How many ML equals 20 mgs?
Answer:
If the drug is 20 mg/ml, and he is supposed to get 40 mg, then that is 2 ml.
The volume depends on the concentration of the drug.
Doesn't the label on the drug bottle specify the dose?
There must be a pharmacist or a doctor on call that you can contact. This IS important, because too much morphine can kill him, and not enough will cause him to be in pain.
Good luck.
it will depend on concentration and density and all sorts of stuff, but 20mg is a very small amount of anything, and getting it wrong could be v serious, even if someone on here gives you a reasonable sounding explanation, they won't have all the info, so it's not worth risking it! so wait until you can speak to a health professional before measuring anything out (unless it's well serious that he gets the meds straight away)
that depends on the dosage on the labels. Different medications could be concentrated different. For example, one medication could be 2 milligrams (mg) of medication per one milliliter (mL) of fluid, while another could have 20mg per one mL. The bottle should have printed on it the dosage. (#mg/#mL).
Be very careful though. Meds are not something to mess with if you don't know what exactly to use.
As far as a dropper, use spoons as a guide if they can be taken by mouth. A Teaspoon is 5mL and a Tablespoon is 15mL.
You may just want to call your pharmacist, and ask him/her what's the best thing to do. Or, if you cannot get a hold of the pharmacist, just call ANY pharmacy and ask for help.
I'd give you the conversion, but with something like this, I don't feel comfortable doing so. It's best just to call your pharmacy.
Be careful and use a calibrated dropper. There are different concentrations of this medication. Mg is a weight measurement while ml is a measure of a liquid volume. Call a pharmacy with the exact description on the bottle ( How many mg's per ml) and they can help you. It may also help them if you can find the NDC number on the bottle. This describes the exact manufacturers product. Another source would be to call your poison control center.
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