I took Cogentin for 4 months and it caused awful water weight gain and water toxicity due to Urinary Retention.
I was advised to stop taking it almost 3 weeks ago. I'm starting to feel a little bit better, but I still have quite a ways to go.
Any estimate of how long until it is completely out of my system and this issue is resolved???
How long until Cogentin is completely out of my system?
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- 25 Jul 2011 by FistSizedMachine
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- cogentin, urinary retention, obesity, extrapyramidal reaction, parkinson's disease, weight
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suzanne6626 Jul 2011
Cogentin has a very short half life of around 1.7 hours.
For a drug to be totally eliminated from your system it takes 5.5 times the half life.
Therefore it would take 1.7 x 5.5 = 9.35 hours for a dose of Cogentin to be out of your system.
However other factors to consider include:
1. How much and how often you have taken the drug.
2. Your metabolic rate – a slower metabolism will increase the time a drug remains in your system.
3. Your age and health – older age and poor health will generally increase the time the drug stays in your system.
4. Body mass – generally the bigger you are the longer a drug will remain in your system.
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