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Pharmacological International Unit #36

Closed yunruse closed 1 year ago

yunruse commented 1 year ago

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In pharmacology, it seems the International Unit is used in measuring the effective mass of a substance by biological activity.

Units

These may be per medication, so it may be inadvisable to implement this for all but internationally-defined IUs. I don't really want to have to give medical disclaimers on my calculator, lol.

yunruse commented 1 year ago

For example, the NHS says that 1 IU of vitamin D is 40 nanograms. Whether this is shared worldwide needs further investigation.

yunruse commented 1 year ago

I must have lost this issue while typing it in transit but I believe it best that this is not handled explicitly (no medical advice!!) but instead as something similar to a PercentageUnit. Either way, pretty inconsequential.