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Here is a passage from the INVEGA SUSTENNA PRESCRIBING INFORMATION which may be helpful to address your question.

How long does it take for INVEGA SUSTENNA to be removed from your body?    

• When INVEGA SUSTENNA is injected into a muscle, it dissolves slowly. It is broken down into paliperidone, the active ingredient in INVEGA SUSTENNA, and absorbed into the bloodstream.¹
• After receiving an injection of INVEGA SUSTENNA, the release of the drug starts as early  as day 1 and lasts as long as 126 days.¹
• The median ("middle") time it takes for half of the paliperidone (the main component in INVEGA SUSTENNA) to be eliminated from the body after a single dose of 39 mg to 234 mg is between 25 and 49 days.¹

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Please refer to the attached full PRESCRIBING INFORMATION and the PATIENT INFORMATION for INVEGA SUSTENNA.¹