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Erythromycin

What the body does with Erythromycin, 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.

ErythromycintakenExitBile

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

    Depends on the ester type; between 30% and 65% 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver (under 5% excreted unchanged) 1

  3. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    1.5 hours 1

  4. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Bile 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Erythromycin, drug infobox (revision 1375637318), 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.