How to Reduce Injectable Carnitine Pain?

[EricJ123]

Brewed my own batch 500mg/ml and damn it bites! I'm using BAC water, Bulk supplement L-Carn and of course .22 filter.
Do I need to add in some Baking soda? What brand of carnitine powder have you had success with?

 

[buck]

What is the PH.

 

[29trt]

Brewed my own batch 500mg/ml and damn it bites! I'm using BAC water, Bulk supplement L-Carn and of course .22 filter.
Do I need to add in some Baking soda? What brand of carnitine powder have you had success with?

should be carnitine base.. any other kind will burn
also check the PH most likely your brew is very acidic

 

[Nuvo6]

Water based injectable just hurt more. Use oil

 

[micro2000]

Water based injectable just hurt more. Use oil

There's no oil based carnitine.

 

[Nuvo6]

There's no oil based carnitine.

Wow really? Maybe what I bought wasn't real l carnitine then lol. I bought oil based a few years ago. It was 600mg ml

 

[micro2000]

Wow really? Maybe what I bought wasn't real l carnitine then lol. I bought oil based a few years ago. It was 600mg ml

I would be very interested how they got 600mg/ml of a highly water soluble compound like carnitine dissolved in oil.

 

[VakarianSK]

What is the PH.

should be carnitine base.. any other kind will burn
also check the PH most likely your brew is very acidic

I homebrew carnatine as well and I was curious what PH do you guys recommend it to be?

 

[29trt]

i make it around 8.5 - 9 it works for me, Zero pip even done subq

 

[VakarianSK]

i make it around 8.5 - 9 it works for me, Zero pip even done subq

Think if you make to big of a batch and it sits on the shelf to long the PH can change? I usually make large batches and notice that after about a month or more I start to notice more pip then when I first brewed it.

 

[29trt]

Think if you make to big of a batch and it sits on the shelf to long the PH can change? I usually make large batches and notice that after about a month or more I start to notice more pip then when I first brewed it.

Hmm I made a 250ml batch 3 months ago and still pip free so I don't know what to say about that.... check the PH and see
I didn't even store in the fridge...

 

[VakarianSK]

Hmm I made a 250ml batch 3 months ago and still pip free so I don't know what to say about that.... check the PH and see
I didn't even store in the fridge...

I don't either but good advice I'll have to check the PH again. Thanks!

 

[EricJ123]

i make it around 8.5 - 9 it works for me, Zero pip even done subq

I've got some ph strips showing up today. How do you change the pH level? Sodium bicarbonate? Do you have a ratio you use?

 

[VakarianSK]

I've got some ph strips showing up today. How do you change the pH level? Sodium bicarbonate? Do you have a ratio you use?

Most people use baking soda so yes that would work but I and some others use what pharmacies use and that is Sodium Hydroxide. You can find the pellets on Amazon if you wanted to go that route.

 

[29trt]

I've got some ph strips showing up today. How do you change the pH level? Sodium bicarbonate? Do you have a ratio you use?

yeah i used baking soda last time and the ratio was about 10% baking soda to carnitine raw. but will depend on your raws PH so add a little, test and keep going until desired PH

 

[iRob88]

Just picking up this thread.

@29trt thanks for your input. Just wondering do, you short your over all volume of water when brewing so you can account for any displacement when adding in acids or bases or reach the desired pH?

Thanks!

 

[29trt]

Just picking up this thread.

@29trt thanks for your input. Just wondering do, you short your over all volume of water when brewing so you can account for any displacement when adding in acids or bases or reach the desired pH?

Thanks!

No, because I overdose the carnitine .10% as i do for all my brews. I don't care if the final solution is 500mg or 520mg... Hope that makes sense

 

[iRob88]

It does indeed, thank you.

Final question, if that's okay. Are you using a dedicated ph meter or just strips to determine the ph of the solution?

 

[29trt]

It does indeed, thank you.

Final question, if that's okay. Are you using a dedicated ph meter or just strips to determine the ph of the solution?

Ph meter , strips can work but they annoy me and are not the recommended method