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Quote from endymion96 on 09/05/07 at 17:24:36:

 
So thats .0025mg/kg or 2.5mcg/kg?
 
no wait thats in lbs so,
 
(.0025mg/lb)*(2.2lbs/lb)=.0055mg/kg  or 5.5mcg/kg/day

Quote from Rickstarr on 02/01/08 at 04:25:44:

 
In pharmacology, the International Unit is a unit of measurement for the amount of a substance, based on measured biological activity or effect. "International Unit" is abbreviated as IU, or as UI from the French unité internationale, or as IE from the German Internationale Einheit.
 
The unit is used for vitamins, hormones, some medications, vaccines, blood products, and similar biologically active substances. Despite its name, the IU is not part of the International System of Units used in physics and chemistry.
 
The precise definition of one IU differs from substance to substance and is established by international agreement for each substance. There is no equivalence among different substances; for instance, one IU of vitamin E does not contain the same number of milligrams as one IU of vitamin A.
 
To define an IU of a substance, the Committee on Biological Standardization of the World Health Organization provides a reference preparation of the substance, arbitrarily sets the number of IUs contained in that preparation, and specifies a biological procedure to compare other preparations of that substance to the reference preparation. The goal in setting the standard is that different preparations with the same biological effect will contain the same number of IUs.
 
For some substances, the equivalent mass of one IU is later established. If that happens, the former IU definition for that substance is officially abandoned, in favor of a newly established weight. However, the unit count often remains in use nevertheless, because it is convenient. For example, vitamin E exists in a number of different forms, all having different biological activities. Rather than specifying the precise type and mass of vitamin E in a preparation, for the purposes of pharmacology it is sufficient, simply, to specify the number of IUs of vitamin E.
 
The mass equivalents of 1 IU for selected substances are:
 
Insulin: 1 IU is the biological equivalent of 45.5 μg pure crystalline insulin (1/22 mg exactly)  
Vitamin A: 1 IU is the biological equivalent of 0.3 μg retinol, or of 0.6 μg beta-carotene  
Vitamin C: 1 IU is 50 μg L-ascorbic acid  
Vitamin D: 1 IU is the biological equivalent of 0.025 μg cholecalciferol/ergocalciferol  
Vitamin E: 1 IU is the biological equivalent of 2/3 mg (0.667) d-alpha-tocopherol, or of 1 mg of dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate  
 

Hi!  
 
Firstly, let me appologise greatly for this post - I have seemlessly gone up and down these message boards trying to find the best answer to my question, but each post differs slightly to the next - or to my situation.
 
I bought melanotan II last week (20mg package) and have been using it now for 4 days.
 
I mixed 100 units of the bac. water, with a 10mg vial.
Every day, I inject 20 units (although, I originally started with 10 units).
I weight 83kg (13 stone on average).
I dont have any side effects what soever, and not expecting to see results straight away - I assume?!
 
I dont know if im injecting enough or to much etc?!
 
Some people say they inject 1mg a day!! Is that 10 units on my syringe, or 100?!
 
Thankyou - sorry for being so annoying and asking the same question people ask day in and day out....I just want to get the exact answer. Ml, mg and em all confuse the hell out of me, so if you coud stick to units that would be awesome! :-)
 
Cheers x

When i started melanotan-1 i got told by friends to just inject water into the vial until it is full i have just got my melanotan II and injected the water into the vial and its about 3/4 full! i am a bit worried as i have just been told i should be doing this and can some one explain how it makes any sence not to put so much water in the vial , as my theory is the amount of water in the vial disolves the powder therefore if the whole vial of water with disolved Melanotan is going into my body then what the problem? it just means the melano powder has been diluted more than others, doesnt it?
 
im really stressed out and need people to explain to me in clear english as i feel like i have harmed my body by the way i am doing it and im scared!
 
Thanks Jenny  
 
Jenny, first off you need to find out how much Melanotan is in one vial. It is in milligrams (mg).
 
Then you need to figure out what concentration you want. Concentration is in mg/milliliter (mL)
 
For example,  
My vial contains 20mg of Melanotan.
I want to add 2ml of bacteriostatic water.
I grab my insulin, or other syringe and draw 2mL of water from my bacteriostatic vial.
I then transfer 2mL of water into my Melanotan vial.
The concentration thereafter is 20mg/2mL or 10mg/1mL.
 
If you want to inject 1mg then... you want 1/10th of a mL of fluid.
If you are using a 1mL insulin syringe, then inject at the number 10..(I believe as I do not have my syringe in front of me.)  
Each line on the 1mL syringe is worth 2mL...and in this case 0.2mg of Melanotan.
 
 
Someone please go over this to make sure my info is correct.
 
 
Jenny, how much Melanotan is in your vial???
 
Be safe.

"I have a vial with 10 mg in it."
 
Add 2mL of water.
Concentration = 10mg/2mL or 5mg/1mL
If you want to inject 1 mg you then draw out 1/5th of 1mL of fluid
If you want 0.5mg then you draw out 1/10mL of fluid.
 
Understand?

1st post and hopefully not the last. I am 43 years old and have blondy/redish hair and freckles. I travel abroad about 3 times a year and get jelous of the ones that sit around the pool all day when im in the shade. Started melanotan II on Tuesday this week 4th aug 2009 with 0.5 per day for the 1st week then i will up it to 1mg per day next week untill the 1st 10mg is used then have a rethink depending on results. I am using a u-100 1ml insulin syringe, and added 20ml of bacterial to my 10mg vial. Just checking as there are many different ideas of mixing and measuring how much to inject. I draw up to 10 units on the syringe and my calculations this is 1/10ml = 0.5mg. please correct me if i am wrong. If anyone is interested i will keep a journal and post results. If this works for me it will work for anyone.

Sorry typo. yes 2ml

That means you took a 3 mg dose.  2.0 ml = 10 mgs, then .2 ml = 1 mg.  That is a very strong dose and I'm sorry to say it might make you sick.  With some luck, it won't.  I would skip a few days before resuming dosing.

Quote from endymion96 on 08/31/07 at 07:08:56:

 
Can you explain where the (0.0025) # came from in C? and what you do with that and B to = the mg per injection? and where the 0.3-0.5 came from in E
I have no idea how to work it out (excuse my stupidity)  
 
I am 112lbs, and had 10mg vail, added 1ml (100units) of bac water and have been taking 0.1mg a day (supposed to be 10 days but only able to fill about 8-9 injections..)  
 
I am still on the loading phase as im still white and bought another 10mg, just wondering if you think my 0.1mg a day is right for me? or should i be taking more a day now it's been 9 days (even though im not tanned yet). Thanksx