Question

A drug has a half-life of 6 hours. if a dose is given every 6 hours, a steady state drug level would usually be achieved in:_____.

Answer 1

In general, it takes approximately five half-lives for a drug to reach steady-state concentration. Given that the drug in question has a half-life of 6 hours, the steady state would typically be achieved in 30 hours (6 hours multiplied by 5).

that is 30 hours