[cyndisue2]

I suspect my son is abusing use of Vicodin or some other opiate.
Positive test results were obtained from inhome urinanlysis. Awaiting quantitation results to confirm concentration in system.

What level concentration would be expected in the result is he took only 2 tablets approximately 24 hours prior to drug screening?

How do I determine if opiate used was Vicodin or some other drug, ie heroine?

He is also heavy marijuana user, what are the potential hazards/effects of combining these two drugs?

[Stallion]

Your first question is difficult to answer as I am not a chemist or a lab tech. There would be a difference in the results if your child just took 2 vicodins as opposed to long term habitual use, I just don't know what that difference would be.

differentiating hydrocodone (vicodin) from other opiates is possible, depending on how sophisticated your test is. Small amounts of hydromorphone would likely be detected as well as hydrocodone, as some of tyhe hydrocodone would be metabolised into hydromorphone. Heroin could be differentiated by the presence of morphine (which heroin - 6-acetyl morphine - breaks down into), but this could also indicate morphine or codiene use, since heroin is quickly broken down to morphine and only if he was high on heroin when he took the test would he test positive for 6-acetyl morphine. I'm sorry that I can't help you more with info on concentrations, perhaps you could contact the manufacturer of the test for more info.

As for opiates interacting w/ pot, the only "hazard" I've come across is increased sedation-avoid. However, marijuana dosen't depress the respiratory system like most seditives, and mixing the two is probably not lifethreatening. THC also has a low liver load, so there shouldn't be any health problems resulting from a combo of the pot and the apap (Tylenol) in the vicodin. I would be much more concerned if he were drinking with vicodins, as the mix alcohol and Tylenol is very hard on the liver and the increased danger of overdose. Good luck handling this, substance abuse and kids is never an easy thing to handle.

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[Daigaisai_Taren]

Um, just so you know, poppy seeds really can make you test positive for opiates. Please refrain from jumping to conclusions just because he smokes pot and tested positive.
With regard to Vicodin and weed...well, it might increase the tendency to nod out, since both are sedative/depressant medications. The appetite suppressant effects of Vicodin might cancel out the appetite increasing effects of marijuana. Personally, I wouldn't smoke anything while taking a respiratory depressant, but aside from maybe a little extra lung damage, I can't think of any risks to mixing them.

[renemar]

I can answer the third question because I have a little experience on that part. Well as far as my experience, combining the weed other substance is very risky.
I am totally wasted when i combine it, i thought it will be my end.