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Armodafinil

What the body does with Armodafinil, 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.

ArmodafiniltakenExitUnknown (but modafinil is excreted 80% i

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. 0 → onsetdose

    Onset

    1.5–6.5 h (range 0.5–11 h) (peak) 1

  2. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    Unknown (due to poor aqueous solubility; but modafinil is 40–65% based on urinary excretion) 1

  3. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver, including CYP3A4 and other enzymes (hydrolytic amidation, sulfoxidation, aromatic ring hydroxylation, and glucuronide conjugation) 1

  4. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    Armodafinil acid; Modafinil sulfone 1

  5. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    10–17 hours 1

  6. durationeffects

    Duration of action

    Up to 13.5 hours 1

  7. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Unknown (but modafinil is excreted 80% in urine and 1.0% in feces) 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Armodafinil, drug infobox (revision 1370773396), 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.