Tirzepatide at 10 mg/mL: the schedule in units
If the label says 10 mg / 1 mL, 20 mg / 2 mL, 30 mg / 3 mL, 50 mg / 5 mL
— it's 10 mg/mL. Read down. Every step of the standard tirzepatide ladder, as units on a U-100
insulin syringe.
The most common label. 10 mg / 1 mL, 20 mg / 2 mL, 30 mg / 3 mL and 50 mg / 5 mL are all
10 mg/mL. Every dose is a round number of units — 25, 50, 75, 100 — which is why people like it,
and it runs out of barrel exactly at 10 mg. Past that it's two injections, or a 20 mg/mL vial.
This vial stops at 10 mg. Above that, one dose is more than 100 units — more than
one syringe holds. That's two injections per dose, or a stronger vial. Worth raising with the
pharmacy at the step before you get there.
Each step on the barrel
2.5 mg → 25 units on a 30-unit syringe
5 mg → 50 units on a 50-unit syringe
7.5 mg → 75 units on a 100-unit syringe
10 mg → 100 units on a 100-unit syringe
125 units — more than one syringe holds. 1.25 mL: that's two draws, or a stronger vial.
12.5 mg → 125 units
150 units — more than one syringe holds. 1.5 mL: that's two draws, or a stronger vial.
15 mg → 150 units
In-between doses at 10 mg/mL
Not on any label. They exist because vials make them possible, and they only make sense if a
prescriber put you there deliberately — usually because a full step up was too much at once.
Your dose isn't on the list
Common setups: