27Jun/112
How long does it take for a medication to leave your system?
My boyfriend is on risperidone (anti-psychotic, to mostly help him sleep) and citalopram (anti depressant). He needs to come off these medications just to join the national guard, and wants to know how long it will take for them to leave your system. We will be calling his doctor tomorrow, but we were just wondering for now.
June 27th, 2011 - 22:33
Look up the "half-life" of a medication in the summaries given on them by wikipedia in a Yahoo! web search. The half life is the time necessary to clear one half the dose from the blood and for one half the remaining level to clear etc. The half life for Risperidone is 3-20 hours. The half life for Citalopram is 35 hours.
Risperidone is an anti-psychotic; If he has a psychosis he should tell them and then I doubt he’ll pass. You should not stop taking an anti-psychotic!
June 27th, 2011 - 22:33
Not sure, but here’s some info that you and him might want to know (…I google ALOT about health info :)
PS: you can google ANY of this info I’m about to give you, and I’m sure you’ll find more info about it to see for yourself!
first of all, all medication depletes (takes away) nutrition… and certain nutritional deficiencies CAUSE insomnia and other nutritional deficiencies CAUSE depression!
– Not enough magnesium and vitamin B5 causes insomnia. Also, if you don’t drink enough water (dehydration), you can get insomnia. sounds weird, huh? but SO true. I personally tested the theory and it’s so true, the more water I drank for the longer period of time, the better I could sleep!! don’t forget the magnesium and vitamin B5 though.
– Not enough potassium, zinc, copper, iron, and most of the B-vitamins (vitamin B12, vitamin B5, B6, B3, etc..) causes depression…. again, I personally know plenty of people who have cured their depression with nutrition!