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.
So it is with two rare disorders of the adrenal glands: Addison's disease and Cushing's syndrome. Both are deadly without proper treatment. The deaths of two women underscore the need for patients as well as doctors to recognize the symptoms of adrenal malfunction before it is too late.