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How do I get 20 units out of a vial reconstituted to 2 mg/mL without guessing?

Asked 22 Oct 2024Modified 21 months agoViewed 31k times
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Stated plainly: 20 units · 2 mg/mL.

This is a procedural question rather than a theoretical one, and I would like the procedure rather than the theory.

What I have done so far is read the label documentation where it exists and the two pharmacopoeial monographs that are publicly available, which cover the licensed presentation and say nothing about a research one.

What is the correct sequence, and where is the step that people usually skip?

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8Worth stating whether you have a content assay, because the calculation assumes label claim. – rosa_mendieta 3 months ago
Same question, and I got two answers that differ by a factor of ten, so I am watching this. – bufferline42 5 months ago
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