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short-acting

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short-acting
adj
(Medicine / Pharmacology) (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted Compare intermediate-acting, long-acting


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For example, some are long-acting (lasting up to a whole day), some are short-acting (lasting up to eight hours), and some are rapid-acting (which work quickly, but do not last very long).
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