Melanotan II dosing chart (mg to units)
Melanotan II has a one-hour half-life input in PinPoint and a 10 mg vial documented by a supplier catalog. The app groups it with peptides, marks its research status as Research use only, and identifies the tracking model as low confidence.
Vial concentration
Water mL is treated as final solution mL in these columns.
| Vial contents | 1 mL water | 2 mL water | 3 mL water |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 mg | 10 mg/mL10 U-100 units per mg | 5 mg/mL20 U-100 units per mg | 3.3333 mg/mL30 U-100 units per mg |
Vial source: PinPoint/Data/CompoundLibrary.swift, line 729, the Melanotan II entry. One documented amount is available.
Amount to units
Example amounts (arithmetic only, not doses).
| Amount (mg) | 10 mg + 1 mL | 10 mg + 2 mL | 10 mg + 3 mL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 mg | 2 units | 4 units | 6 units |
| 0.5 mg | 5 units | 10 units | 15 units |
| 1 mg | 10 units | 20 units | 30 units |
| 2 mg | 20 units | 40 units | 60 units |
| 5 mg | 50 units | 100 units | 150 unitsover one syringe |
Cited amounts
No cited amount is listed for Melanotan II; the amount table contains arithmetic examples only.
How to read this chart
Find the concentration column. Divide the amount by that concentration. Multiply the mL value by 100 for U-100 units. Match the amount units before dividing.
units = amount ÷ (vial mg ÷ water mL) × 100
Amount and volume
One mg equals 1,000 mcg; 100 U-100 units equals 1 mL. Concentration connects amount to volume. Read the full conversion guide.
A limited human reference with extrapolated inputs
The Melanotan II description notes that public human literature exists while treating the tracking parameters as extrapolated from related melanocortin literature. Its source type is a peer-reviewed reference. That combination explains the two separate labels on the entry: a research-use classification and a low-confidence pharmacokinetic model. Neither is erased by presenting decimal values in a calculator. The concentration table only needs the package amount and liquid volume; the richer profile explains where the app's separate time-based estimate gets its context.
A short curve within a longer calendar interval
Melanotan II's base parameters are a one-hour elimination half-life, a 0.5-hour peak-time input, and bioavailability of 0.75. Half an hour is 30 minutes, and the coefficient corresponds to 75%. PinPoint lists Once daily and Every other day as frequency metadata. Both calendar intervals are much wider than the record's hourly reference. In a log, individual event times locate that short modeled shape within each day instead of spreading it evenly across the entire gap between entries.
Preserving the form and route in a saved entry
The library records Melanotan II as a compounded vial with subcutaneous as its route and mg as its amount unit. A syringe value such as 20 units does not carry all of that information: at one concentration it can represent 1 mg, while at another it represents 2 mg. Recording the compound amount alongside the associated concentration keeps those two cases distinct. The route and time then add the context needed for the app's modeled timeline, which is a different view from the vial arithmetic.
The five portions of a 10 mg vial
The supplier-catalog amount generates rows of 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, and 5 mg for Melanotan II. At a final volume of 1 mL, a 2 mg portion corresponds to 20 U-100 units. At 2 mL, the same portion corresponds to 40 units because concentration has fallen from 10 to 5 mg per mL. The table makes that doubling visible without changing the amount label. All five rows stay at or below one half of the documented vial contents, even when the calculated liquid volume exceeds 1 mL.
Questions about the conversion
What concentration is Melanotan II at 10 mg in 1 mL?
10 mg divided by 1 mL is 10 mg per mL. That volume spans 100 U-100 syringe units.
How does 2 mL change the concentration of this Melanotan II vial?
10 mg divided by 2 mL is 5 mg per mL, half the concentration in the 1 mL column.
What does the 3 mL column mean for Melanotan II?
10 mg divided by 3 mL is approximately 3.3333 mg per mL. The full 3 mL volume corresponds to 300 U-100 units.
How many units is 1 mg of Melanotan II from this vial in 2 mL?
1 mg divided by 5 mg per mL is 0.2 mL, or 20 U-100 units.
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