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A microgram is a metric unit of mass that is equal to one thousandth of a milligram (mg). In other words, a microgram is one thousand times smaller than a milligram. Micrograms are a million times smaller than grams (g); one gram is equal to one million micrograms. A microgram is one of the smallest units of mass that is used. Many medications are prescribed using micrograms as their unit of measurement.
Perhaps the most confusing of the vitamin measurement units, the International Unit, or IU, is used by many supplement manufacturers as a standard measurement for vitamin recommendations. microgram -- mcg -- is an extremely small unit of measurement equal to one-millionth of 1 g or one-thousandth of 1 mg. For example, the average adult needs 15 mcg of vitamin D daily. This is equal to 0.015 mg and 0.000015 g.