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Cyproterone acetate

What the body does with Cyproterone acetate, 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.

Cyproterone acetatetakenCyproteronemetaboliteAcetic acidmetaboliteExitFeces: 70%; Urine: 30%

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

    Oral: 68–100% 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Hepatic (CYP3A4) 1

  3. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    15β-OH-CPA (major); Cyproterone (minor); Acetic acid (minor) 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    Oral: 1.6–4.3 days; IM: 3–4.3 days 1

  5. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Feces: 70%; Urine: 30% 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Cyproterone acetate, drug infobox (revision 1376024299), 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.