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Capecitabine
What the body does with Capecitabine, 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.
CapecitabinetakenExitkidney (95.5%), faecal (2.6%)
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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.
- doseabsorbed
Bioavailability
Extensive 1
- hoursbreakdown
Metabolism
liver, to 5'-DFCR, 5'-DFUR (inactive); neoplastic tissue, 5'-DFUR to active fluorouracil 1
- half-lifehalf gone
Elimination half-life
38–45 minutes 1
- exitleaves the body
Excretion
kidney (95.5%), faecal (2.6%) 1
Source
- Wikipedia, Capecitabine, drug infobox (revision 1360414026), 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.