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[Fmello]

Just did a couple of searches online and found this:

The conversion factor for human insulin is: One International Unit (IU) equals 0.0347 mg of insulin.

International Units are far easier to understand, especially when it comes to dosing, for insulin. Having a prescription say 'inject ten units' is easier to comprehend than 'inject 0.347 mg'.

Similarly, when listed as a concentration, such as the commonly used U100 (which means 100 units of insulin per 1mL), units correspond tidily with a volume (e.g., 20 units is contained in 0.2 mL).

https://www.health.com/condition/type-2-diabetes/how-much-insulin-do-you-need

A person with type 2 diabetes might start off on half a unit of insulin per kilogram of body weight per day, especially if there is not much known about the nature of his or her diabetes. Still, it is not unusual to need more like 1 unit, says Dr. Feinglos. (One unit per kilogram would be 68 units per day for someone who weighs 150 pounds, which is about 68 kilograms.)

68 units per day x 0.347mg (1 unit of insulin) = 23.596mg