Semax 5 mg
Educational recon guide for a 5 mg Semax research vial and microgram 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
1–3× daily (classic literature is often intranasal; SC educational tables also exist)
Route
Intranasal (primary literature path) or subcutaneous educational
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
Russian clinical and research-community practice often uses roughly ~250–1000 mcg per administration, 1–3× daily intranasally (total daily sometimes ~0.5–3 mg depending on protocol). Secondary SC tables often cluster ~100–600 mcg per dose.
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per dose · 200 mcg | 200 mcg0.2 mg | 8 u | 0.08 mLLower educational amount |
| Per dose · 400 mcg | 400 mcg0.4 mg | 16 u | 0.16 mLMid common educational amount |
| Per dose · 600 mcg | 600 mcg0.6 mg | 24 u | 0.24 mLUpper common focus-range amount |
Alternate / higher courses
Shorter or higher daily courses discussed in research communities — not a clinical recommendation
| Phase | Daily dose | Units | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher educational · 1000 mcg | 1 mg1,000 mcg | 40 u | 0.40 mLUpper single-administration educational amount |
Supplies planner
Using the guide’s phase ladder (200 mcg → 400 mcg → 600 mcg per injection (phase ladder)) over a 3-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
3-day course
Semax 5 mg vials
1 vial
~1.2 mg mg total peptide over this 3-day course at 200 mcg → 400 mcg → 600 mcg per injection (phase ladder). Each vial holds 5 mg.
Bacteriostatic water
1 × 3 mL bottle
2 mL BAC per vial × 1 vial = 2.0 mL total. Buy as 1× 3 mL bottle or 1× 10 mL bottle (whichever you stock).
U-100 insulin syringes (100-unit)
3+ syringes
About one 100-unit syringe per injection for this schedule. Keep a few spares.
Alcohol swabs & sharps
~8 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 Semax 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").
- 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
- ·ACTH(4-10) analog studied for cognition/neuroprotection.
- ·Calculator: 0.4 mg = 400 mcg.
- ·Research use only.
Research context & considerations
Semax has extensive regional clinical/research use for cognitive and cerebrovascular narratives. Research powders are not FDA-approved nootropics.
- ·CNS-active peptide — start low.
- ·Not FDA-approved as a research-vial product in this channel.
- ·Pregnancy out of scope.
Catalog match
Semax (XA5)
5mg x 10 vials · from $20