Urinalysis: Opiates vs. Oxy Contin

[wildbeast]

Odd of SWIM to request help on this subject as SWIM am 22 year non user of alcohol and largely abstinent from most prescription drugs.

Anyway here's the deal: SWIM get Hydrocodone w/Tylenol from his doctor for neck pain/migraine headaches. Always by prescription and usually the Watson 7.5mg pills.

It is a long drive to his doctor so it requires SWIM to take a day off. So it is common for SWIM to run low or out of pills for short periods of time. Usually SWIM mamage OK during these bouts.

Now the other day SWIM was completely out so a friend gave him a couple Oxy Contin pills and that did the trick: Was able to complete his job tasks well without excessive pain.

So today the boss laid a couple people off including SWIM. Winter slowness in business. Now SWIM is applying for a new job but SWIM concerned that a possible drug test could conclude SWIM had taken a NON prescription controlled substance. Of course SWIM have a prescription for his Vicodin but SWIM don't have one for the borrowed Oxy Contin

Can a urine test DIFFERENTIATE between Opiate based substances AND Oxy Contin???

If so should SWIM try some kind purging herb like Goldenseal?

All replies appreciated.

Sincerely, the Beast

[Nagognog2]

It likely will not either detect anything - or what it detects would be "opiates" which your Rx would cover.

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[Forthesevenlakes]

Urine tests do not distinguish between synthetic opiates, hydrocodone and oxycodone would show up as the same thing. So SWIY should be safe since he has a prescription for the vicodin. Plus opiates leave the system after 2-3 days, so a urine test would most likely not even detect the oxycodone.

Also, most standard urine tests do not detect synthetic opioids at all. They look for natural or semisynthetic opioids such as morphine, codeine, and heroin.

SWIY has very little to worry about, here. No goldenseal necessary.

EDIT: Nagog, you're fast. I was just about to throw up the "read the rules" reminder!

[wildbeast]

Well thank you all for your comments. Have editted first post and will look for your "Sticky's" etc. in the future.

Jeez things sure have tightened up since my college days. If SWIM had taken a drug he didn't have a prescription for no one would have given a crap.

So strange.

[radiometer]

"SWIM get Codeine w/Tylenol from my doctor"

"Of course SWIM have a prescription for my Vicodin"

Just so you know, Vicodin does not contain codeine - it's hydrocodone w/ Tylenol that SWIY is taking.

[wildbeast]

Now I get it! When swim was taking Codeine w/tylenol in cough syrup for sore throat swim didn't like it. Gave swim headaches and he was glad when throat finally cleared up as the meds were nearly as bad as the cold.

And yet swim wasn't bothered by the Vicodin or Oxy contin much at all.

[Sklander]

Oxycodone will not be detected by your standard 5 panel drug test. It is a synthetic opiod... a derivative of opium.

[yolaluver]

don't worry swim had a drug test the day after he did half a green OC and he passed. No prescript either