Reconstitution question

The math lines up, but the method does not. You should never open vials like that. Once the seal is broken the contents are open to air contamination, and that matters more than wearing gloves.

The numbers work, but a 60 mg vial is a lot to start with. Even when you titrate up it will take a long time to finish, and the chance of contamination goes up the longer it sits.

Two issues here. You did not need to pop the whole top off the vial. The rubber stopper should stay in place and you just push the insulin needle through the middle of it. Second, at 2 mg a week the vial will be in the fridge far longer than is safe. I would not want to use anything that has been sitting more than about six to eight weeks.

Sixty milligrams is a big amount when you are just starting. My first vial was smaller and still lasted nine weeks. Since the vial was opened I would not keep it that long. Filtering might not change the situation now.

You only remove the plastic cap, not the rubber stopper itself. Around the edge there is a metal ring and the needle goes through the rubber in the center. Wipe the stopper with alcohol first. It looks like the stopper came off completely, so there is no way the vial stays sterile for weeks. The first dose might be fine, but after that bacteria or fungi can grow. If one vial does not have enough BAC, use two to reach an even amount like 2 or 3 ml so the math is simpler. At 3 ml the concentration is 20 mg per ml, so 0.1 ml gives 2 mg. Small volumes are harder to measure accurately and bubbles can throw the dose off by around ten percent.

I have some 20 mg kits on hand but ordered a few 10 mg ones to cover the low starting doses without having so much product sitting around.

Before I started any peptides I watched a lot of videos on how to reconstitute. At this point it seems you are not ready. Treat the 60 mg as a learning cost and move to the next vial after doing more reading on both reconstitution and storage. A medical bill would be worse than losing one vial. Also 60 mg is too much for a first attempt. I began at half a milligram a week and still needed time to adjust.

Time for some direct feedback. You need to leave the gray market. The errors you made show you did no reading or research before starting something that can affect your health. Not everyone is suited for this, and it is clear this is not for you. It may sound harsh but I am trying to stress how important proper research and risk assessment are.

Not trying to ruin the mood, but bacteria exist. More research should happen before you inject anything. Sterility is the main factor for success.

Why remove the stopper from the vial in the first place?

I have looked at sites for medical supplies. I did not notice filters before because I did not know about filtering peptides. If I check those sites again will they have filters listed? Also, is the filter good for multiple uses or only one time?

Never mind, I found the answer in another thread. I should have looked first.

On the filter idea, what is the best way to recover as much peptide as possible? Push air at the end or push some BAC water through?

You can try, but expect to lose 10 to 30 units during filtering. At 10 units per 2 mg dose that means one to three doses stay behind in the filter. If the syringe is big enough, an air purge is simplest. The fewer times you poke the vial the better the chance it lasts, but thirty weeks is doubtful. You might raise the dose faster after the first few weeks and try to finish what you can inside ninety days. Extra punctures only increase contamination risk.