>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. -- Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde [log in to unmask] URA Redneck if the Orkin man tells you, "Give up, you've lost." [Posted in FML issue 3920]