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400.000 U

English translation: U = Unidades

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Spanish term or phrase:U
English translation:U = Unidades
Entered by: Monica Colangelo

04:45 Dec 22, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical
Spanish term or phrase: 400.000 U
On a bottle of Penicilina-V
POTA-VI-KIN
wHAT IS THE 400.000 COMPARED TO MG. NORMALLY FOUND IN PRESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH.
rANDOLPH wICKER
U = Unidades
Explanation:
Seguramente dice UI (significa Unidades Internacionales) o IU (International Units).
No hay una correspondencia con mg. o g. ni ninguna otra unidad de peso, puesto que se trata de una medida de actividad o potencia. Por ejemplo un producto como la Heparina cruda blanca -que es un anticoagulante utilizado en todas las operaciones- tiene una actividad o potencia de 110 UI/mg.
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Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 00:03
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5U = Unidades
Monica Colangelo
4 +2250 mg
P Forgas
4400,000 unidades
elenali


  

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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
U = Unidades


Explanation:
Seguramente dice UI (significa Unidades Internacionales) o IU (International Units).
No hay una correspondencia con mg. o g. ni ninguna otra unidad de peso, puesto que se trata de una medida de actividad o potencia. Por ejemplo un producto como la Heparina cruda blanca -que es un anticoagulante utilizado en todas las operaciones- tiene una actividad o potencia de 110 UI/mg.


    Yrs of experience at opotherapeutical labs
Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1042
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
57 mins
  -> Gracias, Fernando
agree  BelkisDV
6 hrs
  -> Gracias, Belkis
agree  Hermeneutica: Stays as U or UI, I agree this is more likely the case. 8 yrs experience translating in vitro diagnostics.
8 hrs
  -> Tks, Dee
agree  mgonzalez (X)
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, M.
agree  O María Elena Guerrero
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, María Elena
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
400,000 unidades


Explanation:
It isn't too high, but always be careful while using penicilina, make sure you are not alergic to it or the person who is going to use it.

elenali
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Irene Cudich: ¿Por qué con coma?
4 hrs
  -> Cuatrocientos mil = 400,000 unidades
agree  BelkisDV: En los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica se usa coma y no punto en la numeración.
12 hrs
  -> Cuatrocientas mil = 400, 000 México (Gracias y Felicidades)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
250 mg


Explanation:
Be careful, Elenali is right.



P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1249

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karla Mabarak: Each tablet contains penicillin V potassium equivalent to 250 mg (400,000 units), see www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/penvk.htm
18 mins
agree  Irene Cudich
3 hrs
agree  mónica alfonso: o 400.000 UI
8 hrs
disagree  Monica Colangelo: Activity varies from lot to lot and is expressed as IU/mg.
1 day 1 hr
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