[Robert_325]

Will using Subuxone/Subutex show up as positive for opiates on an employment drug screen?

[MickiMouse]

SUBUTEX sublingual tablets contain buprenorphine HCI.

Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu-opioid receptor and an antagonist at the kappa-opioid receptor. Naloxone is an antagonist at the mu-opioid receptor.

[deedehart]

Originally Posted by MickiMouse

SUBUTEX sublingual tablets contain buprenorphine HCI.

Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu-opioid receptor and an antagonist at the kappa-opioid receptor. Naloxone is an antagonist at the mu-opioid receptor.

Suboxine/Subutex- won't show up as opiates, There are tests however for the suboxine itself. I've been on it for a few months and when my doc tests me for opiates. I"M CLEAN" YAY!! They truly have saved my life!
Good Luck

[UNEEK1]

I started Suboxone yesterday, 4/22/08 and I start back to work on Wed. 4/30/08. I work for a world wide delivery company and I've got a feeling I will be "randomly" drug tested when I go back for pain medication. Since I have been off on medical for my back for about a 3-4 weeks (really it was because I was hooked on the hydrocodone pills and I my head was not screwed on right), luckily my doc filled out my papers saying it was for my back but full well knowing it was because of my consumption of pain pills. I do really have a fractured coccyx, Degenerative Disc Disease and some arthritis, but I started to abuse the pills and 12 months was long enough for feeling like a zombie. So I am glad to hear that if I do have to take a drug test, I will test clean. YAY!

[reaper1911]

I get drug tested monthly twice by my probation officer and by my addiction clinic I was addicted to oxymorphone, and was but on suboxone. I take 3 8mg tablets a day never once has it read a positive for my probation officer on a standard five test until yesterday that is..

I took the test put the card in we talked went in to see the results and he said why does it say you are positive for opiates when in fact I have not taken any kind of opiates except for my suboxone which is prescribed to me. My probation officer knows that I am prescribed suboxone and I said to him that there is no way and I will retake the test our you can send it into the lab because I have not done any opiates in half a year. So my probation officer says "I am going to assume that the suboxone is giving off some kind of reading because the line for positive was only slightly there." So now I am worried that my probation officer is going to have a fit the next time I take the test and it reads a false positive, well I am going to tell him to send it into a lab because I know for a fact I am clean and have been proud to be clean and think that suboxone has done miracles for me. The point of this story is that I tested positive for opiates in a standard nida 5 test. I am going to have to ask my doctor why this is happening because I really don't like it.

Any one else have any stories let me know please!

[Robert_325]

I wondered about subutex and suboxone showing up on tests myself. If you look I started this thread back in April. I was beyond using subutex then but I didn't know if it would show up or not.

I can say now that with all of the people I have talked to over the last six months or so about buprenorphine showing up on a drug test I have never heard from one single person that had it showed up positive. And there have been LOTS of people that I have talked to. I don't understand at all.

Yes suboxone and subutex are opiates. But they are only supposed to show up on a test that checks for buprenorphine. It's not ever supposed to show up on a standard five or nine panel drug test. I don't have an answer for you as to why you tested differently. I'm confused. Please let us know if you find an answer. I would really like to know. Thanks.

[sisterwin2]

Five panel and nine panel will at times show false positives... that is why there is a second line of testing.... it could of been something you ate..... could of been you by chance "melted" a ole amino acid, could be faulty test strip, could be anything. I was worred about this myself and tested myself 5 times under different circumstants... I came up positve one out of 5. If you come up positive they MUST send it to a lab for more detailed testing and then you will be cleared. relax...... it will be okay. I promise. As long as your not using anything other then the sub you will be good to go.

[reaper1911]

Originally Posted by sisterwin2

Five panel and nine panel will at times show false positives... that is why there is a second line of testing.... it could of been something you ate..... could of been you by chance "melted" a ole amino acid, could be faulty test strip, could be anything. I was worred about this myself and tested myself 5 times under different circumstants... I came up positve one out of 5. If you come up positive they MUST send it to a lab for more detailed testing and then you will be cleared. relax...... it will be okay. I promise. As long as your not using anything other then the sub you will be good to go.

I would think so too. So next time if it does happen I am going to have him send it to a lab. I think that some people metabolize bupe different and maybe that's why it will show up for some and not for others and also maybe it depends on your dosage I my self am at a pretty high dose. Who knows I guess I have nothing to worry about because I know for a fact I am clean.

[breannej27]

i recently found out that i showed positive for opiates on a urine screen. I have been on subutex for 6 months now and i am proud to be clean!! I did not use! I dont know why this happened. I was taken to the hospital by my cps worker and had never had a screen done there before- they did not ask me what medications i was on. I dont know if this is the reason- usually they seperate out the subutex and test for it...still i have heard it isnt supposed to show up as an opiate?? This is really going to screw me up! I think i am going to get a hair test done though so i can prove it- they never believe you when you say you did not use!!!

[breannej27]

The point of this story is that i tested positive for opiates in a standard nida 5 test. I am going to have to ask my doctor why this is happening because i really don't like it.

Any one else have any stories let me know please![/quote]

i recently found out that i showed positive for opiates on a urine screen. I have been on subutex for 6 months now and i am proud to be clean!! I did not use! I dont know why this happened. I was taken to the hospital by my cps worker and had never had a screen done there before- they did not ask me what medications i was on. I dont know if this is the reason- usually they seperate out the subutex and test for it...still i have heard it isnt supposed to show up as an opiate?? This is really going to screw me up! I think i am going to get a hair test done though so i can prove it- they never believe you when you say you did not use!!!

[cantstanditnomore]

Hi! I am new to this website & am on Suboxone. I simply can't figure out how to post or reply properly, though! If Robert sees this, could you email me (VINTAGETVDOCTOR@aol dot com) and let me know how I can post & reply? I am out of my Subs a week early & tapered some, but am feeling like I am gunna DIE! Can't sleep, achy, etc. Can't get a refill for a week & then my sub doc is going to start me on the new sub films. I am so sick of sub & just want to be pill free! HELLLP & on top of that don't even know if anyone's going to see this because this site is too complicated for me!

[cantstanditnomore]

OK...now I got THIS far, so I THINK I have figured out that this is posting. I started Sub 6 months ago to treat my opiate addiction/ vicodin habit that went on for 2 &1/2 yrs. after getting hooked on em' due to bad teeth. I finally broke down & talked to my Aunt & she said if I could find treatment of some sort, she'd help me financially, since my habit cost me my business & I had no more income. She also paid to have the rest of my teeth yanked & dentures installed to fix the root cause of me getting vikes prescribed all the time......I, having a compusive nature & no more "credit" with my dealer looked for a quick answer & got roped into the Suboxone. Here in MI, each visit to the doc costs my Aunt $150.00 & the Subs were another $450.00 on top of that! She said she couldn't help meafter a couple months as it was just getting too costly, so I enrolled in Suboxone's patient assistance program & now get the subs for free, but still, my Aunt pays $150.00 for every month's visit. I have been "clean" for about 4 &1/2 mo. now, taking my subs (2mg 4x daily) as prescribed, but have had the nagging that I am just trading 1 addiction 4 another. The subs make me feel nausiated & "knock me out" sometimes so bad, that I literally pass out & go into a DEEP sleep for an hour or so, along with making me break out in an intermittent rash. My doc is COMPLETELY inaccessible & ONLY talks to me briefly when I go in to "re-up". When he started me on subs, he just handed me a script & sent me on my way...which is pretty much all he does, besides pee testing me every month to make sure I'm clean. He always avoids the subject when I ask "how long I have to be on these things", "why do they make me feel real bad" & "why do they knock me out sometimes & make me feel like I just ate speeders another time"? Yeah...now, here I am, free from opiates, but, I was very stressed this last month & started taking an extra 1 so I could sleep at night & cut myself short. I am sick of these nasty things, so I "tapered" with the last 20 pills I had as follows: week1: spread my doses out to 6 hours apart so I only took 3 a day, then, for 3 days 2 a day, 2 days 1 a day, yesterday & today 1/2 a day & now I'm out....a week early....I feel AWFULL...WORSE than vike w/d's...how long's this gunna last? I can't sleep, my back ACHES horribly & the mental agony is excrutiating! Someone PLEASE tell me I'm gonna live thru this! Should I "re-up" next Wed. after suffering for a week, or should I just quit the subs altogether, having a week of w/d under my belt by then? I'm scared the w/d's might make me wanna use again if they get much worse, & a call to my Sub doc got me the reply, by his nurse, "you're just gonna have to tuff it out as Subs are a controlled substance & we will NOT refill them early for you"....GOD....HELLPP MEEE!

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by cantstanditnomore

OK...now I got THIS far, so I THINK I have figured out that this is posting. I started Sub 6 months ago to treat my opiate addiction/ vicodin habit that went on for 2 &1/2 yrs. after getting hooked on em' due to bad teeth. I finally broke down & talked to my Aunt & she said if I could find treatment of some sort, she'd help me financially, since my habit cost me my business & I had no more income. She also paid to have the rest of my teeth yanked & dentures installed to fix the root cause of me getting vikes prescribed all the time......I, having a compusive nature & no more "credit" with my dealer looked for a quick answer & got roped into the Suboxone. Here in MI, each visit to the doc costs my Aunt $150.00 & the Subs were another $450.00 on top of that! She said she couldn't help meafter a couple months as it was just getting too costly, so I enrolled in Suboxone's patient assistance program & now get the subs for free, but still, my Aunt pays $150.00 for every month's visit. I have been "clean" for about 4 &1/2 mo. now, taking my subs (2mg 4x daily) as prescribed, but have had the nagging that I am just trading 1 addiction 4 another. The subs make me feel nausiated & "knock me out" sometimes so bad, that I literally pass out & go into a DEEP sleep for an hour or so, along with making me break out in an intermittent rash. My doc is COMPLETELY inaccessible & ONLY talks to me briefly when I go in to "re-up". When he started me on subs, he just handed me a script & sent me on my way...which is pretty much all he does, besides pee testing me every month to make sure I'm clean. He always avoids the subject when I ask "how long I have to be on these things", "why do they make me feel real bad" & "why do they knock me out sometimes & make me feel like I just ate speeders another time"? Yeah...now, here I am, free from opiates, but, I was very stressed this last month & started taking an extra 1 so I could sleep at night & cut myself short. I am sick of these nasty things, so I "tapered" with the last 20 pills I had as follows: week1: spread my doses out to 6 hours apart so I only took 3 a day, then, for 3 days 2 a day, 2 days 1 a day, yesterday & today 1/2 a day & now I'm out....a week early....I feel AWFULL...WORSE than vike w/d's...how long's this gunna last? I can't sleep, my back ACHES horribly & the mental agony is excrutiating! Someone PLEASE tell me I'm gonna live thru this! Should I "re-up" next Wed. after suffering for a week, or should I just quit the subs altogether, having a week of w/d under my belt by then? I'm scared the w/d's might make me wanna use again if they get much worse, & a call to my Sub doc got me the reply, by his nurse, "you're just gonna have to tuff it out as Subs are a controlled substance & we will NOT refill them early for you"....GOD....HELLPP MEEE!

No way you should be taking subs four times a day. I don't care what the dr says. Here is a link to how I've worked with people here for years. After reading it let me know if you want my help according to the guidelines on the attaced link. This is the only way I do this as this is the only way I know how to use subs that works properly.

I can't tell you what to do about getting more drugs. But I wouldn't stop cold turkey or you will suffer for some time. God bless.

http://www.drugs.com/forum/featured-...apy-50887.html

[lola1022]

[ I'm new to the site but I do have the answer to your question. YES! It will show up positive, it will show up as morphine. It happened to me twice. If you're trying to get a job or something like that, you'll need to stop your sub (either kind) for at least 3 days prior, preferbly 4 days. Also, drink lots of water to help flush it out of your system. Hope I was some help.

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by lola1022

[ I'm new to the site but I do have the answer to your question. YES! It will show up positive, it will show up as morphine. It happened to me twice. If you're trying to get a job or something like that, you'll need to stop your sub (either kind) for at least 3 days prior, preferbly 4 days. Also, drink lots of water to help flush it out of your system. Hope I was some help.

Subs don't show up as morphine. Subs' active ingredient is buprenorphine and only if they are using a test that checks for buprenorphine will anything show up at all. Burprenorphine doesn't show on a test as morphine. If it's a standard five panel nothing shows up. If it's a ten panel that will include a test for buprenorphine.

If you took a test taking subs and it showed up as morphine you are either taking something else besides the subs or else you somehow managed to get a false positive for morphine as the two drugs are totally unrelated. THAT is a fact! God bless.

[John Weelsen]

Originally Posted by reaper1911

I get drug tested monthly twice by my probation officer and by my addiction clinic I was addicted to oxymorphone, and was but on suboxone. I take 3 8mg tablets a day never once has it read a positive for my probation officer on a standard five test until yesterday that is..

I took the test put the card in we talked went in to see the results and he said why does it say you are positive for opiates when in fact I have not taken any kind of opiates except for my suboxone which is prescribed to me. My probation officer knows that I am prescribed suboxone and I said to him that there is no way and I will retake the test our you can send it into the lab because I have not done any opiates in half a year. So my probation officer says "I am going to assume that the suboxone is giving off some kind of reading because the line for positive was only slightly there." So now I am worried that my probation officer is going to have a fit the next time I take the test and it reads a false positive, well I am going to tell him to send it into a lab because I know for a fact I am clean and have been proud to be clean and think that suboxone has done miracles for me. The point of this story is that I tested positive for opiates in a standard nida 5 test. I am going to have to ask my doctor why this is happening because I really don't like it.

Any one else have any stories let me know please!

One of my friends in the last month have the same problem.

[Robert_325]

Those five panel tests are garbage. It's a false positive and you can demand it be sent it to a lab to be checked. Buprenorphine should not register as anything (not positive or negative, just nothing) on a five panel test so it was a mistake, just a false positive. Don't let them intimidate you over it. You haven't done anything wrong. Tell them to test you for buprenorphine and they will see the result accurately.

[cantstanditnomore]

Originally Posted by Robert_325

Subs don't show up as morphine. Subs' active ingredient is buprenorphine and only if they are using a test that checks for buprenorphine will anything show up at all. Burprenorphine doesn't show on a test as morphine. If it's a standard five panel nothing shows up. If it's a ten panel that will include a test for buprenorphine.

If you took a test taking subs and it showed up as morphine you are either taking something else besides the subs or else you somehow managed to get a false positive for morphine as the two drugs are totally unrelated. THAT is a fact! God bless.

SORRY, ROBERT325, but YOU ARE WRONG! Morphine & Suboxone are BOTH NARCOTICS, so if they're screening for narcotics, it WILL test positive! My Doctor told me that! Suboxone is a schedule 2 narcotic!!Also, I don't want to post here anymore as all anyone has to do is Google your email address & these posts are the 1st thing that shows up! TRY it....just google your email address (JUST the
1st part MINUS the @aol.com or whatever) & walla! All the posts u make on here are right there for the world to see! SO MUCH FOR ANONYMITY! Make sure u don't want the world to know ur addictions!!

[Robert_325]

Originally Posted by cantstanditnomore

SORRY, ROBERT325, but YOU ARE WRONG! Morphine & Suboxone are BOTH NARCOTICS, so if they're screening for narcotics, it WILL test positive! My Doctor told me that! Suboxone is a schedule 2 narcotic!!Also, I don't want to post here anymore as all anyone has to do is Google your email address & these posts are the 1st thing that shows up! TRY it....just google your email address (JUST the
1st part MINUS the @aol.com or whatever) & walla! All the posts u make on here are right there for the world to see! SO MUCH FOR ANONYMITY! Make sure u don't want the world to know ur addictions!!

I don't care what your dr said, subs are a schedule III drug. If you are so sure I'm wrong check it out. I know that I'm correct and your dr is showing his ignorance saying they are a scheule II narcotic. And they aren't morphine. Burprenorhine DOES NOT show up on a drug test as morphine. Unless it's tested for it only will show as buprenorphine and I am right. And that takes a ten panel test, not the typical five panel lots of people use.

I'm not worried about what comes up on me on search engines. I'm not worried about anonymity. Sounds like your dr needs to be more concerned giving you wrong information and showing their lack of knowledge for the world to see.

I have NO addictions by the way. I've been clean almost nine years, not that it's anyone's business. Even so I have nothing to hide from you or anyone else. I have spoken in prisions and in front of parole and probation officers enough times that the powers at be know me well. I'm great friends with lots of law enforcement officers, doctors, etc. God bless.

[Robert_325]

Just for you and your dr's information here is a partial list of schedule III drugs on the DEA list. Amazing ... another dr bites the dust.[

B]Schedule III Drugs[/B]
Amobarbital & noncontrolled active ingred. 2126 N Amobarbital/ephedrine capsules
Amobarbital suppository dosage form 2126 N
Anabolic steroids 4000 N "Body Building" drugs
Aprobarbital 2100 N Alurate
Barbituric acid derivative 2100 N Barbiturates not specifically listed
Benzphetamine 1228 N Didrex, Inapetyl
Boldenone 4000 N Equipoise, Parenabol, Vebonol, dehydrotestosterone
Buprenorphine 9064 Buprenex, Temgesic Butabarbital 2100 N Butisol, Butibel

Here are some schedule IV drugs for your dr's info if he would like to learn even more.

Schedule IV

Alprazolam 2882 N Xanax
Barbital 2145 N Veronal, Plexonal, barbitone
Bromazepam 2748 N Lexotan, Lexatin, Lexotanil
Butorphanol 9720 N Stadol, Stadol NS, Torbugesic, Torbutrol
Camazepam 2749 N Albego, Limpidon, Paxor
Cathine 1230 N Constituent of "Khat" plant
Chloral betaine 2460 N Beta Chlor
Chloral hydrate 2465 N Noctec
Chlordiazepoxide 2744 N Librium, Libritabs, Limbitrol, SK-Lygen
Clobazam 2751 N Urbadan, Urbanyl
Clonazepam 2737 N Klonopin, Clonopin
Clorazepate 2768 N Tranxene
Clotiazepam 2752 N Trecalmo, Rize
Cloxazolam 2753 N Enadel, Sepazon, Tolestan
Delorazepam 2754 N
Dexfenfluramine 1670 N Redux
Dextropropoxyphene dosage forms 9278 Darvon, propoxyphene, Darvocet, Dolene, Propacet
Diazepam 2765 N Valium, Valrelease
Dichloralphenazone 2467 N Midrin, dichloralantipyrine
Diethylpropion 1610 N Tenuate, Tepanil
Difenoxin 1 mg/25 ug AtSO4/du 9167 Motofen
Estazolam 2756 N ProSom, Domnamid, Eurodin, Nuctalon
Ethchlorvynol 2540 N Placidyl
Ethinamate 2545 N Valmid, Valamin
Ethyl loflazepate 2758 N
Fencamfamin 1760 N Reactivan
Fenfluramine 1670 N Pondimin, Ponderal
Fenproporex 1575 N Gacilin, Solvolip
Fludiazepam 2759 N
Flunitrazepam 2763 N Rohypnol, Narcozep, Darkene, Roipnol
Flurazepam 2767 N Dalmane
Halazepam 2762 N Paxipam
Haloxazolam 2771 N
Ketazolam 2772 N Anxon, Loftran, Solatran, Contamex
Loprazolam 2773 N
Lorazepam 2885 N Ativan
Lormetazepam 2774 N Noctamid
Mazindol 1605 N Sanorex, Mazanor
Mebutamate 2800 N Capla
Medazepam 2836 N Nobrium
Mefenorex 1580 N Anorexic, Amexate, Doracil, Pondinil
Meprobamate 2820 N Miltown, Equanil, Deprol, Equagesic, Meprospan
Methohexital 2264 N Brevital
Methylphenobarbital (mephobarbital) 2250 N Mebaral, mephobarbital
Midazolam 2884 N Versed
Modafinil 1680 N Provigil
Nimetazepam 2837 N Erimin
Nitrazepam 2834 N Mogadon
Nordiazepam 2838 N Nordazepam, Demadar, Madar
Oxazepam 2835 N Serax, Serenid-D
Oxazolam 2839 N Serenal, Convertal
Paraldehyde 2585 N Paral
Pemoline 1530 N Cylert
Pentazocine 9709 N Talwin, Talwin NX, Talacen, Talwin Compound
Petrichloral 2591 N Pentaerythritol chloral, Periclor
Phenobarbital 2285 N Luminal, Donnatal, Bellergal-S
Phentermine 1640 N Ionamin, Fastin, Adipex-P, Obe-Nix, Zantryl
Pinazepam 2883 N Domar
Pipradrol 1750 N Detaril, Stimolag Fortis
Prazepam 2764 N Centrax
Quazepam 2881 N Doral, Dormalin
Sibutramine 1675 N Meridia
SPA 1635 N 1-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenylethane, Lefetamine
Temazepam 2925 N Restoril
Tetrazepam 2886 N
Triazolam 2887 N Halcion
Zaleplon 2781 N Sonata
Zolpidem 2783 N Ambien, Stilnoct,Ivadal
Schedule V
Codeine preparations - 200 mg/100 ml or 100 gm Cosanyl,Robitussin A-C,Cheracol,Cerose,Pediacof
Difenoxin preparations - 0.5 mg/25 ug AtSO4/du Motofen
Dihydrocodeine preparations 10 mg/100 ml or 100 gm Cophene-S, various others
Diphenoxylate preparations 2.5 mg/25 ug AtSO4 Lomotil, Logen
Ethylmorphine preparations 100 mg/100 ml or 100 gm
Opium preparations - 100 mg/100 ml or gm Parepectolin, Kapectolin PG, Kaolin Pectin P.G.
Pyrovalerone 1485 N Centroton, Thymergix

It's amazing how the sub drs just know everything. Now show me where it shows on a test that it's morphine. It won't happen my friend!

[SiriusMoonlight]

People who attempt to impugn Robert's credibility please GO AWAY. His time is too valuable to be spent responding to your stupidity.

[melinda7.5]

Originally Posted by SiriusMoonlight

People who attempt to impugn Robert's credibility please GO AWAY. His time is too valuable to be spent responding to your stupidity.

HA HA !!! Hi SiriusMoonlite ... we need a like button on here, like the one on facebook... very well said !!!
talk to you later, Melinda

[animelove]

If you are going to quit suboxone or subutex it would be best to slowly wean yourself off of this medication. You will experience severe withdrawal symptoms if you just get off of the medication. Suboxone and subutex is not supposed to show up on drug tests, it may have been a fluke if you are saying it showed up and you are for sure you didn't use. Methadone is the same way, they usually have to specifically test for any one of these medications. I apologize to the person who felt like they were dying, but any medication is going to give you withdrawal symptoms when you take it that much and then try and jump off it. Even if you just ran out. The best option would be to contact a rehab facility and get assistance off of the medication if you have no other alternatives and have to immediately get off. This way you are being monitored by a medical staff. It's best if you cannot deal with the physical and mental aspects of the withdrawal to ask if they do a medical detox process. Make sure that if you take this option you are ready to take other steps to maintaining sobriety and understand your resources in that facility and outside to make sure you do not end up using again.

Robert,

I really would like to ask you a question about a drug test I am about to Havw to take. I love everything I read that u write. I was sober for 7 years in AA and really just got tired of all the gossip and BS where I live. I learned a lot and the most important was the relationship with God I got. I am drinking a little now but I know I will always be a drug addict. I started taking pain pills again, 7 years later and now I have stopped. I been taking about 8 mg of sub for about 2 months. It never really got out of hand so sooner than later I want to start tapering off. My question is I more than likely start a wonderful new job and January and Havw an interview Monday and I am scared to death about th suboxone comjnh up as opiates on my drug test. I know what u habw written in regards to this but I am still scared to death. What kind of drug screens do most employers give? I know u say it has to be a specific test for the bup but I am still worried. I am sure some employers donr just use 5 panel drug test. I am sure they prolly use 9 panel as well and u said the 10 panel does test for bup, I think that's what you said. So, I am wondering do u think I will b ok? Not sure when they would drug test me but the job would not begin till January. Please give me your honey opionion! Thanks so much. I respect what u say and write on this forum! God bless.

[rxqueen]

Most employers use the standard 9 panel, and no Buprenorphine or Naloxone will not show up as an opiate. I recently took a 12 panel drug screening at home and I was negative for opiates. This says its 12 panels, but there are only 10 substance catergories. It tests for: Methamphetamines, Amphetamines, THC, Cocaine, Opiates, Barbituates, Benzodiazepenes, PCP, Methadone and Oxycodone. It also tests for various adulterants. I asked my niece what the difference was between opiates and oxycodone. She said opiates are illicit substances such as Codeine and Heroin. Oxycodone includes Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet. She also told me that users of Heroin will not test positive for Heroin, but for Codeine and Morphine. Heroin is a "compound" drug. She is an LNA and used to work in a Methadone clinic so I believe her even though I don't really understand.

I've taken several drug tests for employers while being prescribed to Methadone and Sub and never did it come up on the test. They are both additional substances that need to be screened for. I remember reading my drug screen sheets with I was in a Methadone clinic, and Methadone was in it's own "panel" or "catergory" just as it was in the 10 panel I took. I also took a 20 something panel test when I went into a pain management clinic, and Buprenorphine was one on the panel seperate from Opiods, Methadone and Oxycodone.

My best suggestion is to READ the test paperwork, which you have a right to read and it should always be provided to you.