Hi,
When you start taking medication to boost your mood, it takes a while before it kicks in.
It basically has to reach a certain level in your system before it starts working. I’m not sure how to describe it and I don’t even know if ‘level’ is the right word.
In my native language we’d just say that the medication needs to establish a certain level before it starts having any effect, but I have doubts about whether it makes sense in English.
What do you think?
Thank you.
level is OK. Or you could say concentration . It has to reach a certain concentration .
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level is OK. Or you could say concentration. It has to reach a certain concentration.
CJ
This is a characteristic of certain medications: they don't work immediately on you. You'd say, for example, something like:
It typically takes ______ weeks for this drug to take effect.
It typically takes ______ weeks for you to feel the effects of this drug.
Scientists have established, by experiment, certain dosages for the safety and effectiveness of these dru