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Citalopram

What the body does with Citalopram, from the dose to the exit, as its Wikipedia drug infobox records it.

Quoted from the Wikipedia infobox, not yet written up by hand. The order is the usual order of events, not a measured schedule.

CitalopramtakenDesmethylcitaloprammetabolitedidesmethylcitaloprammetaboliteExitMostly as unmetabolized citalopram, part

The clock, on a log scale

Each bar runs from the dose to about five half-lives, roughly when 97% of that molecule has been converted or cleared. The scale is logarithmic so minutes and days fit on one line.

  1. doseabsorbed

    Bioavailability

    80%; peak at 4 hours 1

  2. hoursbreakdown

    Metabolism

    Liver (CYP3A4 and CYP2C19) 1

  3. hoursmade from it

    Metabolites

    Desmethylcitalopram (DCT) and didesmethylcitalopram (DDCT) 1

  4. half-lifehalf gone

    Elimination half-life

    35 hours 1

  5. exitleaves the body

    Excretion

    Mostly as unmetabolized citalopram, partly DCT, and traces of DDCT in urine 1

Source

  1. Wikipedia, Citalopram, drug infobox (revision 1374924002), CC BY-SA 4.0. Values quoted as they appear, with wiki markup removed.

Half-lives vary between people, doses and routes. This page explains what the body does with a drug. It is not dosing advice.