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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 04:24 PM
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Tomorrow is my drug screen. I've been abstaining for a week.
but they are testing both blood and/or urine. I've been flushing myself out with herbals, so if they test urine for THC I'll pass. But for blood? My friend is an RN and she recommended Niacin.

They also told me that they will be testing for Hepatitis A. B and C. Is that constitutional?
I have "C".
This is not looking good for maveric!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:08 PM
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1. I dunno how the hepatitis screen is legal
Seems like that's between you and your doctor.

Oh, and any chicks you attempt to seduce. :grr:
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:29 PM
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9. Hepatitis C isn't a sexually transmitted disease.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:30 PM
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10. Hep C isn't a STD
It's transmitted by blood.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:17 PM
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2. FYI - Did you know that Acid/LSD will not show up....
in any piss test or hair sample? You have to test a person's spinal fluid to check for it.
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CarpeDiebold Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:19 PM
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4. this is spinal tap!
time to curl up into a ball :P
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:22 PM
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5. not true
lsd is detectable in urine, but not commonly screened for.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:30 PM
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11. It was in a class I recently took....
...that's what the instructor said...no big deal.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:31 PM
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12. well, it's a common urban myth
my teachers taught me that columbus discovered america, so i guess that's about as much weight as i put on some teachers.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:36 PM
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13. True....
...it was a class I had to take. Being a supervisor they make me go to stuff like that all the time in order to help our employees with substance abuse problems, first aid, sexual harassment, etc.
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Heddi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:17 PM
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3. Be careful with Niacin
If you take more than the RDA, you will get really bad hives and flushing--it's like a major sunburn ALL over your body. It goes away after about 45 minutes, but I have to tell you---I never had hives until I took Niacin to pass a drug test. I took more than I should have (one pill instead of 1/2) and got the rash/flush/sunburn. It went away, but ever since then, I've been plagued with intermittent hives....that was 10 years ago.

Also also---you don't need niacin to flush your body out. What you need to do is drink about a gallon of water every hour before your test. Get some B12 pills and take 1 or 2 of those. The water will flush out your system (dilute your urine, actually), and the B-12 will turn your urine a bright yellow. I'd say take 1 pill because 2 generally turns it very unnaturally flourecent. Also, take an asprin before your test. I don't know what this does, but it works--hubby had to take a drug screen for his job, and we couldn't find herbals here. Online, found the water + B12 + asprin thing, did it, and took an at-home drug test to see if it worked--it did. The key is to dilute your urine. That's what the herbal teas do--the herbs in them have nothing to do with passing the drug test. THat's why they have you brew the tea bags in 2 gallons of water and drink the 'tea' over the span of 2-4 hours. IT's a diluting agent that can be achieved without the cost and without the awful flavour of the tea.

However---be careful---my husband DID pass his initial drug test, but was called in 3 days later to take another one because the sample of his urine was so dilute from all the water...so that could be a drawback to using ANY dilutory solution.

As it stands (and I'm an LPN/nursing student/stoner who has done ALOT of research on this), aside from either diluting your own urine, or using someone else's urine, there is NO way to mask the THC in your urine using any herb, pill, or solution. The THC metabolizes and stores itself in your fat cells, which are broken down by the body and excreted in urine. There's no way to prevent this other than dilution.

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As far as the Hep B/C test---why would they be doing this? What kind of job are you getting> SHit--even being a nurse, I've only had to prove that I've had the HepB vaccine series....I've never been tested to see if I actually have the disease (or any other disease) in pre-employment screening. I do not see how that could be legal unless you were getting into a job where you were sharing YOUR body fluids with another person. In fact, I'm quite sure that a company CANNOT test you for ANY disease, HIV included. Nurses aren't even tested for HIV.
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:24 PM
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6. What is the drug screen for? nt
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:24 PM
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7. THC metabolites
are easier to get around if you are a casual user: detection times in urine are neglible after a week or so.

blood work is a different story.
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:27 PM
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8. Oh, no. Good luck.
I have no idea if it's constitutional or not.

Is this for a job? Probation?

Why in the world are they testing for hepatitis?

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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:37 PM
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14. oops
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