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Calcitonin
Also called Salmon calcitonin, Miacalcin, Fortical
per administration
A human trial worked out how much to take and how often, so a dosing schedule is shown.
Licensed as a medicine in the US and EU.
Work out your draw
These numbers are a starting point — change any of them.
- Concentration
- 0.67mg/mL
- Volume per draw
- 0.01mL
- Units to dial
- 1
- Doses per cartridge
- 300
Requested 0.012 mL
Requested 1.2
1.2 units is between clicks. The nearest setting is 1, which delivers 6.7 mcg instead of 8 mcg.
Vial label
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Published research contexts for Calcitonin describe 8–17 mcg per administration. Descriptive only, not a recommendation.
Roughly an hour for salmon calcitonin after a subcutaneous dose; published estimates vary.
Salmon calcitonin, a 32-amino-acid peptide hormone, licensed as a medicine in the US and EU and supplied both as a subcutaneous or intramuscular injection and as a nasal spray. Dosing is written conventionally in international units — about 50–100 IU (roughly 8–17 mcg by mass) per subcutaneous dose. The schedule below is the injectable route; the nasal form uses a different amount, about 200 IU per day.
Dosing schedule
How Calcitonin is commonly stepped up, for reference only.
These are commonly-discussed research protocols shared for educational reference. This is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from a qualified professional.
| Phase | Amount | Frequency | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Injectable routeMeasured in international units; the nasal spray uses about 200 IU per day instead. | 50–100 IU (about 8–17 mcg) | Once daily or every other day | SubQ |
Modelled level — every day
1× is the peak after a single dose.
- Steady-state peak
- 1.00× single dose
- Time to steady state
- 5hours
- Administrations
- 7/ week
Read off the modelled curve, not an even-interval formula
About five half-lives
Where these numbers come from
- Salmon calcitonin injectable (Miacalcin) — licensed scheduleCarries a marketing authorization in the US and EU; the injectable schedule is about 50–100 IU (roughly 8–17 mcg) given subcutaneously, dosed in international units.
- Chesnut CH et al., Am J Med 2000;109:267 (PROOF)A five-year randomized study of salmon calcitonin with fracture endpoints; it used the intranasal 200 IU spray, so it shares the molecule but not the subcutaneous route shown here.