KPV 5 mg
Educational recon guide for a 5 mg KPV research vial and microgram daily unit mapping. Research use only.
Vial size
Same research phases — calculator defaults and unit math match the selected vial strength.
Vial
5 mg
Your BAC water
2 mL
Concentration
2.50 mg/mL
Per unit
~25.0 mcg
Frequency
Once daily subcutaneous (multi-week courses common in secondary write-ups)
Route
Subcutaneous (oral capsules and topical forms exist separately)
Live reconstitution calculator
Defaults match this guide (5 mg + 2 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
8 units
Volume
0.080 mL
Doses per vial
25
Syringes needed
1
Barrel
30-unit
Fits one syringe?
Yes
30-unit · 0.3 mL
Filled to 8 u
Fill one 30-unit U-100 syringe to about 8 units (0.080 mL).
Research cycle phases
Units and volumes recompute from your Step 1 concentration (2 mL BAC → 2.50 mg/mL · 25.0 mcg/unit). Doses below are once daily during the course — not weekly.
Standard course
Secondary educational tables for injectable KPV most often cite ~200–500 mcg once daily. Oral research capsules (when used) are often discussed around ~250 mcg per capsule and are not the same as BAC recon math.
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days 1–14 (intro) | 200 mcg0.2 mg | 8 u | 0.08 mL200 mcg daily — common educational start |
| Days 15–42 (standard) | 400 mcg0.4 mg | 16 u | 0.16 mL400 mcg daily — mid common secondary range |
Alternate / higher courses
Shorter or higher daily courses discussed in research communities — not a clinical recommendation
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher educational · 500 mcg × 28 days | 500 mcg0.5 mg | 20 u | 0.20 mL500 mcg daily — upper end of many community charts |
Supplies planner
Using the guide’s phase ladder (200 mcg → 400 mcg per injection (phase ladder)) over a 42-day course. Set a dose in Step 2 to plan supplies at your own amount.
Your recon
2 mL · 2.50 mg/mL
Dose in plan
Phase ladder
Syringe size
100-unit
Horizon
42-day course
KPV 5 mg vials
3 vials
~14 mg mg total peptide over this 42-day course at 200 mcg → 400 mcg per injection (phase ladder). Each vial holds 5 mg.
Bacteriostatic water
2 × 3 mL or 1 × 10 mL
2 mL BAC per vial × 3 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)
42+ syringes
About one 100-unit syringe per injection for this schedule. Keep a few spares.
Alcohol swabs & sharps
~90 swabs · 1 sharps container
Wipe vial stopper and injection site each time. Dispose needles in a proper sharps container.
Reconstitution steps
- Allow the lyophilized 5 mg KPV vial and bacteriostatic water to reach room temperature.
- Draw 2.0 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. "2.5 mg/mL — 2 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
- ·KPV is the C-terminal tripeptide of α-MSH with anti-inflammatory research interest and less tanning activity than full melanocortins.
- ·Calculator: 0.2 mg = 200 mcg; 0.5 mg = 500 mcg.
- ·VERIX oral KPV capsules are pre-dosed — they do not use this injectable recon flow.
- ·Also appears inside the KLOW four-peptide blend.
- ·Research use only.
Research context & considerations
KPV has been studied in gut and skin inflammation models as a melanocortin-related anti-inflammatory fragment. There is no FDA-approved KPV drug product for consumer injection; research powders and secondary dosing tables are educational only.
- ·Injection-site irritation is the most practical issue.
- ·Not a substitute for medical care of IBD, infection, or dermatologic disease.
- ·Not FDA-approved.
- ·Pregnancy out of scope.
Catalog match
KPV (KPV5)
5mg x 10 vials · from $30