How to use it
- Enter the peptide in the bottle (mg) and the liquid volume (mL).
- Enter the pump’s rated spray volume: it’s on the pump’s listing, most often 0.1 mL.
- Enter your dose and any priming sprays.
- Read the peptide per spray, the sprays per dose and how long the bottle lasts.
A worked example
10 mg in 10 mL is 1 mg/mL. A 0.1 mL spray then carries 100 mcg, so a 300 mcg dose is 3 sprays. With no priming, the bottle holds 100 sprays: 33 doses, about 33 days at one dose a day.
Keep it to 4 sprays or fewer per dose and pumps no bigger than 0.2 mL; beyond that the liquid runs off or gets swallowed. A stronger mix (less liquid) means fewer sprays.
Accuracy and storage
Pumps deliver close to, not exactly, their rated volume, so treat the numbers as the dose at the rated spray. A bottle of mixed peptide follows the label where there is one, otherwise the common practice of 28 days in the fridge. See storage and the supply list.
Questions
- How much does one spray deliver?
- Each pump is rated for a fixed volume per spray, most often 0.1 mL. The peptide per spray is the bottle’s strength (mg per mL) times that volume.
- What if my dose isn’t a whole number of sprays?
- You can only take whole sprays, so the calculator rounds to the nearest one, shows the dose that really gives, and offers the liquid volume that would make your dose a whole number of sprays.
- How many sprays per dose is too many?
- More than about 4 sprays at a time, or pumps bigger than 0.2 mL, tend to run down the throat instead of staying in the nose. Use a stronger mix instead; the calculator warns past those points.
- Do I need to prime the pump?
- Yes, a new pump needs a few sprays before it delivers a full dose. Enter them and the calculator takes them out of the doses per bottle.
Example numbers show how the math works; they are not dose recommendations. Check every draw against your own vial and your prescriber’s instructions.