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Old 13-10-2005, 19:12
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half-life??

what exactly is a drug's half-life? common sense tells me its the time the drug stays in your system (plasma blood levels and shit), but then, why called half-life?
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a drug's half-life is the time required for half the amount of the drug to be eliminated from the body.</font>
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