How many units is 2 mg of GHK-Cu?

It depends entirely on how much water you added. In a 50 mg vial reconstituted with 5 mL, the concentration is 10 mg/mL, so 2 mg is 0.2 mL, which is 20 units on a U-100 insulin syringe. In the same vial with 2.5 mL of water it is 10 units, and with 7.5 mL it is 30 units.

How much bacteriostatic water for a 50 mg GHK-Cu vial?

5 mL is the usual choice. It gives 10 mg/mL, which puts the commonly reported range of 1 mg to 5 mg between roughly 10 and 50 units. Aim for a draw between about 10 and 50 units, where the barrel is easiest to read, and add or remove water to get there.

How many doses are in a 50 mg vial?

Divide 50 by your dose. At 2 mg that is 25 doses, which at once daily is 25 days.

How many units is 2 mg of GHK-Cu?

In a 50 mg vial with 5 mL of water, 20 units on a U-100 syringe. In the same vial with 2 mL of water, 8 units.

Why is my GHK-Cu blue?

The copper ion. A clear blue solution is expected. Cloudiness or particles are not.

GHK-Cu dosage calculator

In a 50 mg vial with 5 mL of water (10 mg/mL), 2 mg of GHK-Cu is 20 units on a U-100 insulin syringe. GHK-Cu comes in unusually large vials, 50 to 200 mg, and is dosed in whole milligrams.

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Dose to units at the usual vial and water

Dose	U-100 units	Draw	Doses per vial	Vial lasts
1 mg	10 units	0.1 mL	50	50 days
1.5 mg	15 units	0.15 mL	33	33 days
2 mg	20 units	0.2 mL	25	25 days
3 mg	30 units	0.3 mL	16	16 days
4 mg	40 units	0.4 mL	12	12 days
5 mg	50 units	0.5 mL	10	10 days

50 mg vial in 5 mL of bacteriostatic water (10 mg/mL), U-100 insulin syringe, once daily.

About GHK-Cu

GHK-Cu is a naturally occurring copper-binding tripeptide, best known from skincare, and also sold as a lyophilised powder for subcutaneous injection. It is not an approved injectable medicine and is sold for research. The solution is blue; that is the copper, not a problem.

The vials are large, so the arithmetic is different from most peptides. A 50 mg vial with 5 mL of water is 10 mg/mL, so 2 mg is 0.2 mL, or 20 units. Injection-site stinging is widely reported, and a lower concentration (more water) is the usual response to that. Commonly reported doses are 1 to 2 mg daily, sometimes higher.

The same 50 mg vial at other water volumes

If the draw is awkward to read, change the water, not the dose. The dose stays the same; only the mark moves.

Vial	BAC water	Concentration	Draw	U-100 units	Doses/vial
50 mg	2 mL	25 mg/mL	0.08 mL	8 units	25
50 mg	3 mL	16.67 mg/mL	0.12 mL	12 units	25
50 mg	5 mL	10 mg/mL	0.2 mL	20 units	25
100 mg	2 mL	50 mg/mL	0.04 mL	4 units	50
100 mg	3 mL	33.33 mg/mL	0.06 mL	6 units	50
100 mg	5 mL	20 mg/mL	0.1 mL	10 units	50

All rows above assume a 2 mg dose and a standard U-100 insulin syringe, where 100 units = 1 mL.

How long it lasts in the body

Not well characterised in humans. A decay curve is only drawn where a human half-life is documented, so there is none here. Treat any precise figure for GHK-Cu elsewhere with caution.

Common questions

How many units is 2 mg of GHK-Cu?: It depends entirely on how much water you added. In a 50 mg vial reconstituted with 5 mL, the concentration is 10 mg/mL, so 2 mg is 0.2 mL, which is 20 units on a U-100 insulin syringe. In the same vial with 2.5 mL of water it is 10 units, and with 7.5 mL it is 30 units.
How much bacteriostatic water for a 50 mg GHK-Cu vial?: 5 mL is the usual choice. It gives 10 mg/mL, which puts the commonly reported range of 1 mg to 5 mg between roughly 10 and 50 units. Aim for a draw between about 10 and 50 units, where the barrel is easiest to read, and add or remove water to get there.
How many doses are in a 50 mg vial?: Divide 50 by your dose. At 2 mg that is 25 doses, which at once daily is 25 days.
How many units is 2 mg of GHK-Cu?: In a 50 mg vial with 5 mL of water, 20 units on a U-100 syringe. In the same vial with 2 mL of water, 8 units.
Why is my GHK-Cu blue?: The copper ion. A clear blue solution is expected. Cloudiness or particles are not.

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