What is mean when a medication has a half-life?

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What is mean when a medication has a half-life?

2006-09-19 09:42:13 · 2 answers · asked by sweet pea 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health

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The active ingredient in the medicine degrades over time. A half-life is defined as the point when the active ingredient has degraded to half its effective strength.

2006-09-19 09:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by Lt Col W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The time it will take for half of the medicine to devolve into something else.

2006-09-19 16:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋