The patient is a 6-year-old child who is taking 125 mg of amoxicillin every 6 hours. Assuming that the half-life of Amoxicillin is 3 hours, how much Amoxicillin would be in the child's body at the time of the next administration of the drug?
A) 62.5 mg
B) 46.875 mg
C) 31.25 mg
D) 15.625 mg
C
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The half-life of a drug is the time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease to 1 half the peak level it previously achieved. Option A would occur at 3 hours after the original dose of amoxicillin. Option B would occur 4 1/2 hours after the original dose. Option C would occur at 6 hours after the original dose. Option D would occur at 7 1/2 hours after the original dose.
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