Methadone Clinic And Drug Testing (Page 6) (Top voted first)

I just started going to the methadone clinic about 4 weeks ago. I used to be a very heavy drug user, Heroin and pills were my life. When I took my initial drug test at the clinic I asked them if my marijuana levels were really high, and they told me they don't test for marijuana. I live in Texas. Does anyone know what kind of drug test they are using and exactly what they test for? I thought on all standard drug tests, they test for THC. Also I mistakenly took a 1mg football mistaking it for an aleve. In highschool i used to put them in aleve bottles. My mom just moved and the bottle was up in the medicine cabinet in the new house. OOPS. When I started feeling extremely relaxed, it clicked at what I had just ingested. This was 10 days ago today. The clinic tested me this morning. I'm not very familiar with this drug test and what exactly they are looking for. I used to work in a treatment center (before relapsing) and the addictionologist told me that klonopin can be detected for up to 2 weeks, but it has a MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT longer half life than xanax. I'm just looking for some people's feedback that are familiar with the clinic and the drug testing there. I AM VERY AWAY THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MIX BENZOS WITH METHADONE. It has taken several of my friend's lives. No one has to tell me that, I have experienced it first hand. It was an honest mistake but if I come up positive, there is NO WAY my counselor will believe that. What do drug addicts do... con and lie to people. I'd appreciate any feedback people can give me.

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I have a bottle check tomorrow and my counselor told me that I would have a urine test, do they stand in the room with you when you have a urine, Im from north Carolina.

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No they're not in the big cup u pee in. It's handed to u through a hatch and u put it on the shelf when done and then your drug worker gets the fun job of using a syringe to get it in a sample bottle.

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At my clinic we have like 5 cameras in the bathroom.

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I've been clean for two years. I have seven take homes and have never been in trouble. I went to see my daughter and it was not a good time; she smoke's marijuana and I smoked twice two different days. We fought and I came home early. Now I'm scared I will be in big trouble with the methadone clinic as I might have a dirty U/A.

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Nope! All they care about is money! If you can pay them, they will dose you!

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I had a wreck in an employee vehicle and now I'm at the hospital taking a 9 panel drug test. I do go to the methadone clinic, however I get it prescribed, but I do not want my employer to know this due to the methadone name. Does methadone show up in the 9 panel test at the hospital?

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It depends on what kind of test it is. But if you go to the clinic and it does show up on the test, they can't tell your employer. That would be against HIPA. They can only tell your employer if you fail the drug test. And since you are legally prescribed methadone through the clinic, your test would be considered negative. I know that a 9 panel checks for opiates so methadone will probably show up but all you have to do is tell them you are prescribed methadone. They'll call your clinic and verify that you go there. If you're legally prescribed something, they can not share that information and if they do, get a lawyer.....QUICK!

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Have you ever been asked to sign a waver for a blood test? If so is the blood test a drug screen? I have never had to sign one before and I smoked marijuana and I'm scared they are going to do a blood test.

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Re: Melanie (# 119)

Which clinic I'm at codac about to graduate and need to find so.ewhere that doesn't test for thc

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Methadone clinic drug testing. Is the GC/MS drug test more sensitive than the Immunoassy test in detecting drugs? Or is it more accurate in testing for even lower levels of drugs? I am wondering what the difference is and if the better more expensive test will look for more trace amounts of drug or is there a "standard" cutt off? I seen a drug test that had a very faint line and wondered if the GCMS would test further to see just how much drug is in the sample. Or if the cutoff is for every type of test no matter how expensive or fancy the test it.

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Re: Jason (# 123)

No they can not been on the clinic for 15 years. Benzo shows same for all clonazapam alprazalam lorazepam diazepam if u took 20 day before it will be gone. I stumped about adderall I know if u have abenzo script ur fine I don’t have a script for this will it show and if it does what does it show up as.

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Re: an educated friend (# 100)

I agree with this I did Klonopins for three days in a row and the day of my urine and it came back clean I couldn't believe it! There was no way that should have been clean it's crazy

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Do methadone clinics test your take homes for methadobe? I go in once a week but I need a special take home, a day early. I'm supposed to take my dose in front of them, but I already took it. Can they test it for methadone?

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Re: Shellie (# 128)

Usually only the people on a really high dose will not as methadone doesn't activate the receptors that give a "high".

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Re: Hollywood (# 12)

I had lavender footballs from South Africa. They were the best ones I ever took. BTW Xanax 1mg come in several colors.

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Re: Sher (# 127)

Hey, my husband and I both have been on mmt since oct2011. In the beginning they tested us once a week & after having all clean tests, it was once a month & we worked our way to getting take homes & only going in scheduled once a month to get our med, ua & counselor meeting. We have to call diversion 2x a week an subject to having to go in with our meds to count & observed ua-- we both had same DOC dilaudid an that progressed to heroin. I was dosed at 130 & him @120. I've now gone down to 70 & trying to wean down completely. He's slowly going down also. I never had issue with nodding or feeling messed up but my husband does. It just effects people differently. He is selfconcious bc he's worked hard to get where he is and it's hard to see him like that sometimes bc it brings back hard memories. As he's tapered down it's gotten better. IMO your hubs should talk to the Dr at the clinic an tell him what's going on. In my state clinic is open 7days week & only closed on 4days a year. If the clinic is open 7days a week an he's got take homes, he's likely passing his drug tests. I hope thus helps you some & wish him very best of luck.. ??

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Re: Sher (# 127)

Methadone can cause you to look high, nodd out. To receive takehomes you have to have so much clean time and they do test regularly and randomly... Law was at least twice a month now its went up to 4xs a month.. If he was doing something else he most likely would not have take homes unless he was bringing in clean pee..but i would say its just the methadone and he probably needs to get split doses..his body is metabilizing the methadone to quick if he were to take half in morning then half in the evening he wouldnt be looking high all the time and probably wont have to move up his dose.. Also his dose could be too high..if its holding 24 hrs but hes still getting high he needs to move his dose down

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Re: methadonechick (# 126)

Happens to me all the time and I'll take them the day before my drug test

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If I am in the methadone clinic and I take a 10 m.g methadone pill but the clinic drug tests me, is it the same 10 m.g pill as the one I take in the clinic?

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the doctor was checking for methadone specificly because i was perscibed it and vicoprophin laratab with ibuprphine on the back side for influmation .i also took 700mils of soma not perscribed and the found me clean as a new born . now in my medical record it says i eather sell my s**t or give it away. i have my two lower disks welded to my tail bone so money is hard to go out and earn but i do what i can and selling my life suport isn't in my book. i'm 53 and a little old school i would rather bust as- and feel i have good money not what my mom would call blood money

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