Cartalax (AED) reconstitution calculator

The basics, in a minute

Five things that make every number on this page make sense.

1. 1

   Your vial is powder

   The number next to mg on the label is how much peptide is inside. Mg means milligrams.

2. 2

   1 mg is 1,000 mcg

   Doses are small, so they're often written in micrograms, or mcg. 250 mcg is a quarter of a milligram.

3. 3

   Water makes it liquid

   You add bacteriostatic water once. The peptide spreads evenly through it, so every drop carries the same amount.

4. 4

   Units are lines on the syringe

   Insulin syringes are marked in units. 100 units fill 1 mL. Your plan tells you which line to pull to.

5. 2 mL water1 mL water
   5

   Your dose is not your units

   The dose is the peptide. The units are the liquid that carries it. With more water, the same dose takes more units, so share doses in mcg, never in units.

At the bench

Storage & handling