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Estradiol valerate

What the body does with Estradiol valerate, 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.

Estradiol valeratetakenEstradiolmetaboliteExitUrine (80%)

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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.

  1. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    Oral: 3–5%; IM injection: 100% 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Cleavage via esterases in the liver, blood, and tissues 1

  3. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    Estradiol, valeric acid, and metabolites of estradiol 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    Oral: 12–20 hours (as E2); IM injection: 3.5 (1.2–7.2) days 1

  5. durationeffects

    Duration of action

    IM injection: 5 mg: 7–8 days; 10 mg: 10–14 days; 40 mg: 2–3 weeks; 100 mg: 3–4 weeks 1

  6. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Urine (80%) 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Estradiol valerate, drug infobox (revision 1371910144), 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.