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Is 137 mcg the same as 137 mg?

Updated: 12/17/2022
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No. mg is the symbol for milligrams, 0.001 grams. mcg is sometimes used, incorrectly, for micrograms, 0.000 001 grams. The correct prefix for micro- is the Greek letter mu, µ, so micrograms is µg.

137 µg (or mcg if you must) is 0.137 mg.

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