pin help

**walmas** · 04-19-2008, 10:37 AM

igf-1 reconstituted=1000mcg/2ml aa. With a 1cc slin pin 6 ticks is 60mcg, correct?

i re-read the searches I did and realized i was'nt reading the info. correctly.

**956Vette** · 04-19-2008, 02:15 PM

that would be 30mcg when 2ml of solvent is used to reconstitute

**walmas** · 04-19-2008, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by 956Vette

that would be 30mcg when 2ml of solvent is used to reconstitute

I appreciate you replying very much. But the searches I do say 6 ticks = 60 mcgs. I posted this on another forum and they say if diluted with 2ml aa, 1000mcg/2ml= 6 ticks is 60 mcg on a 1cc slin pin.
This is exactly why im asking....who's right?

**956Vette** · 04-19-2008, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by walmas

I appreciate you replying very much. But the searches I do say 6 ticks = 60 mcgs. I posted this on another forum and they say if diluted with 2ml aa, 1000mcg/2ml= 6 ticks is 60 mcg on a 1cc slin pin.
This is exactly why im asking....who's right?

think if you were keeping it simple

1000mcg diluted in 1ml then 6 ticks out of 100iu would equal 60mcg

**walmas** · 04-19-2008, 05:38 PM

Right, but 1cc, 100 unit insulin syringes count by 2's. Its looks like this.
l l l l I l l l l I l l l l I...ect...up to 100
10 20 30 the 10 20 30 would be under the bold marks up to 100 every 5 ticks, which means it counts in 2's. In other words in this 100 unit pin, thee are only 50 ticks.

therefore, unless im a complete idiot which is very possible.
1000mcg/2ml=1ml/500mcg. 1ml=1cc. so...1/2 a ml is 250mcg, which is the 50 mark, which is 25 ticks on the syringe. so 1/4 a ml is 125, which is 12.5 ticks on the syringe, half of that is roughly 62.5, which is around 6 ticks...figured it out, thanks for making me think...This is right? Right?

**almostgone** · 04-19-2008, 06:05 PM

Vette is. Suppose you have 1000mcgs of a substance and added 1cc of diluent.
You now 1000mcgs/cc. If you used 1/10 of that amount, you would use 100 mcgs (1000 /10 = 100).
If you have a 1cc 100iu syringe and you drew 1/10 of the amount it holds, you would draw to the 10iu line.So, if you drew to 10iu, you would have drawn 100mcgs. (Remember, we would have 1000mcgs if we drew all of the way to the 100iu mark)
Since there are 5 lines to get to the 10 on the syringe, and the 10 is equal to 100mcgs, each line would be worth 20mcgs.

Originally Posted by walmas

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This is exactly why im asking....who's right?

**walmas** · 04-19-2008, 07:27 PM

right, thats pretty much what i said. I just said it with 2ml, which means 1 ml has 500mcg.
1/10 of 500 is 50. so the 10 mark would be 50mcg, thus the 6th mark would be 60...

**almostgone** · 04-19-2008, 07:48 PM

Right, on a 1cc 100iu syringe,12iu(the 6th mark) would equal 60mcgs if you diluted 1000mcg with 2ml of diluent. Or in other words, each mark would equal would be worth 10 mcg if you diluted 1000mcg with 2ml of diluent.

AG

**walmas** · 04-19-2008, 07:59 PM

ok. Thanks guys. Sorry for the ignorance but numbers and such are not my strong point. Appreciate the help.

**almostgone** · 04-19-2008, 08:06 PM

Not a problem. It's much better to ask and learn than guess and hope for the best. Once you break it down step by step it all comes together.

Now you've got a handle on it and will be able to help others when they're confused.

AG

**1pete** · 04-19-2008, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by 956Vette

think if you were keeping it simple

1000mcg diluted in 1ml then 6 ticks out of 100iu would equal 60mcg

not to hijack the thread

I started hgh last week. I get 5mg of hgh per vial and I was told to mix 1.5 cc of bw. this would give me 15 ius per vial. On the slin pin it is the same numbers and ticks as posted. So is one tick 2/10ths of an iu? So at the 10 mark on the pin it would be 2 ius or 1 iu? I thought I knew what I was doing until I read this post. I thought 10 on the slin pin is = to 1 iu. Another thing, on a 3 cc syringe filled to 1.5 ccs I did not get 15 ius I got like 11 ius. Am I doing this wrong? With the hgh and the 5 mg of powder should I have gotten more than 15 ius with the 1.5 cc of liquid? If I put more bw or less would this dilute the hgh or increase it? Thanks for any reply.