Editorial standards
By James Li, Lead Editor · Updated · Reviewed
Quick answer
James Li edits the pages, and wherever a page talks about approval it points to Drugs@FDA or the product label rather than to a shop.
The unit rules do not change from page to page, since 1 mL is 100 units on a U-100 syringe and 1 mg is 1,000 mcg, and a wrong formula or a wrong approval sentence is corrected on the page when it is found.
Who writes PepCalc pages?
James Li edits the PepCalc pages, and the figures you see in the calculator come from the entries on that visit, which are the milligrams on the vial, the milliliters of water, and the syringe mark that follows.
Approval lines are kept separate from the math, so when a page mentions approval it points at Drugs@FDA or the product label rather than at a seller.
Which sources are allowed?
When a page states an approval, the source is Drugs@FDA or the label on DailyMed, and the unit math is the U-100 scale, where 100 units equal 1 milliliter so 1 unit is 0.01 mL.
Mass conversions use the standard prefix, where 1 milligram is 1,000 micrograms, and those two facts are the whole of the formula section.
How are corrections made?
A correction is a change to a wrong formula or a wrong approval statement, and James Li updates the page when that happens.
The calculator itself updates as you type, so a wrong entry is fixed by changing the number rather than by editing the page.
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Math pages only. Grouped by subject, not by a suggested use.