I am on 225 mg time release morphine each day... 2 1/2 weeks ago I took 2 10mg tablets of oxycodone. Will it show up in a urine or blood test today?
thank you,
How long does it take till oxycodone can not be detected by drug screens?
Question posted by thmpick on 26 March 2012
Last updated on 9 May 2013
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suzanne66
26 March 2012
You should be fine.
Blood tests are rare, expensive and usually only done in criminal investigations.
Opiates such as oxycodone can still detected in the urine 2 to 4 days after use.
thmpick
28 March 2012
Thank you for you for taking te to helpe out.
ohiostate1
10 May 2013
I have been on 100mg morphine x 3 daily and 30mg oxycodone 240 monthly for break through pain. my pain doctor as of 2 weeks ago has stopped practicing medicime ( I do not know why) I am schechled to see my reffer new Pain Doctor in 15 days. Every day I have cut my Oxycocone pills by a 1/3 2-3 daily and the pain is almost (--- ) I need to know when I see my new Pain Doctor and I am sure I will be urine tested. I do not want him to know that I have been using less amounts and think I can deal with the lesser amount. I have roughly 30 30mg Oxycodone left. When do I need to stop taking them as to not show in my urine test.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
JACK
DemoninDC
26 March 2012
If you really only took 2 pills over 14 days ago you should not have any problems. From the manufacturer, based on pharmacokinetic data, the approximate duration of detectability for a single dose of oxycodone is roughly estimated to be one to two days following drug exposure. However, since you are taking morphine you will still test positive for opiates.
thmpick
27 March 2012
Yes Demonin, I only took 2 pills. One 3 weeks ago the second one was 2 1/2 weeks ago. My doctor is tested me yesterday. If the pills show up in the screen, I stand to loose her help. I need her help badly. Before coming to her I was in so much pain & for so long, I wanted to die. I was making bargins with myself and thinking of the easiest way to leave this world... she saved me by reducing my constant pain level. So, it really worries me if I take a pill I'm not supposed to. I had been running a temp of 104.4, out of my head & in terrible pain with bacterial pneumonia. My neighboor brought over the 2 pills and left them for me. The pain was so terrible again, I tried to relieve this pain by taking only one of the pills & the second one again 3 days later. So, it worries me and I feel like I let my doctor down. She did not offer my meds in the office yesterday like always, but said to come back the next day(today) to get them.
I think she must have sent my sample off for a more intense test. Is there another test that can detect traces of the 2 oxycodone pills after almost weeks?
Thanks
DemoninDC
27 March 2012
What kind of test, urine, blood, or hair?
thmpick
27 March 2012
She sent off my urine but ordered blood work from my other doctor. She ordered CBC cmp esr lipids tsh ua. Odd as she got my urine the day before. I guess they can check any number of things with that blood. Will the 3 week old oxycodone show up in the blood? I'm becoming very concerned at this point.
DemoninDC
27 March 2012
You are getting yourself too worked up. Detection times in urine are significantly greater than detection times in blood so that is not why she ordered the blood test. You are outside of the detection time for both. She is taking your blood to ensure that you are on the correct level of morphine and that your body is not having any other issues with the drug.
thmpick
27 March 2012
I so appreciate your time & comments & yes, you're right... I'm getting too worked up over this. I'm terrified that I could end up out in the cold like last time. My pain was so bad and constant that I was actually ready to give it up and let go. It scares me beyong belief at times just to even think I might end up like this again. Another part is the guilt... knowing that if it were to happen... it's all my own doing. I've made a poor decision and I'm beating myself up over it now. I have always heard that the better urine & blood tests will show the oxycodone for about 30 days in which case, I have cause for worry. I went back to her office today like they told me. I was told they were going to follow Protocall and had sent my urine sample off to be examined. In the past, they have done it in the office. I have Bacterial Pneumonia and had gotten a steroid injection 10 days ago.
It crossed my mind today that this shot might be what has flagged me? I forget the name but it contained the root word METH. This could be the problem... as I think more about it?
Again, thank you for all your help!
You have made me feel much better about the situation.
thmpick
28 March 2012
I so appreciate your time & comments & yes, you're right... I'm getting too worked up over this. I'm terrified that I could end up out in the cold like 4 years ago. My pain was so bad and constant that I was actually ready to give it up and let go. It scares me beyong belief at times just to even think I might end up like this again. Another part is the guilt... knowing that if it were to happen... it's all my own doing. I've made a poor decision and I'm beating myself up over it now.
I had always heard that the better urine tests will show oxycodone for about 30 days in which case, I do have cause for worry. I went back to her office today like they told me. I was then told they were going to follow Protocall and had sent my urine sample off to be examined & they will call me Thursday. In the past, they have done the urine testing in the office. I have Bacterial Pneumonia and had gotten a steroid injection 10 days ago. It crossed my mind today that this shot might be what has flagged me? I forget the name but it contained the root word METH in it's name. This could be the problem... as I think more about it?
Again, thank you for all your help!
By talking to me, you have made me feel much better about the situation.
https://www.drugs.com/answers/long-till-oxycodone-detected-drug-screens-537083.html
thmpick
30 March 2012
DomininDC... Are u associated with Dominim Labs? If so, do you share the insight
Gained on this board with your Clients/ doctors? Saw a lab with your screen name which made me wonder?
With newer war on drugs it gets harder if one makes a mis step. Someone told me these boards were cause of several folks loosing their meds after they share their secrets on line being told it is safe. Anyone else heard this?
DemoninDC
30 March 2012
No I have no association in any capacity with the lab you refer to or any other drug testing facility.
thmpick
30 March 2012
Thank you for responding. With all the technology and the demonization of the legal use of prescription pain meds. One can't be too careful.
I've been on these meds, off & on, for many years, mostly on. I've seen first hand every kind of doctor with a God Complex you could think of. Only a few times have I met those with true compassion for the pain sufferer. I've been treated worse than cattle when seeing a new doc to try to get help with my situation. One even leaned forward, looked me in the eye & laughed at me, laughed out loud! Even with arm loads of X rays, MRI's & every kind of documention showing I do have these issues causing my pain. Still, it's hard to be taken seriously.
I was in a pain clinic over 3 years and never one time took even a crumb of a pill I was not supposed to. Still... somehow they said I tested dirty... I knew it was not true. Once they get it in their mind... the door is ever locked, right or wrong! I asked to take it again then to be put on a polygraph to prove I was being honest with them. He treated me like a criminal right on the spot & never listened or considered there had to be another answer to this nightmare. I was quickly tappered off the meds and thrown to the curb in front of the clinic. They put all this in my records making it impossible to get further help. It's been a nightmare. After 3 or 4 years of constant surffering, not being able to sleep, desperately kicking my legs into the air at night... hoping for an ounce of relief, I began thinking of ending my suffering by leaving this world. I began thinking of the best way to proceed, how my family might understand my choice, how my son would manage, how long I might hold out with things as they were. It was the worse time in my life & those closest to me who knew I was suffering! I'm not afraid to admit this, I'm afraid of going back to those times. I hope my experience might help someone else!
Pain suffers are only human, just like those who do not need the meds to live normaly. Being human, it is only natural to try to make your pain go away. Even to the point of justifying taking pill you shouldn't. When you are on pain meds for years, there is no euphoria, no dreamland or buzz you hear about... only a letting go of some of the pain. That's what confuses me... It seems the doctors would already know that we pain patients do not get high from talking these meds. Speaking for myself, I only feel a reduction of pain, a little relief but the pain never goes away completely. Life with managment of real pain. I've spoken to other pain patients, who report having pretty much the same experience... they do not become euphoric when they take these meds. We only get some relief, a let up in the constant grind that wants to chew you up & spit you out. If I loose the support of my doctor, I'm afraid of where this might lead. I'm much older now, with more injuries & the normal deteriation of joints that older folks naturally get. I've had a hard young life in construction work, fallen off houses, car wrecks, operations gone bust, artheritus in my neck, back, hands, knees & hips. If I'm taken off my meds, I don't know what to expect. Even on high doses of pain meds I have days the pain keeps me down. Don't get me wrong, there are some good days in the mix. I do have days where I'm glad to be alive. Days I can be outside washing my truck & motor home... but I pay for it that night and 2 full days later. Days I want to cook out and have company come over. But in this mix there are days of agony that pop up unannnounced. I guess that's the life of a pain patient & nothing new to many of you guys.
I don't see why it has to be so hard for the ones who are clearly in need of this help?
This is why I'm concerned about my test results.
OK, I'm over it now. Thanks for listening... everyone.
DemoninDC
4 April 2012
So, what's the word?
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