IGF-1 LR3 reconstitution calculator.
Pre-filled with the 1 mg vial and 1 mL of bacteriostatic water the REGEN catalog reports for IGF-1 LR3. Every field is editable.
The numbers for a 1 mg IGF-1 LR3 vial
Reconstituting a 1 mg vial with 1 mL of bacteriostatic water gives a concentration of 1 mg/mL. On a U-100 insulin syringe, where one unit is 0.01 mL, that puts 10 mcg in every unit drawn.
A 20 mcg dose at that concentration is 0.02 mL, which is 2 units on the syringe, and the vial holds about 50 of them.
Those are the values the calculator above opens with. The vial size and water volume are the amounts the REGEN catalog reports for IGF-1 LR3; change any field and the arithmetic follows.
What the research reports for IGF-1 LR3
Published protocols for IGF-1 LR3 report 20–50 mcg, 1x daily. That is what the literature describes, not a recommendation. The calculator starts at the low end of it. The IGF-1 LR3 reference page carries the evidence grade, the side-effect profile, and the primary sources behind that range.
IGF-1 LR3 reconstitution chart for a 1 mg vial
The same 1 mg of IGF-1 LR3 at four common water volumes. More water does not mean more compound, it spreads the same amount across a bigger volume, so the same dose is drawn to a higher number of units. That is usually the safer direction to be imprecise in: small errors on a longer draw matter proportionally less.
| Bacteriostatic water | Concentration | Per unit (U-100) | Units for 20 mcg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 mL (catalog) | 1 mg/mL | 10 mcg | 2 units |
| 2 mL | 0.5 mg/mL | 5 mcg | 4 units |
| 3 mL | 0.33 mg/mL | 3.3 mcg | 6 units |
| 5 mL | 0.2 mg/mL | 2 mcg | 10 units |
"Units" here means syringe graduations, not international units. They are unrelated measures that share a name, and conflating them is its own category of mistake. The reconstitution calculator explains the arithmetic behind these columns in full.
More on IGF-1 LR3
The IGF-1 LR3 reference page covers how it works, what the research grade means, side effects, and pharmacokinetics, alongside the rest of the performance compounds. For a different compound, the generic reconstitution calculator takes any vial and dose.