Also... How long does morphine show up in urine tests?
2007-02-28 20:03:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
***NOTE***
Neither of these drugs are being taken w/o a script. They changed my meds from my back surgery and I want to know for when I have to give a sample for a project I am working on. I will let them know my meds have changed, so they don't think I am taking ones I am not supposed to be taking.
2007-02-28 20:31:18 · update #1
Yes, it can because Oxycontin is synthetic and has chemical differences. Seen in the urine from one hour up to 1 -2 days for Oxy and 2 hours to 2 -3 days for Morphine.
And to clarify what was said above, oxycontin is not "derived from codeine", only it's name was.
It is derived from opium and taken from the thebaine part of the plant, while morphine or codiene are from separate alkaloids of the opium plant.
Hope that helps.
(If someone is taking either of these without a prescription please be careful. /psa)
2007-02-28 20:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by storm_in_teacup 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Morphine will be in the urine for 2-3 Days, in the blood for 6 hours, and hair tests can find everything for 90+ days.
Oxycontin is actually not Morphine, with a 2-4 day urine test, 16 hours in the blood and 90 days in the hair.
Most labs test for opiates and leave it at that; but further tests can be run to check for the type in some cases based on other chemicals in the body.
2007-02-28 20:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urine tests are competative immunobinding specific tests. They employ unique mixture of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to selectively identify the drugs like morphine and oxycontin. Urine results are +ve for 72 hrs.
2007-02-28 20:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All commercially manufactured prescription drugs have chemical tags that can not only identify the specific drug, but tell the tester what company made it. It stems from the fact that nobody can patent naturally occuring durgs. So the drug companies, in order to patent thier drugs will add what are called radicals; just one or more atoms added to the drug's molecule that does not change it's effect, but tags it with a unique pattern that can be patented. And these markers can be detected in a lab.
2007-02-28 20:45:40 · answer #4 · answered by John Silver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.. but the doctor can tell. just ask your physician if you want.
2007-02-28 20:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by White Court 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋