The question in the title: Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it.
Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part that can be argued with.
29 instances over 22 weeks, recorded the same way each time, 5 of them different enough from the rest that I have set them aside and said so.
That is the whole dataset. The question in the title is what it does and does not support.
Post #19 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.
Quantities without units are the single commonest reason a question sits unanswered. "Two and a half" is not a dose, a volume or a concentration until you say which.
That is what I would do. It may not be what is correct.
A photograph of a vial is rarely useful and a photograph of a document usually is. Redact the identifiers before you post either.
If the answer you got does not fit your case, say which part does not fit rather than restating the question. Otherwise the next reply is the same as the last one.
The claim is narrower than it sounds, and deliberately so.
The arithmetic in post #70 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.
Tag your own topic. Two accurate tags do more for how findable it is than a long title, and you can change them later.
That holds for the case as described. Change the assumptions and it may not.
I read post #77 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.
Context that matters: compound, how long in, current dose, relevant history. Context that does not matter: how you feel, your hopes for the outcome, your medical history beyond what affects this specific question. The first set gets you answered. The second set makes the reply longer without making it better.
Noting that I have skin in this question and have tried to discount for it.
Post #81 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
Chromatogram questions: describe the method first. Column type, gradient, wavelength, detection method. Everything else follows from method. A chromatogram without method is a number without context.
Two sources, same conclusion, and I could not rule out that one copied the other.
Quantities without units are the single commonest reason a question sits unanswered. "Two and a half" is not a dose, a volume or a concentration until you say which.
It took me longer than it should have to see that.
Post #120 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.
"Has anyone had this happen" gets you anecdotes. "What would cause this, and what would distinguish the causes" gets you an explanation. The second question is almost always the one you wanted.
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