i took four hydrocodone/apap 5mg/500mg tabs in a 24hr period. how many days before it does not show up in a drug screen.
2007-01-18 10:49:41 · 2 answers · asked by warren m 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Hydrocodone (Vicodin) stays active in your system for about 4 hours. That means that it works for 4 hours or so. But, it can be detected up to 30 days after you last took it. If you are taking the hydrocodone because it was prescribed by a doctor, you can take the prescription and a note from your doctor to your drug testing appointment as proof that you are under a doctor's care and that you are taking a necessary medication and it should not be a problem. Hope this helps!
2007-01-18 11:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by Jenni C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jenni C is correct...
Also depending on the sophistication of the drug test they can determine the level of the opiates in in system. If it is significantly higher then what would be expected based on what your doctor prescribed. But 4 tablets in 24 hours or 1q6 or 1 every 6 hours is pretty standard.
So if the medication was prescribed for you you should have no problems. Just bring in your medication (a note from your MD would work too) and let them know BEFORE you take your test. My only concern about your question is that if you're in pain why would you care about having it out of your system? Sorry, none of my business,
Hope it all works out.
2007-01-18 11:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow! that would show up? AND be a problem?
glad i'm not taking any drug tests soon.
2007-01-18 10:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by lkjgfyfukh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋