Guest guest Posted September 15, 2000 Report Share Posted September 15, 2000 At 04:29 PM 9/14/00 -0700, you wrote: >The pt had an abnormal thyroid function test with an increased TSH of 170.3 and afterwards was started on Synthroid 0.1 *'mg* or *ml* He says it very fast and my drug ref doesn't help much. (I am not good in math ). > I am not very sure, but I think it should be micrograms abbreviated mcg. >TIA > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2000 Report Share Posted September 15, 2000 Synthroid dosing can be either in mg or mcg. If the number is 0.1 or 0.112, etc., then it is mg. If they use 100 or 112, etc., it is mcg. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2000 Report Share Posted September 15, 2000 Ooops, thanks for that information on either mg or mcg. I replied to NMTC saying mcg...! Did not know it could also be mg. Sorry about that : ) maria rhoades wrote: > > Synthroid dosing can be either in mg or mcg. If the number is 0.1 or > 0.112, etc., then it is mg. If they use 100 or 112, etc., it is mcg. > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2000 Report Share Posted September 15, 2000 That's 0.1 mg (100 mcg) I take 0.175 mg which is 175 mcg. Dosages are usually prescribed in mcg, but converted to mg in the report. Move the decimal point 3 places to the left to convert to mg. It will be given as mcg in the drug reference. Charlotte {Kansas} Re: Synthroid dosage |-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> |Need a credit card? |Instant Approval and 0% intro APR with Aria! |http://click./1/7101/1/_/9092/_/969046176/ |--------------------------------------------------------------------- _-> | |At 04:29 PM 9/14/00 -0700, you wrote: |>The pt had an abnormal thyroid function test with an increased TSH of |170.3 and afterwards was started on Synthroid 0.1 *'mg* or *ml* He says |it very fast and my drug ref doesn't help much. (I am not good in math ). |> |I am not very sure, but I think it should be micrograms abbreviated mcg. | |>TIA |> |> |> |> |> |> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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