Cortagen 20 mg
Educational recon guide for a 20 mg Cortagen research vial (AEDP). Cortex / neuro bioregulator research framing. Research use only.
Vial
20 mg
Your BAC water
3 mL
Concentration
6.67 mg/mL
Per unit
~66.7 mcg
Frequency
Once daily for short multi-week courses (bioregulator “course” framing)
Route
Subcutaneous (IM/intranasal discussed in some secondary sources)
Live reconstitution calculator
Defaults match this guide (20 mg + 3 mL BAC). Change water or dose and the unit tables below update automatically.
Step 1
Reconstitution
Peptide amount in the vial and how much bacteriostatic water you add.
Step 2
Your dose
This guide uses microgram-scale research doses — quick picks are in mcg (100 mcg = 0.1 mg).
Quick select (mcg) — switch units or type any value
Suggested: 30-unit barrel (smallest that fits this draw).
Your draw
Results
Total draw
7.5 units
Volume
0.075 mL
Doses per vial
40
Syringes needed
1
Barrel
30-unit
Fits one syringe?
Yes
30-unit · 0.3 mL
Filled to 7.5 u
Fill one 30-unit U-100 syringe to about 7.5 units (0.075 mL).
Research cycle phases
Units and volumes recompute from your Step 1 concentration (3 mL BAC → 6.67 mg/mL · 66.7 mcg/unit). Doses below are once daily during the course — not weekly.
Standard course
Community and vendor educational write-ups vary widely (~0.5–2 mg daily for short 10–20 day courses, or lower mcg/kg preclinical extrapolations). No validated human dose.
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days 1–10 (intro) | 500 mcg0.5 mg | 7.5 u | 0.07 mL |
| Days 11–30 (standard educational) | 1 mg1,000 mcg | 15.0 u | 0.15 mL |
Alternate / higher courses
Shorter or higher daily courses discussed in research communities — not a clinical recommendation
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher educational · extended course | 2 mg2,000 mcg | 30.0 u | 0.30 mLUpper secondary educational range — not a validated clinical dose |
Supplies planner
Using the guide’s phase ladder (500 mcg → 1 mg per injection (phase ladder)) over a 30-day course. Set a dose in Step 2 to plan supplies at your own amount.
Your recon
3 mL · 6.67 mg/mL
Dose in plan
Phase ladder
Syringe size
100-unit
Horizon
30-day course
Cortagen 20 mg vials
2 vials
~25 mg mg total peptide over this 30-day course at 500 mcg → 1 mg per injection (phase ladder). Each vial holds 20 mg.
Bacteriostatic water
2 × 3 mL or 1 × 10 mL
3 mL BAC per vial × 2 vials = 6.0 mL total. Buy as 2× 3 mL bottles or 1× 10 mL bottle (whichever you stock).
U-100 insulin syringes (100-unit)
30+ syringes
About one 100-unit syringe per injection for this schedule. Keep a few spares.
Alcohol swabs & sharps
~64 swabs · 1 sharps container
Wipe vial stopper and injection site each time. Dispose needles in a proper sharps container.
Reconstitution steps
- Allow the lyophilized 20 mg Cortagen vial and bacteriostatic water to reach room temperature.
- Draw 3.0 mL bacteriostatic water (default for this guide).
- Inject BAC slowly down the inner wall of the vial — avoid blasting the powder cake.
- Gently swirl or roll until the solution is clear. Do not shake hard (foaming).
- Label with recon date and concentration (e.g. "6.7 mg/mL — 3 mL BAC").
- Refrigerate at 2–8 °C (35–46 °F), protected from light. Prefer using a reconstituted multi-dose vial within ~28 days with sterile technique.
Storage
Lyophilized
Keep dry powder cold and dark when possible (−20 °C / −4 °F preferred for long-term research stock).
Reconstituted
Refrigerate at 2–8 °C (35–46 °F). Avoid freeze–thaw of the working solution. Prefer finishing within ~28 days.
- ·Write recon date and BAC volume on the label.
- ·Protect from light during storage.
- ·Discard if cloudy, particulates, or odd odor appear after reconstitution.
Protocol notes
- ·Cortagen is a Khavinson-class short peptide bioregulator discussed in Russian tissue-specific literature.
- ·There is no FDA-validated human dose for research-market vials — tables are recon/unit math only.
- ·Courses are often framed as weeks on, then long time off — not continuous year-round use.
- ·Research use only.
Research context & considerations
Cortagen (Ala-Glu-Asp-Pro) is discussed as a brain-cortex bioregulator in Khavinson-class literature and nerve-injury models. Research powders are not approved neurology drugs.
- ·Not a substitute for evidence-based neurologic care.
- ·Not FDA-approved.
- ·Pregnancy out of scope.
Catalog match
Cortagen
20mg x 10 vials · from $50