How many units is 2.4 mg of semaglutide?
It depends on exactly one thing: the concentration printed on your vial. Here it is
at the 4 strengths compounded semaglutide usually comes in, and drawn on the barrel.
At 1 mg/mL, 2.4 mg is 240 units — more than one syringe holds. At 2.5 mg/mL, 2.4 mg is 96 units (0.96 mL). At 5 mg/mL, 2.4 mg is 48 units (0.48 mL). At 10 mg/mL, 2.4 mg is 24 units (0.24 mL).
What that looks like on the barrel
240 units — more than one syringe holds. 2.4 mL: that's two draws, or a stronger vial.
1 mg/mL → 240 units
2.5 mg/mL → 96 units on a 100-unit syringe
5 mg/mL → 48 units on a 50-unit syringe
10 mg/mL → 24 units on a 30-unit syringe
About this dose
Week 17+. The top of the Wegovy ladder. 96 units at 2.5 mg/mL — nearly the whole barrel, and the
reason 2.5 mg/mL is the last concentration that carries the entire schedule in one syringe. 48 units
at 5 mg/mL, 24 at 10 mg/mL; by this stage a small volume is not a problem.
Check it yourself
The whole sum is units = dose ÷ concentration × 100. For this dose at
2.5 mg/mL: 2.4 ÷ 2.5 × 100 = 96. If your
vial isn't marked in mg/mL, the concentration is the vial's total milligrams divided by the water
that went in — a 5 mg vial with 2 mL of water is 2.5 mg/mL.
Not one of those concentrations?
Common setups: