and you take them one everey half an hour. How long will the dose last? I do not mean what kind of pills, nor the effect in the body, not the name of the pills. That is not the question. The type of medication is not the matter, either. Could be, drops, ointment, IV, injection, etc. Is this clear?
2006-12-15 04:08:08 · 16 answers · asked by Potitin 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Since all drugs leave our system at different rates, this is an impossible question to answer without more information. Is this clear?
2006-12-15 04:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica T 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you are trying to ask how long a prescription of 3 pills will last if the instructions say to take one every 30 minutes the answer is one hour. Say you start taking the medication at noon-1 pill. 12:30- 2nd pill. 1:00- 3rd and last pill.
If you are asking how long each pill will last in your system, it is impossible to answer since every medication is absorbed at different speeds depending on conditions. So without more info that version of the question is impossible to answer.
Now if I were to give an answer based on the info given I would GUESS that each dose would only last around 30 minutes. But this is just a best guess with the limited info given.
2006-12-15 04:21:03 · answer #2 · answered by Amy R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a math question or a pharmacology question? That is NOT clear. I've never heard of anyone taking only three pills but half hour apart for anything. Sometimes patients are given a large dose of Azithromycin at the same time for Chlamydia, which is a sexually transmitted disease but should not have affected you brain function like this.
2006-12-15 04:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by john m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's impossible to answer since the half life of all pills/injections/drops/IV/whatever are different and the effects on the body are different. Just because the medicine has been metabolized doesn't mean the effect on the body has changed.
2006-12-15 04:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by sovereign_carrie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
one hour...you take one when you get them, at say 12:00...then one at 12:30....then one at 1:00...but you should really ask this way:
If the doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour, how long until you have no pills?
It's not really about how long the dose last, but how long the PILLS last...
2006-12-15 04:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by rdnck_grl_ms_007 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take the first one now at 11:00 then your next one would be at 11:30, then at noon for the last one. so, the answer is An hour!
2006-12-15 04:16:22 · answer #6 · answered by Amyboo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crushing a pill isn't going to make it easier to take, and it will destroy the time release. Instead of swallowing one pill you want to swallow tons of disgusting powder? It would give you a "jolt" of tylenol to your system.. but increasing the dosage of tylenol doesn't do much for its pain relieving power. I doubt it would be dangerous, but its far from practical. If you can't swallow the extended release, then take regular ones more often instead.
2016-05-24 20:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dose will last 1 hour, if you take one when you get them and then one every half hour after that.
2006-12-15 04:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by Southern Ontario Fella 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You'll be out of pills in an hour and a half
2006-12-15 04:10:16 · answer #9 · answered by blue_eyed_sparkler 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It does depend on what the medication is. It determines the absorption rate and how long the dose will last.
2006-12-15 04:11:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋