Periodic doses Suppose that you take 200 mg of an

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Periodic doses Suppose that you take 200 mg of an antibiotic every 6 hr. The half-life of the drug is 6 hr (the time it takes for half of the drug to be eliminated from your blood). If you continue this regimen indefinitely, what is the long-term (steady-state) amount of antibiotic in your blood?

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Periodic doses Suppose that you take 200 mg of an antibiotic every 6 hr. The half-life of the drug is 6 hr (the time it takes for half of the drug to be eliminated from your blood). If you continue this regimen indefinitely, what is the long-term (steady-state) amount of antibiotic in your blood?

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Solution:-Step1Given thatLet An be the antibiotic taken every nth hrs, where = 200mg. The half-life of the drug is 6 hr (the time it takes for hall of the drug to be eliminated from your blood). Step2To findIf you

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