for newbies who don't know what I.U., ml, mg, cc etc. means.. NEWBIES!!!

[wnt2bBeast]

whats a newbie..ive heard of nubain is that the same thing??where can i get some???

 

[jay1]

Great post. I love the way you broke it down so even a six year old could understand. lol

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Someone sticky this.

 

[eviction]

can they can rename the thread so it doesn't sound so harsh on the "newbies" term

 

[eviction]

Great post. I love the way you broke it down so even a six year old could understand. lol

oh no! now if you see some jacked up 6 yr olds, its my fault cuz i taught them how to measure their GH doses!

 

[slash747]

Damn I always thought i.u stood for insulin unit.
You learn something new every day.

 

[Lumberg]

awesome post!

kick Fonz's ass!

 

[eviction]

Damn I always thought i.u stood for insulin unit.
You learn something new every day.

some more info on IU

international unit (IU)
a unit used to measure the activity (that is, the effect) of many vitamins and drugs. For each substance to which this unit applies, there is an international agreement specifying the biological effect expected with a dose of 1 IU. Other quantities of the substance are then expressed as multiples of this standard. Examples: 1 IU represents 45.5 micrograms of a standard preparation of insulin or 0.6 microgram of a standard preparation of penicillin. Consumers most often see IU's on the labels of vitamin packages: in standard preparations the equivalent of 1 IU is 0.3 microgram (0.0003 mg) for vitamin A, 50 micrograms (0.05 mg) for vitamin C, 25 nanograms (0.000 025 mg) for vitamin D, and 2/3 milligram for (natural) vitamin E. Please note: for many substances there is no definite conversion between international units and mass units (such as milligrams). This is because preparations of those substances vary in activity, so that the effect per milligram of one preparation is different from that of another.

 

[supavamp]

CLAP/CLAP/CLAP thanks eviction, good post bro supa

 

[learningfast]

One of the most common mistakes I see are people getting "units" (i.e. marks on an insulin syringe) confused with IU's. For example, you may mix 5 mg's of HGH with 3 ml of water to make 1.666 mg/ml hgh solution. Let's say you want to take 2 IU's (0.66 mg's). You'd draw the insuling syringe back to 40 units to get 2 IU's of HGH.

Bottom line, IU's of a drug and "units" on an insulin syringe are two different things unless you are specifically taking about a standard insulin preperation.

P.S. mg's isn't a measurement of WEIGHT -- weight is a force. The mg's measurement describes mass ;-)