Posted by mav27 on December 15, 2008, at 7:33:11
In reply to Re: Seroquel - 6 hr. half life?, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on December 14, 2008, at 1:21:57
That isn't how things work. After 6 hours half is gone so you have 50mg... that 50mg then goes through the 6 hour half life so after 12 hours you will have 25mg left in your body and so on. On average it takes about 5 times the half life for a drug to completely leave the body.
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> mmmm here some info: If you take 100mg, in 6 hours half wears off, that 50mg, then another 6 hours, then it's out. It takes offically 12 hours to get out of the system. Some idiot online put 6, made it confusing, so i researched it more. Got some awnsers. That's why i do not ever take 100mg at night, because i can't "wake up" in the morning, take it at 11:00pm lasts till 11:00am, then i'm happy it's out. That's what you call a "mood darkner".
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> I hate it when they put "half-life", it's confusing.
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> Maybe "Duration", sounds alot more "understandable".
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> Say you take 25mg...6 hours 14.5mg, after another 6 hours, its out. All you do is mathimatically caluculate it.
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> rj
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