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Understanding and Predicting Medication Duration in the Human Body

The use of half-life as a metric to determine how long a medication stays in the system can be imprecise. It is unclear why half-life, representing the time for 50% of the medication to be eliminated, is preferred over measuring the time for 100% elimination. This creates uncertainty in pharmacology and can impact treatment efficacy and safety.

Science, Medicine, Pharmacology