Quick and simple pharmaceutical metric conversion table.

	Pharmaceutical Medication Conversion List of simple approximate and exact metric equivalencies Conversion in Weight, Liquid, and Others.
CONVERSIONTABLE
WEIGHT MEASURE
Apothecary	Approximate Metric Equivalent	Exact Metric Equivalent
1 grain	60mg	64.8 mg
1/2 grain	30 mg	32.4 mg
1/4 grain	15 mg	16.2 mg
LIQUID MEASURE
Apothecary	Approximate Metric Equivalent	Exact Metric Equivalent
1 teaspoonful	5 ml	5 ml
1 tablespoonful	15 ml	15 ml
1 fluid ounce (1 fl)	30 ml	29.57 ml
4 fluid ounces	120 ml	118.28 ml
8 fluid ounces	240 ml	236.56 ml
16 fluid ounces	480 ml	473 ml
2 pints (1 quart)	960 ml	946 ml
4 quarts	3840 ml	3784 ml
OTHER MEASURE
1 gram (gm)	1000 milligrams (mg)
1 milligram (mg)	1000 micrograms (mcg)
750 mgs	10 milliequivalents (mEq)
EQUIVALENT CONVERSION
Non-Metric	Approximate Metric Equivalent	Exact Metric Equivalent
1 pound (lb)	0.454 kilogram (kg)	0.454 kilogram (kg)
16 ounces (oz)	0.454 kilogram (kg)	0.454 kilogram (kg)
2.2 pound (lb)	1kilogram (kg)	1kilogram (kg)

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