Caffeine calculator

Caffeine’s half-life averages about 5 hours in healthy adults but ranges from about 2 to 10 (longer in pregnancy and with some medicines).

An 8 oz brewed coffee has roughly 80 to 100 mg.

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Caffeine remaining87 mg
Hours until under 50 mg10 h
  • General information, not medical advice.

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How we worked it out

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  1. Remaining = dose × (1/2)^(hours ÷ half-life).

Method and assumptions

The FDA cites 400 mg a day as an amount not generally associated with negative effects for most healthy adults.

Questions

How much of 200 mg of caffeine is left after 6 hours?

About 87 mg with a 5-hour half-life.

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