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Gefitinib
What the body does with Gefitinib, 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.
GefitinibtakenExitFeces
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.
- doseabsorbed
Bioavailability
59% (oral) 1
- hoursbreakdown
Metabolism
Liver (mainly CYP3A4) 1
- half-lifehalf gone
Elimination half-life
6–49 hours 1
- exitleaves the body
Excretion
Feces 1
Source
- Wikipedia, Gefitinib, drug infobox (revision 1372172128), 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.