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Ampicillin

What the body does with Ampicillin, 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.

AmpicillintakenExit75 to 85% kidney

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. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    62% ±17% (parenteral); < 30–55% (oral) 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    12 to 50% 1

  3. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    Penicilloic acid 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    Approx. 1 hour 1

  5. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    75 to 85% kidney 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Ampicillin, drug infobox (revision 1364413005), 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.