label saying sterile doesn't guarantee it actually is. I don't do extra sterilizing either, but I'm comfortable with that risk.
 
Acetic acid isn't scary - 0.6% sterile solution for injection, easy to find. I run IGF-LR3 with it. Use 1ml syringe, draw 10-20 units, then about 4x that of BAC to buffer potential burn. Some folks don't even get a burn without buffering.
 
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