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To determine how long Effexor stays in your system, it is necessary to understand the metabolite of its active ingredient â Venlafaxine. Venlafaxine has an elimination half-life of approximately 5 hours (+/- 2 hours) which is extremely short compared to other popular antidepressants. This means that the Venlafaxine should be fully cleared from your system in about 1.15 days (just over a day). However, when accounting for the +/- 2 hour variability of its half-life, some people may excrete the drug in just 16.5 hours, while others may take nearly 2 days (1.6 days) to completely excrete it.
The length of time it can stay in your system varies with your weight, the amount or dosage taken, and how your body metabolizes it. At average, it may take around a week or two. Karen1965. 06-29-2011. It varies depending on the SSIR, but Citalopram (or it's cousin Lexapro) has a half life of about 35 hours. SSRIs range from a very short half life to 5 weeks in the case of Paxil. If you have been taking it for a longtime, Citalopram will take several weeks of weening down in order to get it completely out of your system without having some severe withdrawal symptoms (brain zaps, etc).