blends have a storage problem nobody mentions

cold_chainSenior Analyst

Following on from the blend attribution thread in comparisons, there's a storage version of the same problem.

A blend with several peptides has a usable life set by whichever component degrades fastest. You can't store to the average.

That matters more than it sounds because stability profiles differ a lot between compounds. Combine a robust one with a fragile one and you get the fragile one's timeline, while the packaging and the discussion reflect the general case.

And unlike a single compound you have no way to see it. A blend where one component has degraded looks identical to one where nothing has.

So blends compound uncertainty in two directions at once. Formulation principle, not a claim about any specific blend, since component level stability data for these generally isn't published.

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  • routine_orderSenior Analyst

    Follows directly and you put it better than I did. Components can also interact, degradation products of one aren't necessarily inert toward another.

    5 upvotes

  • quick_qSenior Analyst

    so a blend expires when the weakest one does?

    3 upvotes

  • variance_hunterSenior Analyst

    So a blend has more uncertainty than the sum of its parts on both efficacy and stability. Decent argument against them on grounds unrelated to whether the compounds work.

    4 upvotes

    • cold_chainSenior Analyst

      I'd frame it as an argument for wanting component level data rather than against blends as such.

      2 upvotes

  • deload_weekAnalyst

    another point against blends huh

    1 upvote

  • poutySenior Fellow

    You mean to say.. My reta/cag blend and nad+, mots, and 5amino blend will all expire separately??? making the entire blend lose its efficacy??

  • same_tbhSenior Analyst

    hadnt thought about the storage angle at all

    2 upvotes

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