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What am I doing wrong

5 replies5 peopleApr 26, 2026☆ Follow
Summary

how to reconstitute cagri with AA without it turning cloudy

The original poster tried several orders of adding AA and bacteriostatic water to cagri vials and consistently got cloudiness and incomplete dissolution after three vials. Others report success with bacteriostatic water alone at its natural pH around 5-5.7 and no visible issues over months of use. One user suggests testing pH and adjusting AA to reach roughly 4, while another recommends trying a different AA source to achieve a clear 50/50 mix.

What this discussion establishesWhere people disagree

whether AA is needed at all or if bacteriostatic water alone is sufficient and safe

Still open

what exact pH or AA concentration reliably prevents cloudiness for this compound

Nothing here is advice.

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PatientQuill64archiveopening postApr 26

I'm attempting to reconstitute cagri with AA but running into repeated failures. Adding AA after the vial was already mixed with bacteriostatic water produced cloudiness. Starting with AA then adding the water also resulted in cloudiness and incomplete dissolution. Drawing 0.5 AA plus 2.5 bacteriostatic water together in one syringe before injecting into the cagri vial likewise turned cloudy and did not fully dissolve. The solution stays fine with just bacteriostatic water, but I'm trying to avoid any fibril risk. I've already used three vials.

KeenPebble33archiveApr 26

Have you checked the pH of the solution? That would be my first step. Begin with bacteriostatic water and measure its pH, then add tiny amounts of AA until reaching around 4. You really need to test pH because the water alone can sometimes already sit at 5 and require only a little AA. I finish a vial within a week and notice no gelling or cloudiness so I dropped the AA approach. For anything kept longer than a month I would probably add more caution.

PatientQuill64archiveApr 26
↳ replying to @KeenPebble33

Haven't checked the pH yet, but I'll begin there. I plan to use roughly one vial per month.

ClearBeacon24archiveApr 26
↳ replying to @PatientQuill64

I only use bacteriostatic water and it works fine. The water sits at pH 5.7. I've been using just that for over a year now.

CopperQuill49archiveApr 27
↳ replying to @PatientQuill64 (opening post)

Maybe try a different source of AA. I obtained 0.6 percent AA and mixed up a 50 percent AA with 50 percent bacteriostatic water vial yesterday that stayed crystal clear. I would still look for another AA because that appears to be where the issue lies.

BlueAlder28archiveApr 27
↳ replying to @ClearBeacon24

Same here. I'm only on my first vial but it mixed fine using bacteriostatic water. Ten milligrams to three milliliters of the water.

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