[esenesesinas]

Hi everyone

My specialist has sent me Brevactid 1500 iu as the Pregnyl is still unavailable.

He has suggested a dosage of 12 on a 1ml insulin syringe...does that sound like a large dose to you...I cant contact him at the mo, and I want to start in the morning...can anyone advise me please.

This is my second round.

Thank you x

[Qauunet]

That tells us nothing without knowing how it's mixed. Are you mixing it yourself? If so, how much fluid are you using in it?

[seawolferr]

That tells us nothing without knowing how it's mixed. Are you mixing it yourself? If so, how much fluid are you using in it?

Hi Grammy

thanks for your reply.

1500 IE Brevactid and 1ml Saline.

Lynn x

[nikolapegayyyaasss]

You surely put in more than 1 ml of saline? You can't even pull out the right amount with so little fluid. The doctor just gave you that stuff and didn't tell you how to reconstitute it?

[PypeDeft]

You surely put in more than 1 ml of saline? You can't even pull out the right amount with so little fluid. The doctor just gave you that stuff and didn't tell you how to reconstitute it?

Hi Grammy

Yep thats right and no he didnt give any instructions on mixing. I used Pregnyl with my first round and just assumed it would e the same...any advice would be lovely, thank you.

My colleague is having trouble getting the fluid into the vial and then drawing all of it out...so I thought I better ask you before I dive in.

Thanks again Grammy x

[TodeImmabbedo]

Have you mixed it yet? If not, then mix it properly and put 3 ml of fluid in the bottle and then take a dose of 150 which would be 30 units on the insulin syringe.

[mortgrhhh]

Have you mixed it yet? If not, then mix it properly and put 3 ml of fluid in the bottle and then take a dose of 150 which would be 30 units on the insulin syringe.

Ok, thank you Grammy, I will get some more saline tomorrow x

[Wgnhqhlg]

You need bacteriostatic water for mixing. Saline will not preserve it for shots. Gosh what doctor is this? He's pretty lame.

[S.T.D.]

You need bacteriostatic water for mixing. Saline will not preserve it for shots. Gosh what doctor is this? He's pretty lame.

Thanks for your reply. I meant Bacteriostatic not Saline.

This Dr. is one of the leading endos on the planet from Belgium...guess I caught him on a bad day!

Thanks again x

[orerviche]

Hello, I am facing the same confusion as charmer, and, I think using the same doctor in Brussels. When the superb senior doctor had left, it fell to the junior doctor to hand out the information. She gave me a fact sheet intended for use with Pregnyl, but told me I would instead use Brevactid or Choriomon, according to what was available. I think she assumed all three involved an identical procedure. The daily strength for Brevactid was to be 0.13 ml, and for Choriomon 0.18 ml. In the event, the Belgian chemist provided the Brevactid 1500. In the package there is a bottle with a white pill, and there is a glass vial which looks to contain 1ml of saline. The instructions from the clinic (but for Pregnyl!) say only that one vial should provide enough for 7 daily syringes, and that anything left over should be thrown away at the end of the week since it will by then have lost potency. A second vial is then to be prepared for the following 7 days, etc.

Looking at the 1 ml vial and the bottle containing the white pill, the clear inference (which charmer drew too) was to mix the two together. 7 x 0.13 ml is less than 1ml, so the inference is not without logic.

However, it seems to me that the procedure for Brevactid must be different than it is for Pregnyl. Also that the saline should not be used. Therefore, that I need to obtain a mixing kit somewhere. The question I have, therefore, is how I achieve a dose of 0.13 ml when the starting point is just the white tablet at the bottom of the small bottle. A further question is whether the instruction to throw away surplus after a week maybe need not apply to Brevactid, even if perhaps it would apply to Pregnyl. I wonder, too, if the loss of potency after 7 days might not in fact result from mixing with saline rather than Bacteriostatic. It seems a pity to plan to throw away product.

What I think is clear is that, given that the Brevactid box contains three tablets (each in a small bottle), and the box is intended to be enough for a whole course, that each pill should be divided just under eight ways so that the three pills last the length of the 23 day injection protocol. Does this make sense, and is it a sensible kind of dose?

Any help would be appreciated. And, if by chance charmer reads this, I would be interested to make contact. Thank you. UKbased.

Thanks for your reply. I meant Bacteriostatic not Saline.

This Dr. is one of the leading endos on the planet from Belgium...guess I caught him on a bad day!

Thanks again x

[Dilangos]

Hi,

I, too, see the same doc as you and Charmer. I'm on my 2nd round and using Brevactid this time rather than Pregnyl. Did you ever figure out how to draw up the medication into the syringe? I was able to get 4 syringes done, but I could not get the remaining liquid out to finish 3 more syringes. Frustrating!

BTW, the Pregnyl and Brevactid are mixed the same way (one vial mixing fluid to one vial powder). Those of us living in Europe purchase a different type of formulation than those in the U.S. I wish the Pregnyl was available b/c it's much easier to use to prepare the syringes! Appreciate any suggestions you have for me and would love to connect with you since we live in Europe and see the same doc.

[Trikaduliana]

Hi

I had to buy a mixing syringe from e bay and some bacteriostatic water. I put 3ml (I think) into the glass vial and drew it off with the mixing syringe into a sterilised eggcug. Then I filled my insulin from there direct into the needles. I used 1ml insulin needles.

Yes I ad Pregnyl is the first time round and it is a lot easier to work out, but I am nearly at the end of my last round 2. Looking forward to 3 and getting down the gym to tone up.


Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Lynn