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Re: conversion from mcg's to mg's - need help?

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 01:15:12 -0500 (CDT)


At Fri, 29 Sep 2000, gidge wrote: >
>Am going to switch from Loestrin birth control pills for HRT to Estinyl
>which is just straight Ethynil Estradiol minus the progestin....question
>is what would be a comparitive dose, my pill currently has 10-20mcg of
>Estradiol in it (I take 1/2 one day a whole the next) so Estinyl comes
>in .02mg, .03mg or .5mg what would I take to match the dosing, thanks
>for the help!! Gidge

1000 mcg = 1 mg

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
South Lake Tahoe, CA

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