Measuring GH - What is an IU?

[mick-g]

Short something I wrote up about measuring your GH...This is one thing that I have always seen guys get confused about.

An iu is not a measure of volume nor is it a measure of weight like I hear most people say. (I.U.’s) are a measure of biological activity specific to the substance. This is hard to conceptualize.

An international unit is a way to express the activity or effect of some vitamins (primarily fat soluble) and hormones. For each substance that is expressed in international units, there is an international agreement that outlines the biological effect expected with a dose of 1 I.U. The value is different for each substance, since effect differs between substances. Therefore an insulin syringe is for measuring insulin and thats it. So an iu on an insulin syringe is 1iu of U100 insulin.

Think of meaureing GH in terms of milligrams(mg). One mg of GH is equal to approximately 3iu's of GH. So if you have a Serono kit for example, each individiual bottle is 6mg or 3 * 6 = 18iu's of GH. So depending on how much BW you add to the powder you then figure out the concentration of the solution or how much each iu of GH will be on the insulin syringe.

For Example...Say I have a 10mg bottle of GH...I add 3ml of BW. Now I have 30iu's of GH in 3ml. So 1iu is equal to 10units on the slin pin. 10iu's is equal to 100units or 1ml. It just takes a little simple math to figure out.

For Example...Say I have a 6mg bottle of GH and I add 1 ml of BW. Now I have 18iu's per 1ml. So each 10units on the slin pin is equal to 1.8iu's of GH.

Posted by Zoldian @ IFL...

[small-guy]

nice

[basskiller]

very nice mick

[newatsat1]

Mick g
can you help me please trying to figure my breakdown on

i have soma hgh total 120 ius 2 bottles(20 milligram per vial)
they gave me 2ml of nacl to add to each vial
i am trying to figure out how much on my slin pin is 3ius
there is 10 units on each slin pin
then when i move up to 4ius a day where is it on pin

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Originally Posted by newatsat1

Mick g
can you help me please trying to figure my breakdown on

i have soma hgh total 120 ius 2 bottles(20 milligram per vial)
they gave me 2ml of nacl to add to each vial
i am trying to figure out how much on my slin pin is 3ius
there is 10 units on each slin pin
then when i move up to 4ius a day where is it on pin

ok so one vial is 20 ml 60iu..? so in a slin pin there are 10 equals measurements so each of those is 3iu 3x20 equals 60 right...so 1 and a half would be 4.5 seems elementarywatson..

[RollinsClone]

10 units on slin pin= 3 iu's, per newatsat1's outiline.
so to get 4 iu's you would want 13 units on your slin pin.

or another way of looking at it is:

60 iu's/ bottle and 2ml / bottle, therefore 60iu's/2ml.
2ml = 200 units.
60iu's per 200 units =
0.3 iu per unit on slin pin.
you want 4 iu's, so 4/0.3= 13.3 units.