Thanks for your Reply! Report This| Share this:Dr. Goldberg how long does medication stay in your system?Lithium has a half-life of 24 hours. It takes 5 days for a medicine to leave your system, so, 5 x 24 hours = 5 days.
To emphasize how important this gland is, consider that the gonads (testicles or ovaries) of a man or woman could be removed and without any further medication that person would live. Without critical medical care, a patient would die shortly after the removal of the adrenal glands.
The human body normally* includes. adrenal glands. They are located immediately anterior to the kidneys, and are encased in a connective tissue capsule that is usually partially buried in an island of fat. The adrenal glands lie beneath the peritoneum (that is, they are  retroperitoneal ). * In some circumstances (e.g. in the cases of certain types of tumours), one or more of the adrenal glands may be surgically removed.