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Meptazinol

What the body does with Meptazinol, 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.

MeptazinoltakenExitThe drug is rapidly metabolized to the g

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

    The peak analgesic effect is seen within 30–60 minutes and lasts about 3–4 hours 1

  2. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    Half-life (1.4–4 hours) 1

  3. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    The drug is rapidly metabolized to the glucuronide, and mostly excreted in the urine 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Meptazinol, drug infobox (revision 1352778683), 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.