Showing posts with label Plasma half life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plasma half life. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

What is plasma half life? What are the importance of plasma half life?

Plasma half life:
It is the time by which plasma concentration of a drug reduced to it's half.

Importance:
  • Plasma half life gives idea about
    • Duration of action of drug
    • Amount of drug to be administered
    • Frequency of administration
  • Useful in estimating the time to steady state.
  • Useful in estimating time required for drug removal from the body.
  • Useful in estimation for appropriate dosing interval.