Please someone help...I had a drug test for a job today. When I came home, I had some cleaning and stuff to do...so I took a phentermine...I purchased them in MEXICO last December on a mission trip as an appitite supressant and found that they also gave me energy. WELL... The lady at the job called me to say that the Drs office that had tested me LOST MY URINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will this ONE pill keep me from getting this job??? It is a 30 mg blue and clear capsule. what can I do? thanks
2006-12-11 11:14:28 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
you're busted if you take it tomorrow.
Acidify your urine with vitamin C, drink lots of fluid every day, and delay that test as long as you can.
Finally throw that s**t out!
2006-12-14 16:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by jloertscher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phentermine is used as an appetite suppressant for obesity and comes in 15, 30 and 37.5 mg tablets. It is a sympathomimetic (mimics the sympathetic nervous system response) and acts much like epinephrine. First of all, it is very dangerous if not prescribed by an MD. Enough preaching - it's half life is 19 to 24 hours, which means in 19 to 24 hours one half of it has been eliminated in the urine. So, in 38 to 48 hours you will still have 25% of it in your system etc... It will probably not stop your employment, but if it comes up, remember it is a prescription medication for weight loss.
2006-12-11 14:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by rnrayunretired 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋