Posted by AffectsHer on February 5, 2003, at 10:14:16
In reply to what does half-life mean?, posted by babs on February 5, 2003, at 2:24:43
Hey Babs, a half life is the term used when the drug has reached peak effectiveness and then starts to leave your system... Half lives are usually very important when going off any drugs for any reason, surgery,, switching to a new drug etc... Sometimes it's also good to know the half life to determine peak effect if you're having nasty side effects (eg. if having insomnia problems, take the drug earlier in the day so it will have a chance to get a bit more out of your system before sleep time.)
Does that help?
In terms of your latter question (original?) that's hard to say as the drug needs to flush out at a certain rate, specific to the drug...my math is quite poor and I'm not familiar with what you are on so a doctor or maybe another site might be able to help you.
Cheers,
K.
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