# MG and G

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mg-and-g/529573>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mg-and-g/529573 "2010-02-19T01:17:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mg-and-g/529573/1 "2010-02-19T01:17:54Z")

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I take a medication for cholesterol, each tablet is 625 MG. I take six per day, for a total of 3750 MG.  
I have been switched to an envelope of powder that I mix with water. It contains 3.75 G.  
Is it the same amount?  
( I now take the powder once a day.)

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mg-and-g/529573/2 "2010-02-19T01:21:58Z")

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> [@ltfire](#):
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> I take a medication for cholesterol, each tablet is 625 MG. I take six per day, for a total of 3750 MG.  
> I have been switched to an envelope of powder that I mix with water. It contains 3.75 G.  
> Is it the same amount?  
> ( I now take the powder once a day.)

If you’re asking if 3.75 grams equals 3750 milligrams, yes, that is correct. 1000 mg = 1 g.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mg-and-g/529573/3 "2010-02-19T01:41:10Z")

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[Google to the rescue.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=3750+mg+in+g)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mg-and-g/529573/4 "2010-02-19T02:48:33Z")

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By the way, both the m and the g should be lower-case. I don’t think a capital G means anything, and a capital M means something completely different (one million, not one one-thousandth). If we were to take your OP literally, it’d mean you were taking thousands of tons of medicine.