I.U.'s egual how many mgs?

[SD1959]

Need to know for hcg dosing. Thanks, Sd

 

[aznurse]

Is this what you really want to know? Normally, HCG is measured in I.U.s per cc. MG is a weight. I have seen this question asked regarding UG HCG and there is an answer, but it is beyond my knowledge.

 

[SD1959]

Is this what you really want to know? Normally, HCG is measured in I.U.s per cc. MG is a weight. I have seen this question asked regarding UG HCG and there is an answer, but it is beyond my knowledge.

I have Organon 5000 iu amps with one ml water amps. I'm on Androgel and want to follow Swale's protocol of 250 mgs every three days hcg. I printed up some of his stuff and gave it to my endo but as of yet I don't have a script for it (hcg) yet.

 

[aznurse]

Okay, ml not mg. That is volume. So, if you mix the 5000 IU amp with 1 ml (1ml = 1cc) you get 5000 iu per cc. Now, if you were using an insulin syringe that was measured in 100 units/1cc, you would have 50 ius per 1 unit. 250 IUs would be 5 units. You need to be using insulin syringe. Please do not take my calculations as gospel and recheck my math! I make mistakes or for example, you may be using an insulin syringe that is not 100 units per cc. There are .3 cc and .5 cc syringes.

 

[Pred]

I have Organon 5000 iu amps with one ml water amps. I'm on Androgel and want to follow Swale's protocol of 250 mgs every three days hcg. I printed up some of his stuff and gave it to my endo but as of yet I don't have a script for it (hcg) yet.

It's 250 IU's, not 250 milligrams.

 

[SD1959]

My bad. Thanks for the help. So If I've got this right, 5 ticks on a 1 ml insulin pin.

 

[SulkingGreekGod]

IU to mg conversion

OK, I doubt if anyone is going to read this as the last post was three weeks ago, but here goes.

The IU-to-mg conversion factor is different for each drug.

For HCG, the conversion factor is 1.0, i.e. 1 IU = 1 mg.

(information taken from http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/clinical_data.html). You might want to save that table to your hard disk.

 

[SWALE]

I am having a hard time using the units. My math was SO much better before they put those letters after my name! This is quite embarrassing for a guy who was an Honors Calculus student.

So, let's apply a little farmer's logic: IF 1IU weighs 1 mg, then a 10,000IU vial would contain 10 grams of HCG. That would be over a third of an ounce. Does that seem right to you?

I recently read the conversion, but honestly cannot remmber it now. It is more like 250IU per mg or something like that.