Table 1.

Table indicating the relationship of half-times to the amount of drug eliminated from the plasma. Five half-times are required to eliminate 97% of the drug

Number of half-times	Fraction of initial amount remaining	Percent of initial amount eliminated (%)
0	1	0
1	1/2	50
2	1/4	75
3	1/8	88
4	1/16	94
5	1/32	97
6	1/64	98