What's the difference in 300mcg & 3mg?

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What's the difference in 300mcg & 3mg?

2007-02-12 04:15:03 · 4 answers · asked by sgorham57 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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1mg(milligram) = 1000mcg(microgram)

therefore 300mcg = 0.3mg

3000mcg would equal 3mg

2007-02-12 10:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by kds6107 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

I have to agree though on the face of it, mcg can be read as millicentigrams and thus 300 mcg should be equal to 3 mg. However, some where some one decided that the greek symbol for micro (mu) is too cumbersome and adopted this confusing mcg as a microgram.

2007-02-12 06:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

300 mcg is 300 micrograms or 0.30 milligrams. 3 mg is 3 milligrams, and is 10 times more than the other one.

2007-02-12 04:19:56 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

There is no difference

2007-02-12 08:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by tmp326 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋