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Ergonovine

What the body does with Ergonovine, 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.

ErgonovinetakenExitBile duct

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. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver (partly CYP3A4) 1

  2. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    2-phase (10 min; 2 hrs) 1

  3. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Bile duct 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Ergonovine, drug infobox (revision 1366973285), 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.