Is 500mg 1000 times bigger than 500mcg?
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500 milligrams = 500 000 micrograms Source(s): GP for more years than I care to remember
In the metric system, a microgram (μg or sometimes ug) is 1/1,000,000 of a gram (1 × 10–6), or 1/1000 of a milligram, is one of the smallest units of weight/mass commonly used. The abbreviation μg is repeatedly used in scientific literature, but JCAHO recommends that hospitals do not use this leap in handwritten orders due to the risk that the Greek letter μ could be mistaken for an m, resulting contained by a thousandfold overdose. The abbreviation mcg is recommended instead.
1mg = 1000 mcg.
500 mg = 500,000 mcg.
500 mcg x 1000 = 500,000 mcg.
Hence your statement is true. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgram
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