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Montelukast, sold under the brand name Singulair and as generic tablets and granules, is one of the most commonly prescribed maintenance medications for asthma and allergic...
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Tizanidine is a prescription muscle relaxant used for spasticity, and employees and employers both ask the same question when it shows up on a medication list...
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Bupropion, sold under brand names including Wellbutrin and Zyban, is one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants and smoking cessation aids in the United States. It...
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Lithium is a metal salt prescribed as a mood stabilizer, most often for bipolar disorder. It is not a controlled substance under federal law, and it...
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Every collection site sees it eventually: a specimen that looks fine in the cup but fails every check a real kidney would pass. Synthetic urine is...
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When you drug test your employees, you want to do so with the right drug testing supplies and appropriate protocols—everything above board. But if you run...
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Keppra is the brand name for levetiracetam, an anticonvulsant prescribed for seizure disorders. People taking it sometimes ask whether it will show up on a workplace...
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Zyrtec is one of the most common allergy medications in the country, and it comes in more than one formula. That matters for drug testing, because...
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Defense contractors sit at the intersection of three different rule sets: the general federal Drug Free Workplace Act requirement, a Department of Defense acquisition regulation clause...
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Dialysis centers run on controlled substances. Technicians and nurses handle heparin, fentanyl, and other opioids during treatment, often with less direct oversight than a hospital floor...
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Vermont runs one of the more restrictive workplace drug testing statutes in the country. Instead of leaving the subject to case law or a patchwork of...
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The DOT return-to-duty process runs in a fixed order: immediate removal from safety-sensitive duty after a violation, a face-to-face evaluation with a DOT Substance Abuse Professional...
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State government employs everyone from office clerks and licensing examiners to state troopers, corrections officers and commercial vehicle operators. Whether a state employee can be drug...
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A home health aide or personal care worker walks into a client's house alone, often with no supervisor within miles, and frequently has direct access to...
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Every program manager who runs a drug testing schedule eventually gets the same question from a supervisor or an employee relations file: did a detox drink...
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Becoming a police officer involves more screening steps than almost any other civilian job. A recruit who applies to a local department or a sheriff's office...
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Employers building a drug testing program in the United Arab Emirates work inside a legal framework that is different from the United States in almost every...
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Accutane is a brand name for isotretinoin, a retinoid medication prescribed for severe, treatment resistant acne. People who take it, or who are starting it, sometimes...
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St. John's wort shows up in a lot of medicine cabinets as a mood support supplement, and it shows up in a lot of questions from...
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Atomoxetine, sold under the brand name Strattera and as generic capsules, is prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Unlike the stimulant medications many employers associate with...
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The DOT urine collection procedure requires the collector to check the specimen's temperature within four minutes of receiving it, and that temperature must fall between 90...
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Not on a standard opiate panel. Standard urine drug test cups and dip cards, including 5, 10, and 12 panel formats, use immunoassay antibodies built to...
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A hotel runs on people moving quickly through tight spaces with guests, cash, master keys, chemicals, and sometimes a company van all in the mix at...
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Dronabinol is a prescription medicine, not a supplement or an over the counter product, and people who take it often ask whether it will show up...
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