Does methadone show up in a urine test as just an opiod like hydrocodone or will it show up as meth?
Question posted by m4449murphy on 28 Feb 2010
Last updated on 26 January 2018
does methadone show up in a urine test as just an opiod like hydrocodone or will it show up as methadone on a urine test. im coming off my pain meds and am using small amounta of methadone every 3-4 days to stay away from the hydrocodone... but if the VA finds out im takind methadone i will lose my benefits. please if anyone knows about this help me. I cant afford to lose my benefits, i have ptsd,TBI,schrapnel in both legs and im deaf in 1 ear. Iraq was not kind to me... LOL... I spent 8 months in baghdad and 9 in baquba... I need some kind of pain managenement drug but i was finding myself getting addicted to the hydrocodone. I dont want to live my life like that. Please any info will help me greatly... especially how long methadone can be found in urine during a drug test.. Thank you for your time.
SGT.Matt Murphy
Added 28 Feb 2010:
I heard methadone stays in your system for 10 days????is that true
I was tapering off methadone (down from 30 mg) because after every dose I was vomiting up the pills within 10-20 mins. Dr. ordered a urine drug test when I was only taking about 10 mg daily. NO methadone showed up in my system. The Dr. wouldn't let me come off the drug as he said wasn't the methadone making me vomit so I started tapering down all by myself. He was so mad!!! I don't know if it didn't show because of throwing-up OR if it was because the dose was hovering around 10 mg & they were expecting 30. I wish I knew because now I'm down to less than 5 mg. He keeps demanding I resume at least 20 mg & doesn't know I've resumed the taper & has ordered another drug test. I keep telling him I won't take methadone so our relationship is bad. Stay away from Kaiser it should be called "Group Death". Good Luck!
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Cantdothisanymore
17 May 2017
How are u doing now? I do not trust these doctors and very proud of u for doing it on ur own. Good bless
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Monicamanzza
26 Jan 2018
Keep trucking.. Listen to your gut and your body.. your doing great.. lots of fluids stay away from processed food exercise ..pray .. this doctor is poison.. be careful
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Quit4kids
9 Oct 2011
My husband had a drug test through the VA to try and get a higher benefit amount due to his knees. They tested for everything!! Opiates, Methadone, Cocaine, THC, Benzos, even his Ambien came up. They never said anything about what he shouldn't have been taking, but they do a pretty thourough test. Drink lots of water to try and flush it out of your system if you don't want them finding it.
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VELCRO722
29 March 2010
Methadone is a separate, and more expensive test. They have to be specifically looking for methadone. They usually don't spend the money or the time because people usually have a script and the government prohibits discrimination against people on methadone (even though if people or employers find out-they will still hold it against you). If the VA does hair or blood, I am unsure, but UA is OK at the VA :)
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chrisguinn255
10 March 2010
ive taken 7 or 8 dot drug test and meathdone has never shown up
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jude2008
28 Feb 2010
I believe that methadone will show up in a urine test, but only if they are doing a test specificly for methadone. They have to be testing for methadone in it's own right, Otherwise I think it just shows up as an opiate.
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jude2008
28 Feb 2010
I agree, Using methadone to get clean of something else should only be for drugs with the potency of heroin. You will be jumping out of the fire and into the frying pan my friend. Methdone should be avoided if you possibly can. I went on methadone to get off pain pills, and ten years on, I am still on the methadone, with little hope of ever getting off it. Please think this through very carefully.
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m4449murphy
11 March 2010
thanks... i will, i dont want to be tied to a drug forever... I just want the back pain to stop and i was gettin outta control with the loritab. like 10-15 10mg a day. and it just got to thr point where it just kept me from not withdrawing. It sucks. what i did is take the methadone for just one day... it got the loritab outta my system and i have had no withdrawl. that was 2 weeks or so ago. I guess the methadone is a lot stronger caus i got really high from such a small amount. Thanks for your input. It was your comment that had me just take it once. take care and good luck...
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Lcplcrock218
28 June 2017
Military gets you hooked then leaves you to the wolves. Hense my oth discharge. Really messed up what they do to us
Yes, methadone will show up a methadone metabolites. Using methadone to come off hydrocodone is kind of like using heroin to come off morphine. Can you go to a methadone clinic at least so you're doing it legally. That way you just show your prescription and they won't hold the methadone against you...
