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What is meant by elimination half-life?(a) Time take for half of the amount of drug to get completely eliminated from only the organs(b) Time take for half of the amount of drug to get completely eliminated from only blood(c) Time take for half of the amount of drug to get completely eliminated from only plasma(d) Time take for half of the amount of drug to get completely eliminated from the body as well as plasmaThis question was posed to me during an interview for a job.I'd like to ask this question from One & Two Compartment Open Model topic in division Compartment Modelling, Non Linear Pharmacokinetics, Bioavailability and Bioequivalence of Drug Biotechnology

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The correct ANSWER is (d) Time take for half of the amount of drug to get completely eliminated from the body as well as PLASMA

The EXPLANATION is: Also known as the BIOLOGICAL half-life. It is defined as the time taken for half amount of drug in the body and plasma concentration to decline by one-half of its initial value. It is expressed in hours or minutes. T-half = 0.693/KE.



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