>From:    Lois Caselman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Need conversion for Melatonin
>
>I received 15 bottles of Melatonin from a friend.  I am at a loss though
>because they are 300 MCG instead of the 3 mg that I need.  I need to know
>what to do to have them into the 3mg.
>
>I would hate to not be able to use them just because I suck at this kind
>of math.
 
Start with a gram, symbol g.  Divide it into 1000 parts to get
milligrams, symbol mg.  Take 1 mg and divide it into 1000 parts and you
get micrograms, symbol mcg or the greek mu which looks like a backward
ug.  You say your bottles are 300 mcg.  I assume you mean 300 mcg per ml.
If that is correct, 3.3 ml will equal 1 mg.  That is an aweful large dose
to have to give a ferret.  I buy 1 mg tablets from Wal-Mart very cheaply,
and crush one and mix it with a treat to give it to my little bald girl.
 
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Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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[Posted in FML issue 3920]