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after the injection will be the highest
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and concentration will drop over time.
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For many drugs the way that they're eliminated
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from the body does result in first-order elimination like this,
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so you see this pattern.
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Now,another useful parameter to describe here is that--
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is what's called the half-life.
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How long do drugs remain in the body,
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what's the time course of that.
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The half-life is defined as the time that it takes
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for drug concentration to
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drop from one value to half of that value.