Reconstituting my first peptide, bac water amount is doing my head in

Posted by fasted_scientist in Beginner Questions - 1 points, 0 comments.

Right so I've finally bitten the bullet and got hold of a vial (10mg) and some bacteriostatic water. Watched about four youtube videos and now I'm more confused than when I started, so hopefully someone can talk me off the ledge.

If I'm using insulin syringes (those 1ml ones with the orange cap, 100 unit markings), and my vial is 10mg of lyophilised peptide, how do I actually work out how many units equals a sensible starting dose?

I keep seeing people say things like "draw to the 10 mark" but I don't actually understand what maths gets me there. Do I just add 1ml of bac water and then 1 unit = 0.1mg? Or does it depend on how much water I push in first?

This is probably the dumbest question on here but I'd rather ask it now than waste the whole vial messing it up. Also cheers in advance, I know it's a basic one.

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