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Baclofen

What the body does with Baclofen, 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.

BaclofentakenExitKidney (70–80%)

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

    Well-absorbed 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    85% excreted in urine/faeces unchanged. 15% metabolised by deamination 1

  3. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    β-(p-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxybutyric acid (γ-hydroxybaclofen) 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    2.5–7 hours 1

  5. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Kidney (70–80%) 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Baclofen, drug infobox (revision 1377946330), 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.