Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) reconstitution calculator.
Pre-filled with the 10 mg vial and 2 mL of bacteriostatic water the REGEN catalog reports for Melanotan I (Afamelanotide). Every field is editable.
The numbers for a 10 mg Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) vial
Reconstituting a 10 mg vial with 2 mL of bacteriostatic water gives a concentration of 5 mg/mL. On a U-100 insulin syringe, where one unit is 0.01 mL, that puts 50 mcg in every unit drawn.
Those are the values the calculator above opens with. The vial size and water volume are the amounts the REGEN catalog reports for Melanotan I (Afamelanotide); change any field and the arithmetic follows.
What the research reports for Melanotan I (Afamelanotide)
Published protocols for Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) report 16 mg implant, 1x monthly. That is what the literature describes, not a recommendation. The dose field starts empty, because that figure does not convert to a single dose for this vial. The Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) reference page carries the evidence grade, the side-effect profile, and the primary sources behind that range.
Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) reconstitution chart for a 10 mg vial
The same 10 mg of Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 mL | 10 mg/mL | 100 mcg |
| 2 mL (catalog) | 5 mg/mL | 50 mcg |
| 3 mL | 3.33 mg/mL | 33.3 mcg |
| 5 mL | 2 mg/mL | 20 mcg |
"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 Melanotan I (Afamelanotide)
The Melanotan I (Afamelanotide) reference page covers how it works, what the research grade means, side effects, and pharmacokinetics, alongside the rest of the aesthetics compounds. For a different compound, the generic reconstitution calculator takes any vial and dose.