Lawsgym, this whole iu thing is frequently misunderstood, and can be dangerous. An iu measures mass. I received an email recently from a young fellow who had it mixed up the other way - GH to insulin- and he was about to fire up 1cc of insulin.....dead meat.......because he had a Saizen kit that made a concentration of 1.5iu GH per ml/cc. But go figure, Serono makes Saizen, but in a Serostim 126 kit, one ml/cc makes 18iu. Penicillen is different yet, as are many products that are measured in iu's.......read the directions and think about them, and ask questions.
Your syringes full deal would scare me.....what is the concentration, has it been kept cold?? If it ever was left warm, or froze, its worthless.
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). This agency administers the International System of Units,
international unit (IU)
a unit used to measure the mass of certain vitamins and drugs based on their expected effects. 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.