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Some medical clinics advertise microdosing Zepbound by drawing up less than the full amount in the single-use vial, but this has not been studied, and there is a risk of contaminating the vial by using it more than once.
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Jody Dushay, STAT, 29 May 2026
Separately, the discovery of a woman’s shoe, a compact case, a medicine vial, and a bottle of concealer that were found on Nikumaroro in the South Pacific and may have belonged to the 1930s aviator Amelia Earhart have provided more clues about her 1937 disappearance.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
Ian Yanniello said Iwamasa obtained more than 70 vials of ketamine for the actor in a month.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
One vial of the drug Remdesivir lies during a press conference about the start of a study with the Ebola drug Remdesivir in particularly severely ill patients at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany on April 8, 2020, amidst the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
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Jody Dushay, STAT, 29 May 2026
Separately, the discovery of a woman’s shoe, a compact case, a medicine vial, and a bottle of concealer that were found on Nikumaroro in the South Pacific and may have belonged to the 1930s aviator Amelia Earhart have provided more clues about her 1937 disappearance.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
Ian Yanniello said Iwamasa obtained more than 70 vials of ketamine for the actor in a month.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
One vial of the drug Remdesivir lies during a press conference about the start of a study with the Ebola drug Remdesivir in particularly severely ill patients at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany on April 8, 2020, amidst the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
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“Vial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vial. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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vial
noun
vi·al
ˈvī(-ə)l 
: a small container (as for medicines) made usually of glass or plastic
Medical Definition
vial
noun
vi·al
ˈvī(-ə)l
: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
called also phial
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