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It’s available in powder form online through “research chemical” sites “not for human consumption”. Anyone saying they’re taking retatrutide almost certainly o
by cj 1y ago
It’s available in powder form online through “research chemical” sites “not for human consumption”.
Anyone saying they’re taking retatrutide almost certainly obtained it this way. Quality and purity untested.
- smiley1437 1y ago[flagged]
- embedding-shape 1y agoYou're on Hacker News, you're gonna encounter chemical hacking too, and no shame in that, we're all just chemicals anyways.
- phil21 1y ago> Quality and purity untested Not true for everyone, or perhaps even most playing in this space. Every batch friends of mine have ordered has been independently tested for purity and dosing. Random batches also tested for sterility. Plenty of folks yolo it, but it’s not like it was a couple years ago. Lots of group buys being done that order a large batch and then do random sampling for lab testing.
- andsoitis 1y ago> > Quality and purity untested > Not true for everyone, or perhaps even most playing in this space. > Every batch friends of mine have ordered has been independently tested for purity and dosing. Random batches also tested for sterility. Yes, you have to test it because the quality and purity what you get isn’t tested. When someone sells something and they make a statement about the product (e.g. “tested”), they don’t mean the customer has to test it.
- aydyn 1y agoNot to defend buying research chemicals of unknown safety, but that isnt what he said. Independent labs test for purity and provide certification to the companies that sell them. Those certifications can be verified by anyone. So its much less trust necessary to know what you are getting.
- cj 1y agoHow do you know if the shipment you received was in the same batch that was tested? Sure, you might be given a "batch number" that matches up with what they said was tested, but that's putting a whole lot of trust in the seller.
- rootusrootus 1y agoGroup buy, the organizer tests randomly pulled vials, then ships out the kits to the end customer. Or you test a vial from your own kit. Expensive but still cheaper than compounded GLP-1. Or you roll the dice and assume that everything ahipped out about the same time with the same cap color is the same batch. Or you buy from nexaph. Everyone has to decide their own comfort zone.
- andsoitis 1y ago> Independent labs test for purity and provide certification to the companies that sell them. What's the name of one these independent labs? I would like to read up on them.
- cthalupa 1y agoJanoshik
- rootusrootus 1y agoAs someone else said, Janoshik is popular. But there are others of course. Peptide Test, or Finnrick come to mind.
- Aurornis 1y ago> Every batch friends of mine have ordered has been independently tested for purity and dosing. Random batches also tested for sterility. Where are they getting it tested?
- cthalupa 1y ago3rd party labs with HPLC testing. Janoshik is a longtime name in this space, originally catering to bodybuilders buying anabolic steroids and HGH.
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