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Amlodipine

What the body does with Amlodipine, from the dose to the exit, as its Wikipedia drug infobox records it.

Quoted from the Wikipedia infobox, not yet written up by hand. The order is the usual order of events, not a measured schedule.

AmlodipinetakenExitUrine

The clock, on a log scale

Each bar runs from the dose to about five half-lives, roughly when 97% of that molecule has been converted or cleared. The scale is logarithmic so minutes and days fit on one line.

  1. 0 → onsetdose

    Onset

    Highest availability 6–12 hours after oral dose 1

  2. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    64–90% 1

  3. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver 1

  4. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    Various inactive pyrimidine metabolites 1

  5. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    30–50 hours 1

  6. durationeffects

    Duration of action

    At least 24 hours 1

  7. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Urine 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Amlodipine, drug infobox (revision 1368611723), CC BY-SA 4.0. Values quoted as they appear, with wiki markup removed.

Half-lives vary between people, doses and routes. This page explains what the body does with a drug. It is not dosing advice.