Do Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Test The Same For Pain Management

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I take 2 Percocets a day but took two viciden the other day and was just tested at pain management. I also took a Xanax instead of a klonipin the other day! Am I gonna get in trouble?

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This answer may be way too late, but I'll tell you a story. A friend of mine is prescribed 240 30mg oxycodone, 180 10mg methadone, 60 phentermine (not sure of his mg's on those), as well as 90 2mg xanax bars. Yes, he's on alot of medication I know. Well he ran out of xanax, and replaced just 2 Klonopin (also not sure of mg's on this). You'd think with that much medication, two little Klonopin would be ok, well, his doctor did his quarterly 9-panel drug test, and he tested positive for the Klonopin. The doctor asked him why he had that in his system, and he was honest, and told him that he took two in the morning one day, and forgot he took those two, and took another dose about two hours later. He'd been having marital problems, so he was stressed out, and made an honest mistake, and spaced it. Well at the end of the month, he realized what he'd done, and started having an anxiety attack about being out. He called a friend, begging for any xanax, but the friend only had Klonopin. He felt he had no option, so he borrowed just two of them. Once he was done telling his doctor this story, the doctor (in a pain management clinic) told him that he has to follow the rules, guidelines, and basic law of his clinic, and he completely cut him off of everything. This doctor knew his withdrawls would literally be life threatening, so he sent him to a methadone clinic to keep the withdrawls non life threatening, but extremely miserable. Since this was the first time it had happened, their rule was after a week, he could return to the clinic, and he would reissue all of his scripts. A week later he went in, and got everything. So, the following month, he ran out of his oxycodone after finding out one of his teenage daughters friends find the lock box, broke into it, and stole ten of them (the kid went to jail for 7 months-he just turned 18 and wanted them for his birthday party). Well my friend had to have something for his pain (from a horrible semi accident that almost paralyzed him), so he purchased 10 Lortab 10's. Well he got tested again, and they found the hydrocodone instead of the proper amount of oxycodone. The doctor told him that two strikes and you're out. He got completely cut off for good, ended up getting some off the streets until he could get into a different pain clinic. So longest story short, yes you could get in major trouble, depending on where you go, what the clinics laws, rules, etc. are. Don't take the chance, rather just go without. One day of suffering is a whole lot better then losing your clinic all together, and having to start over. Now remember, this was done with a 9-panel test. 5-panel tests are more vague, so that will save some people, but honestly, why take a chance? I hope this story not only helps you (if you still needed it), but I hope many of you out there who are just beginning with pain clinics, really listen to this story. Don't take unnecessary chances, because the doctor won't be so upset if you tell him you ran out a day early because of a personal mistake, or if you needed to take extra medication a day or two because of excess pain. I really hope this helps somebody out there, and please take my advice. Good luck with your pain clinic adventure. Its a difficult road, but if you follow their program as they outlined for you, you will have many many successful pain free, or diminished pain days. Thanks for reading my story and good luck to you all!

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It depends on the test, but Oxy and Hydro are different opiates and will usually show up as different drugs on a (pain management doctor's) test. The doc wants to know you are taking YOUR prescription as prescribed, and that you are not taking prescription drugs NOT prescribed. As I said to someone else, you should be honest before the test and tell the doctor, like, "I was in so much pain and didn't have my pills with me, so I took a different pill/opiate." Most likely, you'd be "forgiven" if you tell them what to expect, rather than them finding out from the results. They can tell the levels of the opiates to see if you're taking too much or not taking enough which sometimes indicates the patient may be selling them). I have never seen a test that separated benzos (Xanax vs Valium or Clonopin or Lorazepam), but it may be possible. [sorry for any misspelled words]

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