2006-07-21 17:06:39 · 5 answers · asked by KimB 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Was this for a routine urinalysis or for drug screen? A drug screen usually only looks for drugs of abuse - and if you are on methadone program, then that is an acceptable drug so it is not tested for. Heroin would have been picked up but methadone is not the same.
2006-07-21 17:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are four possible explanations.
1. They didnt test for methadone. Methadone is not screened for by the usual pre-employment screens. the "NIDA-5" screen also does not detect demerol, or fentanyl. But rehab programs usually include these in their screens.
2. It takes 6-8 hours before a dose shows up in urine. The metabolites only last for a few days. Tests before and after that window wont detect the drug.
3. The samples were switched- just imagine that there is some single mom who has been trying to get off welfare by driving a bus who is sitting at her kitchen table now crying while the kids are hungry and all because YOU made dirty urine that they thought was HERS.
4. How do you KNOW it was methadone, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_test
2006-07-22 03:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by hobo_chang_bao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A standard urine drug tox screen does not test for methadone.
2006-07-22 00:40:06 · answer #3 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, they weren't testing for methadone.
2006-07-23 13:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by jmiller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they didnt test for heroine
2006-07-22 00:24:10 · answer #5 · answered by Sandra K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋