Bacteriostatic Vs Sodium Chloride Vs Water for Injection.

[AussiegalMT2]

Hey guys can someone please tell me the difference in using these three solutions? I can only seem to get my hands on sodium chloride 0.9% or 'water for injection' so will either of these be okay to mix my 10mg vial with and store in fridge? And which is better?

Thanks!

[peptideguru]

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Hey guys can someone please tell me the difference in using these three solutions? I can only seem to get my hands on sodium chloride 0.9% or 'water for injection' so will either of these be okay to mix my 10mg vial with and store in fridge? And which is better?

Thanks!
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'Water for injection' is sodium chloride 0.9% solution, they are used interchangeably.
Bacteriostatic water is sodium chloride 0.9% with a bacteriostatic agent (something that stops bacteria from growing).


You main issue with using sodium chloride is that if you get any bacteria inside the vial it'll multiply to harmful levels in a short amount of time. To counteract this you'll probably need to load all of your vials and freeze them.
If you can get your hands on bacteriostatic water then you don't have to do this.


I would recommend checking out our guide for information on storage and preloading.
There are links at the top which lead to the relevant sections but it may be worth giving it all a quick browse!


Tom