[a27rwc]

Let me start by saying "hello" I am a 6 month reader and first time poster.

I have been out of work due to a violent incident. I am a Corrections officer and suffered a lower back injury in October of 2004. L4/L5 L5/S1 are both out and touching the nerve. With this I have moderate to severe leg and foot pain. I have been taking 2 to 4 (usually 2) Percocet 7.5/500 now for 6 months. I have been screened twice now for this by my doctor to monitor the use. I have come back Negitive, YES NEGITIVE for any trace of this in my urine. Now the doctor wants to stop giving me the perscription and switch me over to Methadone and continue to screen me.

My question how the heck does this come back negitive?

I am 5'11 and weight 235 lbs. I take 1 pill at 6am and the other at 1 pm. I take 3 800 Ibuprofens the rest of the day. I can not sleep while taking the percocets. But when I do I also take Amibien to help me sleep.

I had and epidurial steroid injection the day before (Tuesday) the urine test and took no percocets from 2 days prior at noon.

How long does the percocet stay in your system?
How long does it take to show up on a urine test? If I too one at 6am and got urine tested at 1pm would it show?

I know, most people try to beat the test, I am trying to prove I take the stuff. Did I just happen to get the time right of almost 36 hours to get a negitive.

Thanks

[Casey55]

That sounds terrible what happened to you. I don't really know anything about drug testing but I was wondering what is your back surgeon going to do about the reason for your pain. What plan has he laid out, what alternatives do you have. Has he told you whether or not your pain can be corrected with surgery, if so what and when?

Surgery can sometimes be the only way to fix some problems.

Casey

[basic84]

is your epidiumus your testicle tube? I don't think the pillz stay in your system more than a few days at most. I'm on probation and in order to clean the system i take pillz to make my pee yellow cause matabilites in your pee is what they test for, not drugs... if it's negitive it was probably cause you drank to much water, not enough metabilites.

and just for the record i do respect authority. However i have a disease called addiction. I'd never take on a correction officer, they are there to help.

Hope that helps why you might have passed. Just don't drink alot of water maybe next time. I can get weed outta my system in 3 days max.