2007-01-11 14:22:24 · 1 answers · asked by kathleen M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
In Latin American countries, the comma is commonly used where North Americans would use a decimal point. So the medicine is 0.02 mg...which is 2/100 or 1/50th of one milligram. There are 1000 milligrams in a gram. If you plan on taking the medication, it would be wise to have it checked by a pharmacist first.
2007-01-11 14:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equivalent to in what? Imperial measurements? 7.05479239 × 10-7 ounces, or 0.000308647167 grain ! Another way of looking at it would be that it weighs 1/5 of the amount a typical grain of table salt weighs! In other words it's hardly anything at all!
It's not just Latin American countries that use a comma in place of a period and vice versa when it comes to numbers. Most non-English speaking countries outside of North America who use western numerals do this. It's very common in Europe
2007-01-11 14:28:05 · answer #2 · answered by Geoff S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0.02 milligrams
They use a comma instead of the point.
2007-01-11 14:26:18 · answer #3 · answered by gina e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you even take it????
2007-01-11 14:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋