New To Pain Management

New to pain management and they do a UA every month. I am prescribed norco 7.5 x 6 times a day. My question is, if I take more than prescribed and then take as I should a week before the UA, will I be okay? I believe it is a regular UA as it costs $18. It should only show the last 72 hours or so of use, not the whole month, is that correct? Anyone else have the same situation? Please don't judge...

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Are u worried about the level of the opiate in the UA's? In my area, UA's are given for 2 reasons. First, to determine if "street drugs" (main drug: methamphetamine) are in your system. And to make sure the prescribed narcotic(s) is present in the patient's system.

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Hi. Yes, levels. In my research, the window of detection for urine can be up to five days, even for the more specific drug panels. So I'd assume they would not be able to tell if i took more at a time than i should in the beginning of the month. Of course there's always a chance i could be called for a random ua but im referring to the monthly evaluations. Thank you for responding!

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