The Amount of Time Required for 50 Percent of the Drug

question 5

Multiple Choice

The amount of time required for 50 percent of the drug remaining in the body to be eliminated is known as the

• A) median effective dose
• B) median toxic dose
• C) median efficacy
• D) median threshold dose
• E) half-life

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