2006-12-21 05:53:56 · 11 answers · asked by Suzanne G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
1 micro gram(mcg)=0.001 milligram(mg)
Mass and weight units
See http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/units/weight/weight.microgram.en.html
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2006-12-21 06:04:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, 1,000 mcg is equal to a mg but I wouldn't take the maximum. I got this off of wikipedia: Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have said that melatonin pills sold as supplements contain three to ten times the amount needed to produce the desirable physiologic nocturnal blood melatonin level for enhancement of sleep. Dosages are designed to raise melatonin levels for several hours to enhance quality of sleep, but some studies suggest that smaller doses (for example 0.3 mg as opposed to 3 mg) are just as effective at improving sleep quality.[67] Large doses of melatonin can even be counterproductive: Lewy et al[68] provide support to the "idea that too much melatonin may spill over onto the wrong zone of the melatonin phase-response curve" (PRC). In one of their subjects, 0.5 mg of melatonin was effective while 20 mg was not.
2016-03-29 02:45:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mcg=MiCroGram, or one Millionth of a gram
mg=MilliGram, or one Thousandth of a gram
SO, a mcg is about 1000th of a mg. BTW mcg IS more properly written another way, but it can't be done with the normal latin alphabet.
2006-12-21 07:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by seasoned 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you ask "difference", I'm gonna assume you're NOT asking for mathematical difference. The mcg (microgram) is .001 times the mg (milligram), OR looking the other way the mg is 1000 times the mcg.
If you want difference mathematically, then . . .
0.001 - 0.000001 = 0.000999 OR if you switch the minuend and subtrahend you'd get -0.000999
2006-12-21 06:35:08 · answer #4 · answered by answerING 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mcg = Micrograms
mg = milligrams
2006-12-21 06:01:42 · answer #5 · answered by ladydamorea 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1 milligram mg of water = 1 microliter µL: = 1 cubic millimeter cmm = 1 mm
Does this help? milligram=one thousandth of a gram
2006-12-21 06:31:19 · answer #6 · answered by Andie K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10^3
mcg is microgram (10^-6 g) (1/1000000)
mg is milligram (10^-3 g) (1/1000)
2006-12-21 06:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by recneps 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mcg is microgram. mg is miligram. Micro gram is really small.
2006-12-21 06:37:06 · answer #8 · answered by pegasis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mcg is micro gram and that is one millionth gram (1/1,000,000)
mg is milligram and that is one thousandth gram (1/1,000)
2006-12-21 07:48:19 · answer #9 · answered by Princess Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mcg is microgram.
mg is milligram.
2006-12-21 06:01:50 · answer #10 · answered by Chick-A- Deedle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋