drug tests

underdog777

Seasoned Expediter
Ok had to have oral surgery this last week.The meds they gave me was a hydrocodone 7.5.I had to take some the first 3 or 4 days but now im off them.But thinking of switching companys for a higher rate per mile.And now im wondering if i fail the drug test for the company will it count or since i have been prescribed this med if it will be ok.If not i may have to wait to change companys:confused:
 
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JOHNCLARK

Expert Expediter
Ok had to have oral surgery this last week.The meds they gave me was a hydrocodone 7.5.I had to take some the first 3 or 4 days but now im off them.But thinking of switching companys for a higher rate per mile.And now im wondering if i fell the drug test for the company will it count or since i have been prescribed this med if it will be ok.If not i may have to wait to change companys:confused:

yes it will still be in your system and will show up on the drug test. It takes 5-7 days to get out of your system. If you have a prescription for it, you don't have to worry about it.
 

nightcreacher

Veteran Expediter
I had teeth pulled,was on same pain pill,and had a madatory drug test the day after I took my last pill.I told the nurse at collection what I was on,she didn't even want to see the script.All she said if there was a problem they would contact me and I could come in and show them the script then.Long story short,I passed,the pain pill never showed up
 

iceroadtrucker

Veteran Expediter
Driver
When the computer supposedly picks both drivers in the truck for a random its one in a million shot.

When it happens twice I fly a BS flag.

Random.

I dont drink I dont smoke I dont dip and I dont do Drugs.

I work out and stay in shape.
 
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Moot

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
IRT, donating urine is an act of charity. It takes so little to give so much!
 

greg334

Veteran Expediter
Some people it doesn't show up while others will for 20 to 30 days after.

Get it all documented with a letter from the doc, you won't have any problem.

Most know what happened to me, so I won't repeat it but will say make notes about which meds you got and when, for what and how many of them if there is any question. Oh and tell the intake people about it so they note it on the toxicology lab form.
 

iceroadtrucker

Veteran Expediter
Driver
IRT, donating urine is an act of charity. It takes so little to give so much!


moot I took a drug test every week sometimes 2 time a week while I was in the service.

You nor any of your freinds on here cant top that.
I was on the PRP program I had to go. So dont go there with me on this You automaticaly loose.

My Concern is Paying for it. I think the company should.
Or the Owner Im driving for should. I shouldnt.

Its a mandatory program.

And like you said all I should have to do is Donate.
 

Moot

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
I was on the PRP program I had to go. So dont go there with me on this You automaticaly loose.

PRP program? Pee Repeatedly Please? I guess the word "please" is not often used in the Navy so I'm at a loss for PRP. Regardless, isn't it better to be green, um, yellow, and donate your urine to a good cause rather than flush it down the toilet or leave a puddle in a truck stop parking lot.
 

iceroadtrucker

Veteran Expediter
Driver
PRP program? Pee Repeatedly Please? I guess the word "please" is not often used in the Navy so I'm at a loss for PRP. Regardless, isn't it better to be green, um, yellow, and donate your urine to a good cause rather than flush it down the toilet or leave a puddle in a truck stop parking lot.


HEY PRP is Personel Reliability Program!!!!!!!!!!!!
Green Horn
 

nightcreacher

Veteran Expediter
kevin,while i was at FDCC,one year I had a co driver get picked 7 times,in fact he was picked twice in the same month.The drug test is no big deal,but when your on the road,its the drive to find the clinic and load you miss ,cause your not available.And yes,guess who has to pay,thats what really sucks
 

AMonger

Veteran Expediter
moot I took a drug test every week sometimes 2 time a week while I was in the service.

You nor any of your freinds on here cant top that.
I was on the PRP program I had to go. So dont go there with me on this You automaticaly loose.
I'm sure they can tighten themselves back up later.

In my squadron, we did things a little differently. I roomed with an NCO from another squadron. He left one morning in his blues, which was unusual for him. I asked him why, and he said he had Operation Goldenflow that day. I didn't understand why he would have to wear his blues for a pee test, and he didn't understand why I didn't understand.

He asked, "You don't wear your blues if you have to go to the hospital?"

"Hospital?" I asked. "You go to the hospital for Operation Goldenflow?"

"You don't?" he asked, not believing it.

In my squadron, I explained, they blocked off a short hallway between two main halls, one with latrines in them, and set up a long table with the unlucky personnel selected to administrate all this. You'd check in, sign in, all that stuff, and get issued your cup. You had to carry that above shoulder level, in plain sight at all times, to the latrine, where someone would observe to make sure they saw the urine leaving your body. Then you have to carry it back to the table, again above shoulder level, have it sealed, initial this and that, and you were done.

Now, we sure didn't do that every 2 weeks, but that was the procedure.


My Concern is Paying for it. I think the company should.
Or the Owner Im driving for should. I shouldnt.

Its a mandatory program.

Yep, and we should get all miles to and from the donation point paid. I had a dispatcher reroute us from about 70 miles away for a test. We were around Snoqualmie and had to go all the way back to Tacoma.

And we should also get paid for all inspections of company equipment. If you're an O/O or contractor, maybe not, but if you're an employee, you should get paid for pre-trips and post-trips. And trailer sweep-outs.
 
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