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If a compound has a half life of 48 hours and a dosage of 75mg is taken every 2 days, what is total amount of the compou...

If a compound has a half life of 48 hours and a dosage of 75mg is taken every 2 days, what is total amount of the compound will remain after 2 weeks? 4 weeks?

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Half life of a drug refers to when the concentration of the becomes half of the given dose.

Here the half life of the drug is 48 hours and the concentration of the medicine will be 37.2 mg(38mg)

By 14th day it will be fully eliminated ( second week)

The total amount will be remaining after two weeks is nil

The dose 525 mg for half life at 2weeks is 98 hours

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