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How long does trazodone stay in your body?

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75 hours.: Trazodoone is metabolized in two phases. The total half life is approximately 15 hours. The medication should be out of your system in a little over three days.

Answered 2/3/2018

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Ijust got my zoloft (sertraline) mg up to 100mg a day and got put on trazodone 50mg to help sleep and i think the body pains i been having. Is it easy miss used

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If i take trazodone will i get side effects again? I abused it one night and it caused me anxiety and my heart to race. I haven't took it in along time. Will it still cause the side effects even if my body hasnt had it in awhile?

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Sleep doc switched me from ambien (zolpidem) to ambien (zolpidem) cr. I told him ambien (zolpidem) wasn't working any longer. He also put me back on Trazodone 150 which I told him stopped working in sept. Kept me on klonopin 1 mg. confused by his actions?

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