How Long Does Nucynta Stay in Your System, and How Does it Show up on a Drug Screen?
Question posted by kyangel on 10 Sep 2010
Last updated on 1 February 2018 by Jaymoney
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Official Answer
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Nov 9, 2020.
Nucynta (tapentadol) has an average elimination half life of approximately 4 hours. The half life is used to estimate how long it takes for a drug to be eliminated from the body. Generally it takes 5.5 half-lives for a drug to be removed from the body, when it is deemed to no longer have an effect.
Therefore as a guide for Nucynta it would take 22 hours (5.5 x 4 hours) to be removed from the body.
Elimination of a drug varies from person to person due to factors like age, weight, other medications taken, or other medical conditions present, also kidney function, liver function etc. Therefore half life is used as a guide or an estimate of how long it may take for the drug elimination.
Nucynta (tapentadol) is an opioid pain medication and will show up on a drug screen as an opiate.
For more information on Nucynta see:
https://www.drugs.com/pro/nucynta.html
I don't no that's way i am asking
It stays in your body 22 hours to3 days
It would show up in a urine screening as an opiate. If you have to take a drug test for work you should let them know your are on prescription pain medication.
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