How do I determine how many micrograms are in a milligram for a transdermal patch?

Question

How do I determine how many micrograms are in a milligram for a transdermal patch?

Answer 1

1000 mcg are in 1 mg.

Answer 2

As the above author pointed out, there are 1000 mcg in 1 mg.  A transdermal patch often delivers a medication in a certain dosage per unit time, e.g. micrograms per hour.  Therefore it's important to know the total amount of micrograms in the delivery system in order to convert it to milligrams.

Answer 3

a microgram is 100,000th of a gram or 10 to the minue 6 (-6)

a milligram is 1,000th of a gram or 10 to the minus 3 (-3)

Given a certain number of milligrams, multiply by 1,000 to get the number of micrograms.