ml syringe differences

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okay, got my igf in and decided i'd give it a go. so i break out my 1ml syringe with needle. i try to draw up 0.02 ml for 2mcg. needless to say this has become an experience, due to the fact that the needle is a removable luer lock one. thus, i have more in the tip of the syringe than 2 mcg, before i even get it in the barrel. the first pin i may have got somewhere close to the desired dose. put it in front right delt. day two, i still had a time with it, and think i ended up closer to 5 mcg, which i pinned in the upper right pec, near the delt. still got a little pip from it and it feels dense. yesterday i got closer to the two mcg and pinned it in the abs. no pip or problems that way.

so i decided to take a closer look at different 1 ml syringes and it appears that the fixed needle one would definitely be more appropriate to use for such a small dose. from what i could see on the net of them, the needle goes straight to the barrel. the amount that would be in the pin would be minute then. i order 1/2 ml syringe with the fixed needle, since i'll be administering minute amounts. at least with the 30 ga needle, blunting on the vial silicone won't feel so bad when i pin it. lol

i thought i'd pass this on, since i have not seen a thread posing this problem for anyone. also, the nipro brand pins have a larger bore than other pins. so even though the outside diameter of the pin is the same, the inside is larger.

 

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got my 0.5 cc slin pins. so much easier to measure small amounts. 0.2 ml (2 mcg) is right darn close to that.