The Difference between Mg and Mcg

The Difference between Mg and Mcg


Microgram and Milligram, both are metric units used to measure an object’s mass and the weight of a substance. Both are widely used in microbiology drug chemistry tests & pharmaceutical production laboratories and for the calculation of Nutritional Value of any substance. To understand both Metric unit, it’s important to understand the point of differences between the both. For instance, in a teaspoon there are 15.8 milligrams and 5.9 micrograms. 

What is Mg?

Mg is the abbreviation of the term Milligram. One mg is equal to 1000 micrograms. So, it shows that a mg is 1000 times bigger than a mcg. Moreover, a milligram is a thousandth of a gram. Mg is used to measure the non-liquid medication usually. Mg is used as a label on food stuff indicating the breakdown of nutritional contents that how many vitamins, minerals, fats, carbs etc are there in a product. The same distribution we can see in supplements even doctors describe dosage keeping in view the potency relevant to patient age & weight. So, we can understand the importance of Mg, it’s important to properly understand the prescribed dosage to avoid any serious side effects or error in medicine administration.

1mg =1000mcg

4gram=4000mg

Examples of Mg

  • Mg is used to measure the non-liquid medication usually i.e. Blood Pressure tablet potency label is Xavor 50mg.
  • A piece of Gold is of 75mg.
  • Larger Rain drops produced during storm weighs 350 mg.

What is MCG?

A microgram is the unit of measurement abbreviated as Mcg and is 1000 millionth of a gram. It’s not use often in everyday activities however it has great importance in pharmaceutical production. The dose of medications is commonly expressed in micrograms (mcgs).An overdose can prove fatal while under dose cannot provide any cure from disease.

To convert micrograms to milligrams, the value should be divided by 1000 to get the desired result. For instance, if the mass is 2.45 mg, multiply by 1,000 to get 2,450 mcg.

1000 mcg = 1000000000 =0.001 gm

 

Examples of Mcg:

 

  • The average baby ingests 10mcg per every kg of their weight.
  • The recommended dosage of Biotin for adults is 300mcg daily.
  • Golden rice contains 1.6 mcg of beta carotene per gram of rice.

Let’s understand the differences between Microgram & Milligram.



                 Microgram

               Milligram

 

Microgram is abbreviated as ‘mcg’.

Milligram is abbreviated as ‘mg’,

Gram is umbrella term with a prefix Micro thus termed as Microgram

Gram is umbrella term with a prefix Milli thus called Milligram

 

The mcg unit is smaller than the mg unit.

 

The mg unit is stronger and bigger than the mcg unit.

 

A microgram can be represented by the character ?g.

Milligram may only be represented by the symbol mg.

 

Microgram is less frequently used in everyday life.

 

Milligram is used more often in everyday life, scientific researches, medicine production

The average person cannot see something that weighs one microgram.

The average person can see something that weighs one milligram.



To sum up, Measurement is important and its crucial task specifically in the production of medicine. The milligram and microgram are both units of mass measurement however there is a slight difference between the two. Mg is 1/1000gram however Mcg is 1000, 000mcg / 1gram.

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