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Preservative-free water for injection.

15 topics 2 solved Group: Practice

Pharmacology 15

Related in this group: reconstitution · bacteriostatic water · concentration maths · syringe units · dead volume · titration · dose reduction · missed dose · injection site rotation · needle gauge & length · subcutaneous injection · storage

15 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Coming back to: Solubility limits and what a cloudy solution is telling you Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry sterile water cloudy or discoloured solution storage counter-ion content On the subject in the title: Solubility limits and what a cloudy solution is telling you Working notes rather than a conclusion. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in…	+38	43	29k	13h
Preservatives: function, testing, and limits — one year on Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry sterile water cloudy or discoloured solution storage bacteriostatic water Wiki On the subject in the title: Preservatives: function, testing, and limits — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked. tirzepatide…	+28	32	437	8d
Follow-up: Lyophilisation and why the cake looks the way it does Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry bacteriostatic water cloudy or discoloured solution sterile water Solved Lyophilisation and why the cake looks the way it does Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat it…	+10	14	11k	3mo
[2026 update] Buffers, pH and why a formulation is a formulation Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry counter-ion content storage bacteriostatic water cloudy or discoloured solution Posting this under the heading it deserves: Buffers, pH and why a formulation is a formulation Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked.…		2	773	3mo
Adsorption to container surfaces and to plastics Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry cloudy or discoloured solution counter-ion content sterile water bacteriostatic water On the subject in the title: Adsorption to container surfaces and to plastics Working notes rather than a conclusion. A documentation question rather than an analytical one. I have a certificate in front of…	+13	17	4.3k	5mo
Lyophilisation and why the cake looks the way it does Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry sterile water bacteriostatic water storage cloudy or discoloured solution Posting this under the heading it deserves: Lyophilisation and why the cake looks the way it does Everything below is what sits behind that. I would like to understand what this number means before I repeat…	+33	37	60k	6mo
Second pass at: Isotonicity and what happens when you get it wrong Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry counter-ion content storage bacteriostatic water sterile water Closed Second pass at: Isotonicity and what happens when you get it wrong — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked.…	+1	5	2.6k	11mo
Excipient function in a licensed injectable Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry bacteriostatic water cloudy or discoloured solution sterile water Solved Wiki Closed Excipient function in a licensed injectable Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will…	+3	7	36k	14mo
Excipient function in a licensed injectable — the long version Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry sterile water storage bacteriostatic water Posting this under the heading it deserves: Excipient function in a licensed injectable — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like…		2	100	15mo
Preservatives: function, testing, and limits Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry counter-ion content storage bacteriostatic water sterile water Preservatives: function, testing, and limits — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Working through the identity arithmetic and I would like it checked. tirzepatide has a…	+23	27	3.7k	16mo
Coming back to: Adsorption to container surfaces and to plastics Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry bacteriostatic water counter-ion content storage sterile water Adsorption to container surfaces and to plastics — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will otherwise be.…		2	459	17mo
About the Formulation chemistry category Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry bacteriostatic water sterile water cloudy or discoloured solution Pinned Wiki Buffers, pH, isotonicity, preservatives, lyophilisation and excipient function. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and…		4	4.5k	18mo
Isotonicity and what happens when you get it wrong Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry sterile water counter-ion content storage On the subject in the title: Isotonicity and what happens when you get it wrong Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will otherwise be.…	+27	31	11k	18mo
Buffers, pH and why a formulation is a formulation Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry counter-ion content cloudy or discoloured solution sterile water storage Buffers, pH and why a formulation is a formulation Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting the method first, because I know what the first three replies will…	+11	15	51k	21mo
Second pass at: Buffers, pH and why a formulation is a formulation Pharmacology › Formulation chemistry counter-ion content cloudy or discoloured solution sterile water Wiki Second pass at: Buffers, pH and why a formulation is a formulation Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to understand what this number means before I…	+24	28	1.5k	21mo

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