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Sorry to ask a silly Q, I did have a search but couldnt find the answer. Those of you who are better at maths than I…
If I mix 2ml bac to 5000iu HCG, where do I draw on a slin pin to get 350iu?
Thanks in advance
If you are using an insulin syringe that is 1ml (the syringe can hold 1ml of liquid).
2ml of liquid to reconstitute 5000iu of hCG means a concentration of 250iu per 1/10 of a ml.
Most insulin syringes are graded either this way:
0.1ml , 0.2ml, 0.3ml, 0.4ml, 0.5ml, 0.6ml, 0.7ml, 0.8ml, 0.9ml, 1.0ml
like this:
Or in units (now, units don’t mean anything for your own reconstituted hCG, it is designed to be used with insulin which normally provides 100iu for 1ml or 10iu per 0.1ml)
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
Like this:
Note that on the left it is a 0.5ml syringe and on the right it’s a 1ml one.
If you have the ml-graded syringe (like at the top):
350iu is kinda hard to measure precisely as it is going to be something like 1.4 / 10 of ml you’d go just slightly before the mid-point between 0.1 and 0.2.
If you have the unit-graded syringe (like the second type) then you take it around the 14 mark
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Excellent, thank you kindly!
Sure thing. BTW, forgot to add that if you have a normal (not insulin) syringe (which is typically 3ml and has a much thicker barrel) then it’s pretty much impossible to measure 350iu precisely. So make sure that you have insulin syringes.
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Thanks! I do, .5ml slin pins so will work perfectly