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The pharmacy recently messed up my script. I was supposed to get a 10ml vile of 200mg cypionate, and it was supposed to be for .50ml (100mg a week). They gave me single use 1ml viles. They claimed that my provider did not specify that it needed to be one 10ml vile (even though the script was specifically for .25mg twice weekly) and they recommended I just use 1/4 of each vile and throw the remainder away as it isn’t safe for multi use. Is this true, or can I use it multiple times and also get them to fix what they messed up?
AlphaMD's Answer
The manufacturing of single use vials and multi-use vials is the same. Each puncture of a vial does increase the risk of contamination, so all vials regardless of size are supposed to be discarded after a certain number of days after it is punctured.
You will be safe to use full volume of each 1ml vial, even if you have to puncture it more than once.
Most traditional pharmacies (Walgreens, Rite Aid, etc) will only dispense 1 ml vials because they have rules that prohibit them from dispensing more than a months supply of any controlled substance. You might ask them what their policy is regarding this.
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