>>>Hi,
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>>>I had a friendly argument with a friend about weight of pills. I say that a 1mg pill actually weights 1mg. And a 100mg pill weights 100mg. And the size of the pill (where we see that a 100mg pill is not 100 times larger than 1mg) is simply the function of weight and density. He says that the weight of the pill written on the label is not the actual weight but "something else." Who is right? I wish I had a small scale to actually weight a pill. Or if know of an online reference about this, please let me know.
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>>The "something else" is the weight of the active ingredient in the pill.
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>Still your reply (and I thank you for it) does not answer the question. Let me put it this way: if I had a small scale used by cooks or pharmacists, and I try to weigh a pill that says 1mg (on the bottle) would the scale show 1mg or more or less? The same, for 100mg?

Much more. Probably 500mg or so. The rest is filler. You can't possibly handle anything sized 1mg, it may just dissolve on your finger, or fly away at slightest draft. Even at 50mg you don't have a sense that it's actually in your hand, it's too light to sense (which I know from experience, when I was using a tiny scale to measure ingredients in my kitchen photo lab).

I think the most common filler in use is talc or some sugars. I may also have some sugar coating, or fake raspberry or whatever they use to cover the taste.