Bicalutamide
What the body does with Bicalutamide, 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.
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.
- 0 → onsetdose
Onset
Unknown --> 1
- doseabsorbed
Bioavailability
Well-absorbed; absolute bioavailability unknown 1
- hoursbreakdown
Metabolism
Liver (extensively): Hydroxylation (CYP3A4); Glucuronidation (UGT1A9) 1
- hoursmade from it
Metabolites
Bicalutamide glucuronide; Hydroxybicalutamide; Hydroxybicalutamide gluc.; (All inactive) <!-- 1
- half-lifehalf gone
Elimination half-life
Single-dose: 5.8 days; Continuous: 7–10 days <!-- 1
- durationeffects
Duration of action
Unknown --> 1
- exitleaves the body
Excretion
Feces: 43%; Urine: 34% 1
Source
- Wikipedia, Bicalutamide, drug infobox (revision 1377539485), 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.