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Vecuronium bromide

What the body does with Vecuronium bromide, 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.

Vecuronium bromidetakenExitFecal (40–75%) and kidney (30% as unchan

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 min 1

  2. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    100% (IV) 1

  3. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    liver 30% 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    51–80 minutes (longer with kidney failure) 1

  5. durationeffects

    Duration of action

    15–30 min 1

  6. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Fecal (40–75%) and kidney (30% as unchanged drug and metabolites) 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Vecuronium bromide, drug infobox (revision 1338335222), 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.