But a related WebMd article, "Caffeine Shockers," shows the challenge of staying with the limits by noting that caffeine is found in energy drinks, sodas and "even gum," as well as coffee-flavored frozen yogurt and ice cream and some medications — 56 to 120 milligrams for a standard dose of over-the-counter pain relievers and up to 200 milligrams in weight control aids.
Which, as it happens, is close to what's seen by ecstasy researchers as the "acceptable" dose (70 to 75 milligrams) for an average-sized adult during one drug-taking session.
Writing at Discover Magazine, marine biologist Christie Wilcox explains: "Milligram-for-milligram, tetrodotoxin is 120,000 times as deadly as cocaine, 40,000 times as deadly as meth, and more than 50 million times as deadly as THC.
Good cholesterol rises about a milligram for every four or five miles covered each week.
Addicts have been paying about $1 a milligram for the drug.
Following reevaluation for inclusion/exclusion criteria, patients were then randomized to remain on their current tacrolimus preparation or to switch to the alternative formulation on a milligram for milligram basis.
When the advantages of a method are lost, only its comparative harms remain: continuous infusion may have a stronger diuretic effect than bolus infusion (milligram for milligram) [ 2] and the continuous infusion group in this study seemed overtreated, resulting in renal dysfunction that is associated with poor outcomes [ 3].
The king cobra's venom is not, ounce for ounce (or milligram for milligram, as the professionals would measure it), the most potent.
The going rate is a dollar a milligram, or $40 for a 40-milligram pill.
Ultimately the F.D.A. approved a 3.5 milligram pill for men, and a 1.75 milligram pill for women.
