Editing Sertraline (section)

====Elimination====
The [[elimination half-life]] of sertraline is on average 26&nbsp;hours, with a range of 13 to 45&nbsp;hours.<ref name="FDALabel" /><ref name="pmid12452737">{{cite journal |vauthors=DeVane CL, Liston HL, Markowitz JS |title=Clinical pharmacokinetics of sertraline |journal=Clin Pharmacokinet |volume=41 |issue=15 |pages=1247–66 |date=2002 |pmid=12452737 |doi=10.2165/00003088-200241150-00002 |s2cid=28720641 }}</ref> The elimination half-life of desmethylsertraline is 62 to 104&nbsp;hours.<ref name="FDALabel" />

In a small study of two males, sertraline was [[excretion|excreted]] to similar degrees in [[urine]] and [[feces]] (40 to 45% each within 9&nbsp;days).<ref name="FDALabel" /> Unchanged sertraline was not detectable in urine, whereas 12 to 14% of unchanged sertraline was present in feces.<ref name="FDALabel" />