Pierce the rubber stopper with the needle at a slight angle, and very slowly inject the bacteriostatic water down the inside wall of the vial, never directly onto the powder cake itself
Liam Li of Ernst & Young LLP contributed to this article.
It is a once-weekly injectable liquid solution that belongs to a class of drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists
Rotate sites : Don't inject the same spot twice in a row Needle : 29-31 gauge insulin syringe, 1/2 inch needle Common Beginner Mistakes to Avoid Starting too high : 2mg+ on week 1 = miserable GI sides
The back of a middle shelf is the most stable location
The 12mg-cohort escalation consumes 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 96 mg over 16 weeks before reaching peak maintenance dose, meaning two 30mg vials cover the full escalation period, and subsequent maintenance can be planned around a 30mg-vial cadence (2.5 weeks of supply per vial at 12mg/week)