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Pick your vial and it fills itself in. Every answer is a number and a mark on the syringe.

What these words mean
Units
The little numbered marks printed on an insulin syringe. Nothing to do with milligrams. On a U-100 syringe, 100 units is 1 mL — the whole syringe. So 10 units is one tenth of it.
Medicine in the vial
The milligrams of dry powder that came in the glass vial, before you add anything. It is printed on the label: 10 mg, 30 mg, and so on.
Bacteriostatic water
The liquid you add to the vial to dissolve the powder. How much you add does not change how much medicine is in there — it changes how strong each millilitre is, and therefore which mark you draw to.
Medicine in the syringe
The milligrams you are actually drawing up for one dose. Smaller than what is in the vial, because a vial holds several doses.
Concentration (mg/mL)
How strong the liquid is once mixed. Medicine in the vial, divided by the water you added.
Draw to
The mark on the syringe to pull the plunger back to. This is the number you actually use.

If you remember one thing: milligrams are the medicine, units are the marks on the syringe, and the water is what connects the two.

What is my dose?

Our working schedule for each one, with the mark on the syringe already worked out for you.

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What this does and does not do. It converts milligrams into millilitres and into marks on a U-100 syringe, where 100 units is 1 mL. That is measurement arithmetic and nothing more. It does not tell anyone what to take, how often, or for how long. Amounts, frequency and oversight belong with the qualified professional looking after you.

Everything Brilliance supplies is provided for research purposes only. Nothing here is medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and no statement here has been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. If you have a medical condition or take prescription medication, speak with your doctor before changing anything.