ACatCalledGoose
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I'm at the beginning of a lot of research and I thought I'd ask here because over the decades I've lurked and you are all very clever people.
My wife will soon be taking semaglutide injections. The injections (looks like an epi pen) cost approx $200 and contain 1g if the active substance and it is delivered subcutaneously once every week in 0.25g doses. The tablet form costs $60 for ten daily 14g tablets. So my working theory is we buy the tablets and get some very accurate scales and mix it with in the correct dose with saline and inject it subcutaneously with a generic needle and save a tonne of money (we effectivity now live in the 3rd world and we're a bit broke)
I've managed to find a list of excipients in the standard needle they sell and I'm wondering if they are vital for the injection to be effective. Again, I'm at the VERY begining of my research and won't do anything until we're sure. I'm here to to learn so please don't hold any punches, tell me it how it is. Thanks for taking an interest!
6.1 List of excipients
Disodium phosphate dihydrate
Propylene glycol
Phenol
Hydrochloric acid (for pH adjustment)
Sodium hydroxide (for pH adjustment)
Water for injections
My wife will soon be taking semaglutide injections. The injections (looks like an epi pen) cost approx $200 and contain 1g if the active substance and it is delivered subcutaneously once every week in 0.25g doses. The tablet form costs $60 for ten daily 14g tablets. So my working theory is we buy the tablets and get some very accurate scales and mix it with in the correct dose with saline and inject it subcutaneously with a generic needle and save a tonne of money (we effectivity now live in the 3rd world and we're a bit broke)
I've managed to find a list of excipients in the standard needle they sell and I'm wondering if they are vital for the injection to be effective. Again, I'm at the VERY begining of my research and won't do anything until we're sure. I'm here to to learn so please don't hold any punches, tell me it how it is. Thanks for taking an interest!
6.1 List of excipients
Disodium phosphate dihydrate
Propylene glycol
Phenol
Hydrochloric acid (for pH adjustment)
Sodium hydroxide (for pH adjustment)
Water for injections