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A member asked:
How long does it take to get rid of nicotine out of your blood system?
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Dr. CAMHUONG NGUYENanswered
Pharmacology 23 years experience
20-24hrs: Nicotine will stay in your system from 20 -24hrs.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Cotinine: “When someone stops using tobacco and nicotine products, it can take more than two weeks for the blood level of cotinine to drop to the level that a non-tobacco user would have and several weeks more for the urine level to decrease to a very low concentration.” REF: http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/nicotine/tab/test/
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A 42-year-old member asked:
How long does it take nicotine to get out of blood?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Addiction Medicine 51 years experience
24-48 hours: nicotine is usually not what is tested for, but its main metabolite cotinine. Nicotine is extremely short-acting - that is why people smoke 20 cigarettes a day (or about one an hour when awake). Cotinine lasts longer, and can be found in blood for 1-2 days and in urine for 2-3 days. Oral swabs can detect it potentially for slightly longer.
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