A 79 kg man is admitted to hospital following a suspected overdose of drug G. When he is admitted to hospital on the 3rd October at 23:00 his plasma concentration of drug G is 12 mg/mL. Given that the half-life (t½) of drug G is 10.5 hours. What would you expect his plasma concentration of drug G to be at 17:00 on the 5th October? Give the answer in microg/ml. (You may assume that the distribution is complete and the elimination is described by a 1storder
A 79 kg man is admitted to hospital following a suspected overdose of drug G. When he is admitted to hospital on the 3rd October at 23:00 his plasma concentration of drug G is 12 mg/mL. Given that the half-life (t½) of drug G is 10.5 hours. What would you expect his plasma concentration of drug G to be at 17:00 on the 5th October? Give the answer in microg/ml. (You may assume that the distribution is complete and the elimination is described by a 1storder
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A 79 kg man is admitted to hospital following a suspected overdose of drug G. When he is admitted to hospital on the 3rd October at 23:00 his plasma concentration of drug G is 12 mg/mL. Given that the half-life (t½) of drug G is 10.5 hours. What would you expect his plasma concentration of drug G to be at 17:00 on the 5th October? Give the answer in microg/ml. (You may assume that the distribution is complete and the elimination is described by a 1storder process.)
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