The relative strength of popular substances

We define the "strength" of a medicinal pellet as the number of moles of an active ingredient in a single pellet. A popular ibuprofen 200 mg pellet with a strength of ⚠ $9.7\times10^{-4}$ mol of C13H18O2 is chosen as a reference. An example of per-mol dilution strength calculation for Boiron 0.443mg pellet of Lakhesis Muta Venom., Boiron 0.443 mg::

  • ⚠ $ 0.443 \times 10^{-3} g /(13976 g/mol) \approx 0.443\times10^{-3}/(1.4\times10^{4}) \approx 3 \times 10^{-8}$ mol, with the relative strength to an ibuprofen pellet of ⚠ $3\times10^{-8}/9.7\times10^{-4} = 3.2\times10^{-5}$.

For the reference, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(mass)#nanogram", the mass of one human cell is 1ng or ⚠ $10^{-9}$g , and thus a 100kg person would have ⚠ $10^{14}$ cells.

Medicine

Active Substance (AS)

AS mass per pellet, MP (g)

AS molecular mass, M (g/mol)

Estimated Dilution, or De==MP/M (mol)

Claimed Dilution, or Dc

The De/Dc ratio

Ibuprofen Strenghth Index (De/De_ibpf)

Ibuprofen 200mg

C13H18O2

0.200

206

⚠ $9.7\times10^{-4} ~= 10^{-3} ~= 3D$

3D

1

1

Tylenol 500mg

Acetaminophen, C8H9NO2

0.500

151

⚠ $3.3\times10^{-3} ~= 10^{-3} ~= 3D$

3D

1

3.4

Immunotheraphy

Nivolumab, 1mg/kg daily

⚠ $C_{6362}H_{9862}N_{1712}O_{1995}S_{42}$

0.100

143597

⚠ $0.7 \times 10^{-6}$ ~> 6D

6D

1

0.7x10-3

Toxins

Potassium cyanide, 200-300 mg lethal

KCN

0.300

65

⚠ $4.6 \times 10^{-3}$ ~> 2D

2D-3D

1

4.6

Atropa belladonna, 100mg+ lethal

C17H23NO3

0.100

289

⚠ $3.5 \times 10^{-4}$, ~4D

3D-4D

1

0.35

Lalhesis muta LD50

Lakhesis Muta Venom

0.593 (IP for 100kg mammal)

13976

⚠ $4.2\times10^{-5}, ~ 5D$

⚠ $5D$

5D

⚠ $0.042$

Snake venomes

Neurotoxines+

LD50 ⚠ $~= 1.4x10^{-5} - 10$ g/100kg

15000-150000

⚠ $10^{-3} - 10^{-10}$, 3D-10D

xxx

1

⚠ $1 -10^{-7}$

Botulinum toxin

C6760H10447N1743O2010S32

LD50 ~= 1000 ng/kg ~ 1 mg /adult

149323

⚠ $ 7 \times 10^{-9} $, ~8D

8D

1

⚠ $7\times10^{-6}$

Dysport@, FDA approved

BoNT/A

3.24 * 10^{-9} (per 500 unit vial of Dysport®)

150000

⚠ $ 2.1 \times 10^{-14} $, 14D

7C

1

⚠ $2.1\times10^{-11}$

Homeophathy

Kali phos, 3x

KH2PO4, K2HPO4,K3PO4

unknown

136-212

10^{-3} mol

3D

unknown

<1

Argentum metallicum 6C

Ar-47 metal

< ⚠ $10^{-15}$ g

107.8

⚠ $10^{-17}$ mol, 17D

12D

⚠ $10^{-5}$

<⚠ $10^{-14}$

Boiron 0.443mg

Lakhesis Muta Venom

0.000443

13976

⚠ $3.2\times10^{-8} =~ 8D=4C$

⚠ $6C== 10^{-12}$

⚠ $3.2\times10^{4}$

⚠ $3.2\times10^{-5}$

Лахезис мутус (Лахезис), Гомеофарм

Lakhesis Muta Venom

Unknown

13976

Minimal De range ⚠ $10^{-12} - 10^{-2000}$ mol

6C-1000C(!)

Unknown

Maximum pellet strength range ⚠ $10^{-9} - 10^{-1997} $

Belladonna 12X HPUS*

C17H23NO3

⚠ $1\times10^{-9} - 1100 \times10^{-9}$

289

⚠ $3.4\times10^{-12} - 3.8\times10^{-9}$ mol

12D-9D

Unknown

⚠ $3.4\times10^{-9} - 3.8\times10^{-6}$

Medicine's labels used for calculations:

Selected studies of Lachesis venom


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