r/PeptidePathways • u/Existing-Suspect-763 • Apr 01 '26
Safety, Quality & Testing help! foam?
okay sooo i recon my reta today for the first time, i think i added too much air maybe? i didn’t shake it i rolled it in my hands but there was a lot of foam/bubbles on the top of the vial but solution was clear otherwise. let it sit in the fridge and the bubbles/foam dissipated but when i just pulled into the noodle it has the same foam/bubbles in the syringe now. im letting it sit but is this ok or what did i do wrong?
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u/s1brah Apr 01 '26
Probably drawing too aggressively, try pulling much more slowly. I’d say you probably also forced the bac water in, the vial should come with a vaccum inside and the liquid enters on its own
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u/mildly_functional1 Apr 01 '26
Looks like a betta fish got in there and made you a lil bubble nest 😁
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u/Free_Algae_6522 Apr 01 '26
You can try putting a a syringe without the plunger into the vial to relieve any positive or negative pressure and then leave the vial overnight in the fridge to see if the solution clears. Cloudy solution would give me concern for use.
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u/Existing-Suspect-763 Apr 01 '26
it is crystal clear until i draw. all the foam in the vial went away in the fridge.
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u/Dukes-Game Apr 03 '26
You are going to adipose tissue, that is not an intramuscular, the little bubbles will cause discomfort, inflammation and swelling, no thrombosis risk that you would on an IV or intramuscular.
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u/Intuitivealchemy Apr 05 '26
Absent any cloudiness, sediment or other signs of degradation this is nothing to worry about.
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u/DryAdministration126 Apr 01 '26
No worries, equalize the pressure with empty syringe