Can a distilled water be used as as vehicle for i.p. injections, when active substance is dissolved in dH20? I got some remarks that distilled water is hypotonic and that i.p. injections are aversive in that meaning.
Usually, an isotonic solvent is used i.e. saline or a buffered saline. Hypotonic solutions should have side effects like increased pain, edema and hemolysis.
You should use sterilized physiological saline or PBS. A hypotonic solution such as dH20 causes the cells to burst. This could be painful to animals. You can follow OECD guidelines for animal studies.