It's called a "loading dose" and it's a common trick in medication dosing. If your drug has an elimination half-life of 1 day, then it takes about 4 days to re

It's called a "loading dose" and it's a common trick in medication dosing. If your drug has an elimination half-life of 1 day, then it takes about 4 days to reach the steady-state concentration if you take normal doses. With the loading dose, you immediately reach it.