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I discovered something strange today, was hoping some of you others who use Norditropin FlexPro GH pens, could confirm. I learned these may be way overfilled even when they stop dispensing (if you figure out how to get the vial out and draw from it)!
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Essentially, this is a proprietary design. There is a very slender vial inside the plastic casing. It is not really meant to be taken out and you have to basically break it open to get to the vial. It has a click/turn type measuring system that is apparently VERY precise. As you click/turn it, it pushes a plunger until all the GH is gone. This particular pen is the orange 5mg/15iu pen.
1 IU of GH = 0.3mg
2 IU of GH = (2 x 0.3) mg = 0.6mg
1 click = 0.025mg
However, today I noticed it looked like there was still a bit left in the window where you can see the vial. It always looks like this, but I figured since the system was so precise in how it measure, any remaining amount would be negligible. Well I was wrong. I cracked this fucking lame ass pen out, breaking the back end of the vial open, but keeping the plunger portion forward intact so I could draw the GH out with a slin pin. There was 9iu of fucking GH left in this god damn thing! My question: Is it such a poor design/measuring system that its not accurately dosing? This seems VERY unlikely considering how precise its supposed to let you be (increments of 0.025 mg). Or, does Novo Nordisk include a whopping 9-10iu EXTRA in the vial to ensure you down get LESS than you should by using their measuring plunger system? This is nearly double and also seems to be not very cost effective for them.
Anyone else notice this? Dont toss these when they stop cranking/clicking. There is a lot more GH left apparently.
This is basically what the vial looks like if you are able to extract it from the casing. Perhaps I can find a better way to separate the plastic casing.
**broken link removed**
p.s. Maybe everyone knew this already, but I did not. I have been tossing 8-10iu if pharma GH when it takes about 3 min to salvage the fvial from its encasing. I broke the vial today but I imagine I'll get better at it.
**broken link removed**
Essentially, this is a proprietary design. There is a very slender vial inside the plastic casing. It is not really meant to be taken out and you have to basically break it open to get to the vial. It has a click/turn type measuring system that is apparently VERY precise. As you click/turn it, it pushes a plunger until all the GH is gone. This particular pen is the orange 5mg/15iu pen.
1 IU of GH = 0.3mg
2 IU of GH = (2 x 0.3) mg = 0.6mg
1 click = 0.025mg
However, today I noticed it looked like there was still a bit left in the window where you can see the vial. It always looks like this, but I figured since the system was so precise in how it measure, any remaining amount would be negligible. Well I was wrong. I cracked this fucking lame ass pen out, breaking the back end of the vial open, but keeping the plunger portion forward intact so I could draw the GH out with a slin pin. There was 9iu of fucking GH left in this god damn thing! My question: Is it such a poor design/measuring system that its not accurately dosing? This seems VERY unlikely considering how precise its supposed to let you be (increments of 0.025 mg). Or, does Novo Nordisk include a whopping 9-10iu EXTRA in the vial to ensure you down get LESS than you should by using their measuring plunger system? This is nearly double and also seems to be not very cost effective for them.
Anyone else notice this? Dont toss these when they stop cranking/clicking. There is a lot more GH left apparently.
This is basically what the vial looks like if you are able to extract it from the casing. Perhaps I can find a better way to separate the plastic casing.
**broken link removed**
p.s. Maybe everyone knew this already, but I did not. I have been tossing 8-10iu if pharma GH when it takes about 3 min to salvage the fvial from its encasing. I broke the vial today but I imagine I'll get better at it.
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