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.22 what? Percent in the blood stream or something else? If it's any comparison to blood level, it would really depend on how much blood is in your system. For example, a 10 year old child will have much less blood than a 21 year old man... same thing with someone 5 feet tall at 100 lbs vs someone 6 feet tall and 250 lbs.

If you're wondering how much you should take daily to keep that level, I would suggest discussing it with your doctor so they can approximate the amount of blood in your system and more adequately estimate how many it would take. Good luck!

2009-01-22 08:02:04 by Cecelia

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I take random drug screens and was told that I was taking them because they usually find illegal drugs in these kinds of cases. When I called them on that lie they changed their mind and said they were testing my levels of methadone in my system because they suspect I am abusing my prescription. I have been told by a few people that they are pretty sure the levels can only be checked by a blood draw not a urine drug screen. So I was wondering if anyone was out there and knew the answer. I sure could use the correct answer. A place to fact check for court would be super great. Thank you!

It depends on which test they use. There ARE urine tests that can detect methadone. However that will only give them a positive/negative result, it won't allow them to quantify how much methadone you have taken, just whether you did within a certain time period or not.

2010-03-23 02:52:27 by Megan

I know they can be detected, but can the levels of the medication be detected in a urine test or only a blood test? Please only answer if you are sure. Thanks :)
Are you sure? Because I go to pain management and they informed me that they were checking the levels of my medication, how much I was taking and everything and I have not been taking as much as I am supposed to. It just seemed a little weird to me. I thought you could only check the levels with a blood test. I am just really worried about it.

It depends entirely on the lab and type of the test being given. Generally, blood tests are not given unless they are in fact looking for serum levels, since it's more labour intensive and costly.
A urine test can determine if you have opiates in the body- so methadone, codeine, morphine, etc. will show up as an opiate- not as their individual drug. More intensive tests- like those given by probation officers and Methadone maintenance Clinics will test out at a level- and from there, the person reading it will determine if it is considered a positive or negative (they have to take in account the person's history- a drug user entering a probation program who has quit using any drug may still test positive for several weeks- for this reason, they have a set level for each type of drug that determines whether it's construed as a positive or negative).
With methadone, a peak and trough blood serum test is done to determine the dose's effectiveness; this is done by taking the patients blood 24 hours after their last dose, and 4 hours after their next- when the serum levels are highest & lowest in the blood.
Pre-employment drug tests and other similar situations usually won't invest that much into the test, and simply give you a rendering test that will turn positive if it detects any in the system (THC, Opiates, Amphetamines, Benzo's, etc)- but won't specify what and how much. Many places run that initial test, and if positive, order further testing for the serum levels in order to defray costs.

So technically yes, levels can be determined in blood & urine testing, but as a general rule of thumb, unless it's a punitive action test, odds are they're not shelling out for serum levels & it's a simple yes or no test.

2010-11-08 11:18:09 by Katie__

I am worried, he was taking one pill a day and now he's up to two, not sure what the mg is...I was wondering how many of these pills it would take to send him to the hospital or possibly kill him...please help, i want to make sure he is not spiraling down or doing too much...thanks

Well, they said that methadone was in Anna Niclole's refrigerator...

Most methadone abuse is perpetrated by friends and family members of people who receive the drug on a prescription basis for medical conditions. [citation needed] "Street methadone" has a black market value of roughly $20 for up to 100 milligrams and $25 to $35 for anything more than a hundred milligrams which will give people with a strong tolerance to opioids a comfortable high. [citation needed] However, this practice is very dangerous. If a person who does not have a tolerance to opiates takes a dose of methadone intended for someone on a maintenance program, they will quickly overdose.

2007-02-12 17:46:06 by mma

a friend was taken to the er from a accidental overdose.when they did a tox screen it came back high levels of methadone. there is no way she could have gotten ahold of it..she does though take lortab
she doesnt know what or how much of anything she took.. the doc said she had 16,000 mg of methadone in her system..how can that be?

yes, cuz hydrocdone is a opiod derivative, and each lortab does has a half life of 3.5 hours in your body before it's eliminated.

2009-01-20 08:49:10 by ktk1962