Posted by Ame Sans Vie on June 20, 2003, at 6:30:01
In reply to Re: Mirapex, posted by HenryO on June 20, 2003, at 3:46:45
> So .175mg can also be expressed 175µ ?
Well, this is my fault, but it would actually be 'µg' (µ=millionth; g=gram). This would be read "micrograms". It could also be written 'mcg'. "µ" by itself, without a qualifier such as "g" for gram or "l" for liter means "micron". A micron is actually a unit of measurement, equivalent to one millionth of a meter.So, 175µg could be written:
175,000,000,000,000,000,000yg (yoctograms - one septillionth of a gram)
175,000,000,000,000,000zg (zeptograms - one sextillionth of a gram)
175,000,000,000,000ag (attograms - one quintillionth of a gram)
175,000,000,000fg (femtograms - one quadrillionth of a gram)
175,000,000pg (picograms - one trillionth of a gram)
175,000ng (nanograms - one billionth of a gram)
175µg or 175mcg (micrograms - one millionth of a gram)
0.175mg (milligrams - one thousandth of a gram)
0.0175cg (centigrams - one hundredth of a gram)
0.00175dg (decigrams - one tenth of a gram)
0.000175g (grams)
0.0000175dag (dekagrams - 10 grams)
0.00000175hg (hectograms - 100 grams)
0.000000175kg (kilograms - 1,000 grams)
0.000000000175Mg (megagrams - 1,000,000 grams)
0.000000000000175Gg (gigagrams - 1,000,000,000 grams)
0.000000000000000175Tg (teragrams - 1,000,000,000,000 grams)
0.000000000000000000175Pg (petagrams - 1,000,000,000,000,000 grams)
0.000000000000000000000175Eg (exagrams - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 grams)
0.000000000000000000000000175Zg (zetagrams - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 grams)
0.000000000000000000000000000175Yg (yottagrams - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 grams)Now I know all that is a wee bit more than you were asking about, but I figured now would be the time for a quick lesson in metric abbreviations, lol.
However, I don't believe the tablets come in a 175µg size (not in the U.S. anyway). So maybe you mean 125µg?
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