It was time for an updated video on this topic – the prior one is from like 2012 and my camera gear has come along way since then! 😉
IMPORTANT:
This tutorial covers how to find the various doses of hCG on a syringe IF (and only if):
You mixed your hCG in a 1:1 ratio: that means a 5,000iu vial of hCG with 5 ml’s of your mixing liquid
(for a tutorial on how to find hCG dosage on a syringe for 2:1 mixing ratio – ie. 10 ml’s mixing liquid with 5,000 iu hCG see here).
Finding the Right HCG Injection Dose.
When you are new to the hCG diet, and HCG Injections, it can be pretty overwhelming. Phrases like “syringe” “iu’s” and “bac water” can really throw us off and make the HCG diet feel intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be that way. I guarantee if you take the time to continue to research and read up on the diet, things will start to click. To help you in that way, I thought I’d demonstrate how I go about getting the correction hCG injection dose.
If you are here, you are most likely interested in learning other stuff like how to inject and such so you can you find all my hCG injection tutorials here, including a live demo where I stick myself with a needle for your benefit even though I’m no longer on the diet just to show you how not a big deal it is. How’s that for love?? 😉
And if you are still in the research phase for purchasing hCG, you can compare my current recommendations for RX pharmaceutical hCG that can indeed be purchased online (and comes in powder form, as it MUST if you are using the real hormone) here:
On to the lesson folks!
Lesson 1: What the numbers on the Syringe mean
The “syringe” part of the injection is the barrel that will contain whatever you’re going to inject and it has little numbers and hash marks to indicate how much it holds. The numbers on the syringe are referred to use “units” and 100 units = 1cc or 1 ml. The most common syringe sizes I see come with the hormone diet kits are 30 unit syringes(.3 cc/ml), 50 units syringes (.5cc/ml) and 100 unit syringes (or 1cc/ml).
Regardless of whether you have a 30 unit syringe or a 50 unit syringe or a 100 unit syringe, the numbers I’m throwing out here still apply, as long as your syringe says that your syringe is a fraction of 1 ml/cc total.
That means:
- a 50 unit syringe should say it’s a .5 (or 1/2) of a cc/ml
- a 30 unit syringe should say it’s a .3 (or 1/3) of a cc/ml
Even though the barrel of the 30 unit syringe looks smaller/thinner than say the 50 unit or 100 unit syringe, or has different hashmarks, it doesn’t matter, just remember if your syringe says one of the above, you can use this tutorial.
(If you mixed your hCG differently than what I just stated – you can find a tutorial on how to find your dose of hCG when you mixed 10 ml of bacteriostatic water with 5,000iu hCG here).
In a nutshell, this is where the various doses are:
- 90 iu = 9 units
- 100iu = 10 units
- 125iu= 12.5 units (as close as you can get to it- there will likely be a hashmark for 12 and 13 units- just do your best).
- 150iu = 15 units
- 175iu = 17.5 units
- 200 iu = 20 units
- 225 iu = 22.5 units
- 250 iu = 25 units
- 275 iu = 27.5 units
- 300 iu = 30 units
- 350 iu = 35 units
I bolded the most commonly used dosages on the hCG diet. You can also get detailed help on knowing what is the best hCG dosage for you.
Lastly, I’ve got quite a smorgasbord of other hCG injection tutorials for ya as well.
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I miss 5000 Iu with 5000 of Bac water. How do I find the dosage on 1 ML syringe
Hi Shannon!
You mixed 5000iu hCG and 5ml bac water so that’s 1:1 so the 150iu is the # 15 mark on the syringe, 100iu is the 10 mark on the syringe and so on.
Hi! I am overwhelmed thinking of a dosage and how much of the water to mix with the solution. I got 5,000 iu and it has lipo and b12 in it. How much should I mix in what and how much for the syringe? Also does the online app have everything on it and what to do?
Hi Stephanie,
This post here might be able to help you with mixing: http://hcgchica.com/how-to-mix-hcg-injections/
What if you have a 3000iu a d mix 1 to 1
Hi Aaron!
This is Lucelle, Rayzel’s assistant. Nice to meet you! 🙂
If you mixed 3000iu with 3ml bac water you will still inject the same with 5000iu:5ml. 125iu is 12.5 units, 150iu is 15 units and so on.
Hope that helps!
I mix 5000IU with 1 ml thn how i choose 500IU in syringe
Hi Ajaz!
This article here can help you compute: https://hcgchicahelphub.com/mixed-my-hcg-for-diet-differently-in-non-standard-way-dont-know-how-to-find-my-dose/
My doctor gave me 10000 / 10ml with a 30 units syringe and told me to fill this all up. Based on your scale, this would be 300ui. I just started today, so it’s my loading day, but I have been crazy hungry. I dint even know how will I attempt the 500cal in 2 days. I need to loose around 40lbs but I am tall and have muscles, so I don’t really look fat.
Hi Diana,
This is Lucelle, Rayzel’s assistant. Nice to meet you! 🙂
That is 300iu and most women who do hCG feels better at 125iu-175iu. There’s only a few I know that feels okay at 200iu and I haven’t heard of anyone doing it at 300iu.
Hope that helps!
Hi, my name is Jay. I’m gonna use the 1:1 ratio at 125ius per injection for gym training as I use testosterone for hormone replacement. Do I do my HCG injections daily and is there a preferred time of the day for the injection?
Thank you
Hi Jay!
This is Lucelle, Rayzel’s assistant. Nice to meet you! 🙂
The injection is usually done in the morning.
Hola! I live in Mexico, here we can buy de HCG without any medical prescription, I already bought it because I am starging the diet tomorrow, but it comes in 5000 IU with 1ml of mixing liquid, so I made numbers and to have 150 IU I need 3 units, but I am concerned that it is to concentrated and do not make the full effect. I am looking for empty vials of ml to mix it with 5ml of liquid, but I cannot find anyone available soon, what do you think? would it work well with that amount of mixing liquid? Thanks!! Sandra
Hi Sandra,
Yes, it will work! The mixing liquid is just to dilute the powder but no matter to how much solution you mix it with, the potency remains.
Li-an, Rayzel’s assistant
I have 100 ml unit syringe and want to inject 500 should I use 50 or 25. Thank You.
Hi Kenny,
100ml seems to be huge. Are you able to send a photo here?
Li-an, Rayzel’s assistant
Hey hcg chika I just started my 3rd round and I am feeling very weak and tired. I was injecting 175 iu’s then I lowered my dose to 125 iu’s and I still haven’t seen a difference in the way I feel. I am taking potassium and magnesium. I have no problems with hunger. And i am losing slowly weight. My question should i lower my dose to 100 iu’s????
Hi Maria,
This is Li-an, Rayzel’s assistant. Nice to meet you!
I don’t think you have to lower it to 100. The dosage calibration is for you to troubleshoot hunger. I do think that it is common to feel weak or tired during the beginning of the round but it shouldn’t last long. For sustained weakness, it could be because the blood sugar is off? You may need to eat small portions of your meals frequently.
Good luck!
I just mixed my HCG and some of the bacteriostatic leaked around the syringe…I ended up with only 4cc of mix…how will this affect my dosing?
Hi Linda,
Tthere is no issue with using 4ml of bac water to be mixed with hCG, actually. 🙂 It would only matter and be different as to how you find your dosage with the syringe. If you mix 4ml of bac water to 5000iu of hCG, that would mean EACH ml of the mixture will have 1,250iu’s of hCG in it. So if you’re dosage is 125iu for example: instead of the usual 12.5units you are drawing from the vial, you should only take 10 units to get that 125iu. (1250 divide it by 125 = 10)
5,000iu/4ml = 1250iu per ml
Dosage is as follows:
10 units= 125ius (.1 x 1250) 10 units would be .1 of a cc/ml
12.5 units = 156ius (or .125 on syringe)
15 units = 187ius (or .15 on syringe)
17 units = 212ius (or .17 on syringe)
Hope this helps!
Li-an, Rayzel’s assistant
I am still really hungry through out the day. Should I use a lower amount
Hey Deborah! I’m not sure because I don’t know all the details of your case, but I my best advice is just to try to compare what you’re experiencing with my detailed dosage post and make a decision from there: hcgchica.com/dosage.
I hope that helps! I know sometimes it can be really hard to figure things like this out! – Rayzel
Hi,
Quick question if I have 1ml insulin syringe, and my dosage is 1,000 IU (one Thousand IU) to which number I have to pull the Plunger ? Is it to 10 OR 100 ? Means till the end…
Hi Vince,
This is Cristel, Rayzel`s assistant. Nice to meet you! 🙂
t depends on how you mixed your hCG. If you mixed it 1:1 or 2:1. Rayzel’s blog post might be able to help you here: http://hcgchica.com/find-hcg-injection-dose-syringe/
May I ask what are you using this for? Is this for the hCG diet? Because if it is then that dose is really high. For hCG dosing, Rayzel has a very helpful blog post here: hcgchica.com/dosage
Hope that helps!
Cristel
Hi,
5ml mix with 5000 IU which is 1×1 ratio but the tutorial isn’t on 1ml syringe dosage.
Using it for Gym purposes
My mixing kit came with the 100 unit syringes, and hash marks are in increments of 10…I’ve having trouble figuring out where 125 or 150 ui would be on the syringes…help please! Thank you!!!
Hi Aubre!
It’s usually the 12.5 mark in your syringe for 125 iu or 15 for 150iu
Hope that helps!
Thank you so much! Kind of what I thought, but I started second-guessing myself. Thanks again!!!
I got a mix of 5ml with 5000 iu – I had to mix myself with the powder. I noticed that when I filled up the syringe to 5 ml there was still some liquid left in the bottle. Was I supposed to use all of the liquid?
Hey Barbara! Nope you just mix with the 5ml and either toss the rest or save it for mixing up another vial a little bit later.
My HCG says 1000 U/mL with 6ml multi dose vial. Im’ taking 15 units a day so I’m not sure how much that is? I’m pretty sure I’m taking too little.
Hi Krystal!
Do you know how your hCG was mixed? I’ll try to help.
Lucelle
I bought two rounds of hcg and I just went to mix the second batch – somehow I only ended up with 4000 of the liquid instead of 5000 – should I adjust how many MLs I inject? I was doing 20 . . .
This just happened to me last night. I’m thinking I need to use a smaller dose b/c (1) it should be more potent, and (2) I’ll run out early if I don’t. What did you do?
I have both Rely On needles that are 100ml and BD needles that are 40ml. The amount drawn to the 15 mark are VASTLY DIFFERENT. The Rely On is more than half the amount of the BD! I pulled water into both and squirted them into tiny cups and this confirmed my suspicion. I seem to get the correct results from the BD brand. Have you run into this? Or am I missing something in reading the markings? The Rely On are marked 10,20,30 so I have to estimate the 15 mark. That’s not rocket science. Thanks for your website. It has been very helpful!
I have a 1 ml syringe and am confused on how much would be equivalent to 150 iu’s..
what if you have a 100 ml unit syringe how do you calculate?