How Long Does Fentanyl Patch Stay In Urine (Page 3)

Does fentanyl show up in urine and if so how long after stopping does it show up?

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Hon you should not have to be dealing with this crap! I hate how those of us that actually validly need pain medication, JUST TO FUNCTION, are paying the price for those who abuse it. You have the right to request that your test be sent to a lab. I'm assuming they are just doing a dipstick. These are quite often not accurate. I've been told I'm not taking my meds, that I'm doing marijuana & even meth. With further lab analysis these have been reversed. In your case where your quality of life & ability to work are at risk I'd contact an attorney. If nothing else you'll have your concerns on record. These Drs, pain clinics & laws are no longer helping those of us who needs it! :(
Good luck~

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That is not true! Fentanyl will show up when testing for opiates

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Sorry for being nosey but did u pass it. I done the same thing but havnt for results bck yet. This was like 2 weeks ago.

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Well the reason is it goes by body temperature and it produces more when your body temperature goes up and or if you are running a fever your supposed to take it off cause it can overdose you

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I understand that ur a RN but fentanyl doesn't always show on urine test. I know this due to the fact that I wear a 50mcg patch & get tested every 6 mos... I always test neg. The only reason my Dr doesn't give me any probs is due to a. I have one on when I test neg & b. My app area is scarred due to it. I'm no expert in opiod vs opiate but I do have proven knowledge that it doesn't always appear on urine. However, I'm pretty sure it would always appear if sent to a lab or/and done by blood.

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Wrong wrong wrong! Just went through this!

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Fentanyl is out in 8-24 hours. See: Drug Use Time Table. It lists all drugs and how long they stay in urine, hair, and blood.

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It doesn't show on a reg dipstick test they have to send it to a lab I ran into same issue with pm. I have cancer they accused me of not using it my Dr called the pathologist to see why it wasn't showing up cause I just was in the er and hospitalized 1 day before my UA and they gave me iv fentanyl so they knew it should be there. They were told they needed to ask for a specific test for it or it will not be detected. They apologized for accusing me of it and cutting me off of it and leaving me in pain. Hope this ends all the confusion.

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Its b/c when they test you but your fiery and they give you script anyway, they take ur uterine to lab then the nextmonth thru KNOW everything may have took whether its a false positive or not and then they drop u from their program normally

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It states clearly on the patch that it is a very strong opiate. I have one right in front of me. It's the strongest of opiates.

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my mother has come off mophine patches due to breathlessness but after over a week is still out of breath and extremely weak is this normal

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If I we're all of you, I would definitely not trust what anybody says on here. Most of the time people are posting messages about things they know nothing about. Well maybe they think they know but usually they are only guessing. So whaIf I we're all of you, I would definitely not trust what anybody says on here. Most of the time people are posting messages about things they know nothing about. Well maybe they think they know but usually they are only guessing. So what you need to do is go online and do the research yourself. You will be much better off. But I do have somewhat of an answer for you. My best friend has drug tests all the time for her job. If she has to test, they let her know by 5 am when she gets to work. And for the past 3 years she had been using Fentanyl subsys sprays. She has never showed up positive for anything and she takes them everyday. So if she drops, she takes it afterwards but doesn't take anymore past 10am and I guess that gives her body plenty of time to clean out. Also, they do send their U.A.'s to the lab. And she usually does 1 U.A. per week. I'm not sure though if patches leave the body in the same amount of time because the patches are designed to release small amounts throughout the whole day for days at a time. So I have no idea how long the patches fentanyl stays in the body. The sprays are out in no longer than 24 hours. I hope this helps a little bit. I just did some research for you and I found out that the Half-Life for the fentanyl Transdermal patches is 17 hours once the patch is removed from your body. (Half-life)- This is the period of time required for the concentration or amount ofdrugin the body to be reduced by one-half. We usually consider thehalf life of adrugin relation to the amount of thedrugin plasma. Adrug'splasmahalf-life depends on how quickly the drugis eliminated from the plasma.
I hope this information is beneficial to you. Be careful when it comes to trusting these forums because the people that don't know the facts and are just posting guesses because they want to feel smart, they don't care if they are right or wrong because they are not the ones who will end up in trouble or lose their job, etc.. ok well good luck to you and have a nice day! :)

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How long dose the drug fentanyl stay in ur sistom 25mg

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At a Loss; I'm just on here looking for answers myself, I'm not a Dr or nurse or even a lawyer but if it were myself in your position, I would go on the offensive! Do you have or can you acquire your records from your previous pain clinic &/or pain therapist that will contain results all of your previous results? (Freedom of Information Act states that they must provide these within 30 days but I have had issues at times where they just say "Nope, can't do it in 30 days, too bad." & there's no retaliation) I guess what I'm trying to say is to put the onus on THEM to prove why the same test you were given previous (Find out if it IS the same test) consistently provided the required result & now (it seems) the only factor that has changed is your therapist or the person/lab providing the answers or whatever. Basically, YOU have not changed a thing & have a good track record, whereas some factor at their end is now different & is not giving accurate results... it's THEIR responsibility to find out what it is. Is there other clients there you can ask about their test results? Sorry for rambling but I really hate to see people trampled on by the system with their God-complexes. I hope i have been some help anyway & good luck!

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P.S. just to clarify, I meant the "system" has a "God-complex", not us little guys.

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Alright, if everyone is so smart on here answer me this question RN with a masters degree. I am an analytical thinking person work with all kinds of IT equipment and troubleshoot regularly. I have chronic pain, I am not stupid, have tons of certifications in the IT field and I am furious right now. I have been on morphine IR for 10 years, been through every kind of help available to get rid of my chronic pain but it is there and needs medication to treat it. I was also on 3o mg extended release morphine as well to try to control the pain but was switched to fentanyl patches(25 mcg patches) every 72 hours. For the first time in 8 years I was urine tested and guess what? The fentanyl DID NOT show up in the test but the morphine did. I was flabbergasted at the result. Never have I asked for refills early, in fact I usually go past the refill date on the IR morphine but use the patches every 3 days. I went back a month later, same result. I brought in the used patches, showed the doctor those patches as well as the one I had on and still NO SHOW on the fentanyl. Now I am getting really frustrated and being made to feel like I am not using them but selling them (Never in a million years would I do that as I need them to help me through the day and to sleep at night). I am being made to feel like a criminal and I am a good person who had a failed 3 level neck fusion that also killed a muscle in my upper back, which was tested by a shoulder doc who works with the Twins.

He said there was nothing I could do for the pain and that some day (he couldn't tell me when) the pain would just go away). It hasn't to this day and I have been through injections, therapy, radio frequency, message, heat, cold, and nothing helps but the pain medication at this point. Now 2 months later I go to my doctor and she gives me a blood test this time. Again, now frustrated beyond belief, I am told that the fentanyl is not showing up and the only reason for that would be if I wasn't using them. WRONG, I am a good person, work hard at my job, but narcotics have NEVER given me any kind of euphoria. The only thing that these narcotics have ever done is to make the pain tolerable. I realize I will never be at a 0 pain level and can live with a 4-5 level but when it gets to a 10 at the end of the day I need something that is going to help me sleep. I use 3 Lidoderm patches at night as well to help make things tolerable. My whole point is I am doing everything according to the book and still these stupid tests are coming back with zero, that's right zero in my system. I have a call into the manufacturer right now to find out how that is possible. Maybe the manufacturer is making them so they somehow do not show up or with sub par materials, I do not know but there has to be some kind of explanation as why it is NOT showing up. Like I said, I am an honest person who has followed every rule in the book being made to feel like I am doing something wrong. Now I know how someone who is innocent getting convicted of a crime they didn't commit feels. It does not feel very good and makes you angry when you do everything as directed but are getting accused of doing in differently.

If anyone in the medical field has some kind of answer please, please, please help me out with some kind of explanation. I put my patches in the same location every time and cover them with tagaderm patches so they do not fall off. I put them about 4 inches above my waistline on my right side and do not vary the placement much but in that area. I have showed my general physician my patch every time I have been in to see her and she has not said anything. Now she wants me to take time off of my new job to see a pain doctor in their clinic and I will have to take time off of work now to go see this doc whom I have already seen 4 years ago. He told me there was nothing more he could offer to do for me because I had tried every means available that he would use. I told this to my GP but she insists that I see him. I need help here and I have no idea where to get it.

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Opioid = Opiate, they all metabolize into either morphine or codeine when ingested, theibane or any of the basic opiate alkaloids included. Most modern drug tests detect METABOLITES of the narcotics, NOT the drug chemical itself. Fentanyl may be out of urine in 72 hours but its metabolite will take longer. Heroin stays for 2-3 days but its primary metabolite 4-MAM stays for 7 days give or take. Do not post misinformation, at least check your facts and use references. There is an overabundance of falsities and hearsay convoluting the internet and people are depending on finding truth when seeking answers. Think before you give advice and know what your talking about.

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I take drug tests for probation all the time. All I do pee in a cup that has a built in tester and all opiates or opioids show up. The only exception I have heard of is suboxone

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How long dose fentanel stays in your system for

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How long would a fentenal stay in ur system with out a level in me? Just like time to time & very dearly use it.

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