Intersection · Practice × worked example
Practice topics tagged worked example
Topics in Practice carrying the tag worked example. Contains arithmetic shown step by step.
47 topics
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Restarting after a long gap: what the labelling implies
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Restarting after a long gap: what the labelling implies Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap,…
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+41 | 46 | 11k | 15h |
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A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared
Posting this under the heading it deserves: A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared Everything below is what sits behind that. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen…
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+30 | 34 | 55k | 17h |
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When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect
When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A question about technique rather than about dose. I…
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+38 | 42 | 2.7k | 19h |
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Coming back to: Why I now write the concentration on the vial in marker
The question in the title: Why I now write the concentration on the vial in marker I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Practical question with the units stated, because I have…
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+8 | 12 | 4.3k | 1d |
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Coming back to: Where the four-week escalation interval comes from, and what it is not
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Where the four-week escalation interval comes from, and what it is not Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I…
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+44 | 48 | 11k | 1d |
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How much of the diluent volume the powder itself displaces
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How much of the diluent volume the powder itself displaces Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly these go wrong…
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2 | 1.8k | 1d | |
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A 5 mg vial and a 0.25 mg dose: the arithmetic in full
A 5 mg vial and a 0.25 mg dose: the arithmetic in full Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…
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+124 | 141 | 16k | 2d |
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Micro-titration: a disputed topic, argued properly
Micro-titration: a disputed topic, argued properly Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the…
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+99 | 110 | 61k | 2d |
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Stepping down deliberately, and how to do it without losing progress — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Stepping down deliberately, and how to do it without losing progress — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. Practical question with the…
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+94 | 99 | 29k | 2d |
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[2026 update] A vial that will not fully dissolve: what to check and in what order
Posting this under the heading it deserves: A vial that will not fully dissolve: what to check and in what order Everything below is what sits behind that. Practical question with the units stated, because I…
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+114 | 128 | 20k | 1mo |
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Choosing a concentration on purpose rather than by accident
On the subject in the title: Choosing a concentration on purpose rather than by accident Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the pattern is useful…
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2 | 719 | 1mo | |
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When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect — a second dataset
When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have read the maintained page on…
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+10 | 14 | 42k | 2mo |
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Restarting after a long gap: what the labelling implies — the long version
Restarting after a long gap: what the labelling implies — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this and I…
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+12 | 17 | 2.4k | 2mo |
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Revisiting: The arithmetic of an intermediate dose between two label steps
Revisiting: The arithmetic of an intermediate dose between two label steps Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this and I…
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+41 | 45 | 808 | 2mo |
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Reconstitution volumes that produce round numbers, tabulated
Reconstitution volumes that produce round numbers, tabulated — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly…
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+103 | 112 | 1.7k | 3mo |
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Stepping down deliberately, and how to do it without losing progress
Stepping down deliberately, and how to do it without losing progress — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…
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+98 | 102 | 26k | 3mo |
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Foaming during reconstitution and whether it matters — the long version
Foaming during reconstitution and whether it matters — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the…
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+100 | 117 | 6k | 3mo |
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Converting between mg/mL and units per dose, both directions — the long version
Converting between mg/mL and units per dose, both directions — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated,…
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+110 | 132 | 1.7k | 3mo |
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About the Dosing & titration category
Schedules, escalation intervals, dose reductions, and the arithmetic that connects a vial to a syringe mark. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is…
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4 | 350 | 4mo | |
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Splitting a weekly dose in two: the pharmacokinetic argument against
Splitting a weekly dose in two: the pharmacokinetic argument against — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I…
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+24 | 28 | 51k | 5mo |
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How the published trials escalated, tabulated side by side
The question in the title: How the published trials escalated, tabulated side by side I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. A question about technique rather than about dose. I…
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+4 | 8 | 4.2k | 5mo |
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The lowest dose that does anything: is that a real question?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: The lowest dose that does anything: is that a real question? I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I am asking rather…
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+100 | 111 | 9.1k | 5mo |
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Why "dose equivalence" between different incretin analogues is a weak concept
Why "dose equivalence" between different incretin analogues is a weak concept I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have read the maintained page on this…
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+124 | 133 | 11k | 5mo |
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Why "add 2 mL" is not an instruction
The question in the title: Why "add 2 mL" is not an instruction I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the…
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+23 | 27 | 3.5k | 6mo |
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Coming back to: Over-dilution: when your dose falls below one readable graduation
Over-dilution: when your dose falls below one readable graduation Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a…
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+90 | 97 | 1.1k | 7mo |
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The decimal-point error, and the habit that catches it
The decimal-point error, and the habit that catches it Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how…
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+110 | 121 | 10k | 7mo |
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[2026 update] How much of the diluent volume the powder itself displaces
The question in the title: How much of the diluent volume the powder itself displaces I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Practical question with the units stated, because I…
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+89 | 100 | 3.2k | 8mo |
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[2026 update] What steady state means for the decision to escalate
The question in the title: What steady state means for the decision to escalate I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a…
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+127 | 137 | 32k | 8mo |
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Follow-up: The lowest dose that does anything: is that a real question?
The question in the title: The lowest dose that does anything: is that a real question? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have read the maintained page on this and I still…
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+70 | 75 | 12k | 8mo |
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A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared — the long version
A 10 mg vial reconstituted three different ways, compared — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reporting something rather than asking about it, in case the…
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+146 | 158 | 47k | 9mo |