5 mg vial

AOD-9604: a 5 mg vial

What a 5 mg vial of AOD-9604 becomes once it is mixed, and what each dose reported in the sources draws to on a syringe. Every figure is arithmetic on the vial size in the heading — none of it is a recommendation, and the doses are the ones our sources describe rather than ones we picked.

Leading with

5 mg + 2 mL bacteriostatic water = 2.5 mg/mL

Chosen because it puts the reported doses on readable marks of a 1 mL U-100 syringe. Other volumes are perfectly valid — the dilution table further down covers them, and the concentration changes what every dose draws to.

What each reported dose draws to

At 2.5 mg/mL, on a 1 mL U-100 syringe. Every row names the source it came from, and a trial protocol and a community convention are not the same kind of information.

Reported doses for AOD-9604, converted to syringe units for a 5 mg vial.
Goal	Dose	Units	Doses in this vial	Source
Trial doseOnce daily across dose-ranging arms · Subcutaneous	1 mg – 30 mg	from 40 unitstop of the range needs a second vial	5	Clinical trial
Commonly described doseOnce daily · Subcutaneous	300 mcg – 500 mcg	12 units – 20 units	16	Community practice

Check every figure against the vial in front of you before drawing. Vials are filled with an overage and labels are not a guarantee. Change any of these numbers in the calculator.

How long a vial lasts

Vials round up, because most of a vial is not a thing you can buy. Only doses with a stated continuous frequency appear here — anything described as a course, a range or “as needed” has no honest weekly rate, so it is left out.

Trial dose

Once daily across dose-ranging arms

One 5 mg vial holds 0–5 doses at this dose, which is 0–0.7 weeks of use.

Supplies for Trial dose, by cycle length.
Cycle	Doses	5 mg vials	Syringes	Bacteriostatic water
8 weeks	56	12–0	56	24 mL – 0 mL
12 weeks	84	17–0	84	34 mL – 0 mL
16 weeks	112	23–0	112	46 mL – 0 mL

Commonly described dose

Once daily

One 5 mg vial holds 10–16 doses at this dose, which is 1.4–2.3 weeks of use.

Supplies for Commonly described dose, by cycle length.
Cycle	Doses	5 mg vials	Syringes	Bacteriostatic water
8 weeks	56	4–6	56	8 mL – 12 mL
12 weeks	84	6–9	84	12 mL – 18 mL
16 weeks	112	7–12	112	14 mL – 24 mL

Syringes assume one per dose and no wastage. Water assumes each vial is mixed at 2 mL. Neither accounts for a dropped vial, a bent needle or a dose you decide to change, all of which happen.

If you add a different amount of water

The same 5 mg of compound, at four common volumes. More water means a larger, easier-to-measure draw of a weaker solution; less water means the opposite. The amount of compound you inject is identical in every row — only the volume carrying it changes.

Concentration and draw volume for a 5 mg vial at four water volumes.
Water added	Concentration	1 mg draws to
1 mL	5 mg/mL	20 units units · 0.2 mL
2 mLshown above	2.5 mg/mL	40 units units · 0.4 mL
3 mL	1.667 mg/mL	60 units units · 0.6 mL
5 mL	1 mg/mL	100 units units · 1 mL

Storage

Before mixing

Refrigerated at 2–8 °C, protected from light.

After mixing

Refrigerated at 2–8 °C. Do not freeze once mixed.

Other vial sizes

The same compound, different arithmetic.

2 mg vial

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Arithmetic on the vial size named above and the doses our sources report. Nothing here is a recommendation, a protocol or medical advice, and no clinician has reviewed it. Some rows describe community practice, which is not evidence that a dose is safe or effective. Speak to a licensed healthcare provider before acting on any of it.

Sources for the doses above are listed in full on the AOD-9604 profile, each with the trial or label it came from.