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Ranitidine

What the body does with Ranitidine, 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.

RanitidinetakenExit30–70% kidney

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

    55–65 minutes (150 mg dose); 55–115 minutes (75 mg dose) 1

  2. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    50% (by mouth) 1

  3. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver: FMOs, including FMO3; other enzymes 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    2–3 hours 1

  5. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    30–70% kidney 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Ranitidine, drug infobox (revision 1375228960), 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.