Confusing Label

[Tirzmonkey]

Look at the vendor price list and compare their abbreviation to the label.

The label says it’s TR-60 and also says there are 10mg in each vial. Can’t be both. Turns out it was TR-60 and it was a labeling error.

 

[skaylife]

I am struggling to understand how you came to the conclusion that on this pen, 60 units are equal to 0.5 ml.

Now, don't take offense, but there is something wrong here somewhere. Because pens and syringes are pretty much standardized for a unit to be 0.01 ml i.e. 0.5 ml would always be 50 units.

How many units do you dial in to inject the 2 mg from a concentration of 10 mg/ml (I think you said)?

240/10
240units=2ml=20mg

 

[tcpnomad]

240/10
240units=2ml=20mg

I am curious. A lot of people are telling you that a unit is always 0.01 ml (i.e. 0.5 ml is 50 units). And I am sure you are googling this yourself, or even checking with some AI chatbot. Yet you remain supremely confident that, on your pen, 0.5 ml is somehow 60 units. I can't help but admire such total belief in yourself. Way to stand up to the entire internet, Google and ChatGPT.

If it was me, I would start getting a little worried that either I am doing something wrong, or that something is wrong with the pen. But that's just me. I have self-doubts all the time. I wish I could be more like you.

• U-100 Medications (Most Common): Standard insulin, many GLP-1 pens, and compounded peptides use a concentration where 1 ml contains 100 units. In this case, 1 unit = 0.01 ml. [1, 2, 3]
• U-40 Medications: Common in veterinary medicine (for pets), 1 ml contains 40 units. Here, 1 unit = 0.025 ml. [1, 2, 3]
• U-500 Medications: A highly concentrated insulin where 1 ml contains 500 units. In this case, 1 unit = 0.002 ml.

This is not a veterinary injection by any chance, is it? But even on those, 0.5ml is 20 units.