On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Terry Simpson asked: > Is it true that medicines in the US can have non-metric units on them such > as 'grains'?
The unit "grains" is extremely rare in US pharmacy, but not yet illegal. Almost all medications use mg or ml (or mL) these days. The load of propellant in shotgun and rifle ammunition still uses "grains" almost exclusively in the US. Is this also true in the UK? Gene.
