Enjoying the luncheon before the awards ceremony was (left to right) Judy Caffee, Department Secretary for Respiratory Therapy; Doug Wright, Assistant Professor in RT; and Sharon Hatfield, Program Director of RT. Respiratory Therapy students Erica Branham (left) and Chelsea Synstad watch as lunch is served.
Acute phase. On average, withdrawal from Xanax lasts 2 months or more. A good rule of thumb I like to go by is the 90 day rule for any psychiatric medication. In most cases, withdrawal symptoms subside by the third month of not taking the medication.
To answer your question, Xanax will likely stay in your system for 48 to 72 hours...if you just took one pill, one day. However, if you take 2 or 3 1mg xanax daily it could take up to 3-4 weeks for the drug to be undetectable without taking further measures.