Yeah probably so I'm trying to get them to do a 1 liter option.
According to the MSDS for miglyol 840 it contains:
Caproic acid (C6:0) max. 2.0 %
Caprylic acid (C8:0) 65 – 80.0 %
Capric acid (C10:0) 20.0 – 35.0 %
Lauric acid (C12:0) 2 Max %
Myristic acid (C14:0) 1 Max %
Density at 20 °C 0.91 – 0.93 g/cm3
Viscosity at 20 °C 9 – 12 mPa·s
Alkaline reactive substances 0.15 Max ml 0.01N HCl/2.00g
Heavy metals 10 Max mg/kg
Total ash 0.05 Max %
Unsaponifiable matter 0.3 Max %
Miglyol 810 contains:
Caproic acid (C6:0) 2 Max %
Caprylic acid (C8:0) 65.0 – 80.0%
Capric acid (C10:0) 20.0 – 35.0%
Lauric acid (C12:0) 2 Max %
Myristic acid (C14:0) 1 Max %
Density at 20 °C 0.94 – 0.95 g/cm3
Viscosity at 20 °C 27 – 33 mPa·s
Alkaline reactive substances 0.15 Max ml 0.01N HCl/2.00g
Heavy Metals 10 Max mg/kg
Total ash 0.1 Max %
Unsaponifiable Matter 0.3 Max %
Miglyol 812 contains:
Caproic acid (C6:0) 2 Max %
Caprylic acid (C8:0) 50.0 – 65.0 %
Capric acid (C10:0) 30.0 – 45.0 %
Lauric acid (C12:0) 2 Max %
Myristic acid (C14:0) 1 Max %
Density at 20 °C 0.94 – 0.95 g/cm3
Viscosity at 20 °C 27 – 33 mPa·s
Alkaline reactive substances 0.15 Max ml 0.01N HCl/2.00g
Heavy Metals 10 Max mg/kg
Total ash 0.1 Max %
Unsaponifiable Matter 0.3 Max %
All of these are derived from coconut and or palm; thereby making the Miglyol name nothing more than a trademarked version of MCT.
When trying to find a suitable carrier oil for my own injections I bought some Miglyol 840, Clean MCT Pure C8, generic MCT (with C6,C8,C10, and C12),USP cottonseed, USP grapeseed, supermarket soybean, and supermarket safflower oil.
After filtering each of them I injected 0.5ml of each oil into different muscles; taking note of any immediate injection pain and PIP for 4 days.
I had no immediate injection pain from any of them. The Miglyol 840 and the Pure C8 MCT oil both left a sore spot at the injection site for greater than 2 days. It was not terrible; but noticable. The generic MCT mixture did not cause PIP. The pain was purely from inflammation and was relatively short lived.
I recently read some things about synthol just for my own curiosity. To my understanding, synthol is made of MCT. One of the 3 mechanisms of action of synthol is inflammation. So it stands to reason that any variety of MCT oil could cause inflammation and possible PIP.
If this is all common knowledge, I apologize for the lengthy post. I just thought it may be helpful to those wondering if their PIP problems were gear or carrier related. Also I hate to see anyone pay the ridiculous price for Miglyol when there are many MCT oils with similar C8/C10 ratios for much cheaper.
Incidentally, I found my favorite oil (no laughing) to be Louanna Safflower oil from the grocery store. It is thin enough for 25ga needle and zero irritation or PIP.
And yes, I do realize that I injected a total of 3.5ml of oil into my body for a science experiment. I'm not happy about it or proud of it; but it seemed necessary to me because I am going to be using exogenous testosterone for life.