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BAC in Sweden/The Nordics

13 replies11 peopleApr 26, 2026☆ Follow
Summary

Where to source or how to make bacteriostatic water for use in Sweden and the Nordics

Participants report that commercial options are limited and advise against Amazon purchases. Most recommend making BAC water at home with sterile water and benzyl alcohol in empty vials. Shelf life is described as years for unopened vials and roughly a month after first use, with visual checks for contamination. Some note EU websites exist but specifics are avoided; others forward from outside the region or question stock solution methods versus direct mixing.

What this discussion establishesWhere people disagree

Whether to prepare a concentrated stock solution first or mix directly into the final vial

Still open

Whether commercial EU sources are consistently reliable or if all users should default to DIY

Nothing here is advice.

13 replies · 11 people
BlueCinder96archiveopening postApr 26

Searched the forums but found nothing useful so figured I'd ask. Options for BAC water in Sweden and the Nordics look pretty limited. The only thing that shows up easily is something on Amazon, but I wouldn't trust that for anything medical or supplement related. What are other people in Sweden or the Nordics actually using for BAC water? Did I overlook a decent source or is everyone just making it themselves?

PatientFenwick39archiveApr 26

Make your own. You only need sterile water, benzyl alcohol and some empty sterile vials.

SteadyKettle52archiveJun 20
↳ replying to @PatientFenwick39

How long would this last after combining it similarly inside those vacant sterile containers?

PatientFenwick39archiveJun 20
↳ replying to @SteadyKettle52

If you practice good aseptic or sterile technique with a clean work surface and so on then a freshly made vial will last for a couple of years. Once you start using one with needles aim for somewhere between 28 days and 56 days. Watch for cloudiness or anything floating inside; that's when you should throw it out.

AmberCinder46archiveJun 20

Like others said, make your own. For the benzyl I use this. For the sterile water look for injection-grade water in 50 ml vials and make sure it is not the saline version. At that volume you end up with enough for more than a month. Procedure is simple: add half a millilitre of benzyl per 50 ml vial and you're set.

WarmLantern65archiveJun 20

While up north packages reach me through Britain. I thought about creating it on my own yet feel unsure regarding how clean the purified liquid really is. Still intend to give it a go after watching others succeed.

GreyAlder39archiveJun 20
↳ replying to @AmberCinder46

I prepare a ten percent BA stock solution in sterile water. Then I add one millilitre of that stock to ten millilitres of sterile water to reach roughly zero point nine one percent. This works with standard sterile water ampules and creates less waste. We just need to stay between zero point eight and one point five percent anyway.

AmberCinder46archiveJun 20
↳ replying to @GreyAlder39

Didn't you mean zero point one millilitre to ten millilitres instead? I considered the smaller plastic vials but it seemed like more hassle with tinier measurements and extra supplies. For me it's one larger vial, one small syringe and an alcohol swab and I'm done for over a month. Glass vials would be nicer to reduce waste.

GreyAlder39archiveJun 20
↳ replying to @AmberCinder46

Preparing a ten percent stock: remove one millilitre of sterile water from a ten millilitre vial then add one millilitre of USP BA to the remaining nine millilitres. That gives ten millilitres of ten percent stock. To make the working solution add one millilitre of the stock to a sterile vial and then add ten millilitres of water. Label everything clearly.

GreenHarbour50archiveJun 24

Why does the description on this site say that it shouldn't be used with that peptide? Doesn't look like the usual disclaimer.

AmberWillow66archiveJun 24
↳ replying to @GreenHarbour50

That's due to the salt inside, which explains why I steer clear of blending the compound together with salt.

CopperMeadow65archiveJun 24
↳ replying to @GreenHarbour50

It's not the regular version which contains benzyl alcohol. The product sold right now is a different one that contains sodium chloride instead, which should not be mixed with that peptide.

SharpCompass21archiveJul 23

Make your own or buy some from websites in the EU that sell it. Shipping to Sweden is no problem.

AmberMarble85archiveAug 17

People preparing their own, is your benzyl alcohol endotoxin free? Scientific purity is one thing but endotoxin free is different.

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