Tirzepatide on a vial: start from the label
Tirzepatide is the active ingredient in Mounjaro® and Zepbound®. Compounded tirzepatide comes in vials with the strength printed on the label in mg/mL. The same dose is a different number of units on a U-100 syringe at each strength, so pick the chart for the strength on your own vial.
Charts by vial strength
- Tirzepatide 5 mg/mL chart 10 units = 0.5 mg
- Tirzepatide 10 mg/mL chart 10 units = 1 mg
- Tirzepatide 15 mg/mL chart 10 units = 1.5 mg
- Tirzepatide 17 mg/mL chart 10 units = 1.7 mg
- Tirzepatide 20 mg/mL chart 10 units = 2 mg
- Tirzepatide 25 mg/mL chart 10 units = 2.5 mg
- Tirzepatide 30 mg/mL chart 10 units = 3 mg
Units for common doses
- How many units is 2.5 mg of tirzepatide? 25 units at 10 mg/mL
- How many units is 5 mg of tirzepatide? 50 units at 10 mg/mL
- How many units is 7.5 mg of tirzepatide? 75 units at 10 mg/mL
- How many units is 10 mg of tirzepatide? 100 units at 10 mg/mL
- How many units is 12.5 mg of tirzepatide? 83.3 units at 15 mg/mL
- How many units is 15 mg of tirzepatide? 100 units at 15 mg/mL