How long does 20 mg of citalopram stay in the system?

Question

I was given citalopram by a doctor to treat anxiety and depression. So i took one 20mg tablet at 3:00 on tuesday and had really bad side effects. And the doctor said if i suffered from bad effects to stop taking it.

So i was wondering how long will it take for the citalopram to exit my system?

Answer 1

Citalopram is a longer acting drug. It will take approximately three days for it to clear out of your system to below a significant amount, but within about one and a half days the amount will be significantly reduced. It's rare for side effects to kick in immediately with the first dose of a drug, what exactly was the problem that you had?

Answer 2

Usually medication can take up to 24 hours to be out of your system but I'm not sure exactly how long it can be for anti depressents - your GP is the best person to advise.

Might be worth asking them to drop you down to a smaller dose (say 10mg) and see how you get on.

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Answer 4

anti depressants build up in your system over time. if you only took one tablet and stopped taking them straight away then i would say that it would only be in for 24 hrs which is how long the tablet lasts before you need to take another one.

if the symptoms persist i would recommend seeing your doctor again just to make sure its nothing else.

with any anti depressant you take there will be side effects but they usually go after a few weeks. it can take up to 6 weeks for the anti depressant to start working properly.

hope this helps x*x