Thread: Mixing and Subcutaneous Injection Instructions

LOL....there's vials, and then there's vials, Ricky!!! LOL....I think we are getting mixed up and not in our mixing vials!!

1) where you get the air from doesn't matter. The act of pushing extra hcg out of the syringe into the mixing vial is a good one.

2) My point was that if you figured the volume of liquid you were adding to the mixing vial to be say 5 ml total, you equalize the pressure to prevent spitting by withdrawing 5 ml of air from the vial before injecting the 5 ml of liquid. Soooooooo, if you are then adding instead of just 5 ml , an extra ml or part of one with air (to push the hcg as you stated), you need to add that one ml to the 5 ml and withdraw 6 ish ml of air to prevent spitting.

Clear as mud?

ah!! now I gottcha! IN THEORY....ahem....the part that is left in the base of the syringe is not counted in the dose. If you think about it....the marks on the syringe start with zero where you can start to see the liquid in it....not further down the hub near the needle. That is sort of taken into account that way. Now, where this does not hold true is when you are drawing the concentrated hcg out of the original vial to transfer to the mixing vial....in that case you want to get every last nano particle, even the stuff in the hub if possible.

Yes, its best to pull an equal amount of air out of the mixing vial, either before or while you are putting the liquid in....most get a spitting out of the puncture hole if they don't....and you lose alot of hcg in that spitting!!! I think we are on the same page now, don't you? Loved your I love Lucy reference...yes, I am old enough to recognize that one, alas

Question:

My mixing instructions for the 2000iu of Hucog (high potency) said to mix the 1ml of liquid Hucog with 9ml of bacteriostatic water. I then fill an entire insulin needle for a 200cc dose.

Your instructions say to mix the 1 ml of liquid HCG with 3ml of water and fill the syringe .4cc or 40 on the insulin syringe.

Does is matter how much water you mix, if you properly make the adjustment when filling the insulin syringe? Would it be OK to mix the 2000iu liquid HCG with 1ml of water, therefore only needing to fill the insulin syringe to .2 or 20 on the needle for a 200cc dose?

Originally Posted by Robbi

You really don't want to mix less than 3ml of bac water with your liquid hcg (2000). The volume of injection is key...you want to have a large enough volume to have proper absorption.

WOW...fast reply!
THANKS Robbi!