Reconstitution
1 mg vial
FST344

FST-344 1 mg

Educational recon guide for a 1 mg FST-344 (Follistatin 344) research vial and microgram unit mapping. Research use only — high-risk myostatin-pathway product with quality concerns.

Vial

1 mg

Your BAC water

1 mL

Concentration

1.00 mg/mL

Per unit

~10.0 mcg

Frequency

Once daily or training-day-only in secondary write-ups (short multi-week courses, then off)

Route

Subcutaneous or intramuscular (community varies)

Live reconstitution calculator

Defaults match this guide (1 mg + 1 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.

Bacteriostatic water (mL)
Concentration1 mg/mL
Per 1 unit (0.01 mL)10 mcg
Per 10 units (0.1 mL)100 mcg

Step 2

Your dose

This guide uses microgram-scale research doses — quick picks are in mcg (100 mcg = 0.1 mg).

Desired dose

Quick select (mcg) — switch units or type any value

Insulin syringe (U-100)

Suggested: 30-unit barrel (smallest that fits this draw).

Your draw

Results

Total draw

5 units

Volume

0.050 mL

Doses per vial

20

Syringes needed

1

Barrel

30-unit

Fits one syringe?

Yes

30-unit · 0.3 mL

Filled to 5 u

Fill one 30-unit U-100 syringe to about 5 units (0.050 mL).

Research cycle phases

Units and volumes recompute from your Step 1 concentration (1 mL BAC → 1.00 mg/mL · 10.0 mcg/unit). Doses below are once daily during the course — not weekly.

Standard course

Secondary educational tables for research vials commonly discuss ~50–200 mcg (sometimes up to ~250 mcg) per day for ~10–30 days, then time off. Primate/gene-therapy follistatin data are not the same as catalog lyophilized “FST-344” quality or dosing.

Live from Step 1
PhaseDaily doseUnitsVolume
Days 1–10 (intro)50 mcg0.05 mg5 u0.05 mL50 mcg daily — lower educational start / training-day style amounts
Days 11–30 (standard educational)100 mcg0.1 mg10 u0.10 mL100 mcg daily — common mid secondary range

Alternate / higher courses

Shorter or higher daily courses discussed in research communities — not a clinical recommendation

Live from Step 1
PhaseDaily doseUnitsVolume
Higher educational · 200 mcg × 20 days200 mcg0.2 mg20 u0.20 mL200 mcg daily — upper common secondary range
Higher educational · 250 mcg × 14 days250 mcg0.25 mg25 u0.25 mL250 mcg daily — upper end of some practice tables

Supplies planner

Using the guide’s phase ladder (50 mcg → 100 mcg per injection (phase ladder)) over a 30-day course. Set a dose in Step 2 to plan supplies at your own amount.

Updates with calculator

Your recon

1 mL · 1.00 mg/mL

Dose in plan

Phase ladder

Syringe size

100-unit

Horizon

30-day course

FST-344 1 mg vials

3 vials

~2.5 mg mg total peptide over this 30-day course at 50 mcg → 100 mcg per injection (phase ladder). Each vial holds 1 mg.

Bacteriostatic water

1 × 3 mL bottle

1 mL BAC per vial × 3 vials = 3.0 mL total. Buy as 1× 3 mL bottle 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

~66 swabs · 1 sharps container

Wipe vial stopper and injection site each time. Dispose needles in a proper sharps container.

Reconstitution steps

  1. Allow the lyophilized 1 mg Follistatin 344 vial and bacteriostatic water to reach room temperature.
  2. Draw 1.0 mL bacteriostatic water (default for this guide).
  3. Inject BAC slowly down the inner wall of the vial — avoid blasting the powder cake.
  4. Gently swirl or roll until the solution is clear. Do not shake hard (foaming).
  5. Label with recon date and concentration (e.g. "1.0 mg/mL — 1 mL BAC").
  6. 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

  • ·Follistatin-pathway products are high-risk: quality control of research vials is a major practical concern.
  • ·Calculator: 0.1 mg = 100 mcg.
  • ·Gene-therapy muscle studies are not a template for uncharacterized lyophilized research powders.
  • ·Research use only.

Research context & considerations

Follistatin binds myostatin/activins and can drive dramatic muscle phenotypes in genetic models. Injectable FST-344 research products are controversial, often poorly characterized, and far from approved therapeutics.

  • ·Extreme caution — not a beginner recovery peptide.
  • ·Unknown purity, identity, and dosing accuracy of many market vials.
  • ·Theoretical reproductive / organ effects from myostatin pathway disruption in models.
  • ·Not FDA-approved. Pregnancy out of scope.

Catalog match

FST 344

1mg x 10 vials · from $85

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