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Montana is one of the few states with a standalone statute that spells out when and how an employer may test for controlled substances and alcohol....
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Kava is a plant preparation made from the root of Piper methysticum, a shrub native to the South Pacific. It is sold as a beverage in...
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Fire chiefs, HR leads and safety officers asking whether their department "has to" drug test are usually surprised by the answer: outside a narrow set of...
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Halcion is the brand name for triazolam, a short acting benzodiazepine prescribed for a few days of insomnia treatment. Employers and patients who have come across...
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Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant that doctors prescribe for depression and, off label, for certain pain and sleep conditions. It is a prescription medication, not a...
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Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic prescribed for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and, in combination with fluoxetine, treatment resistant depression. People taking it sometimes worry a pre employment...
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Valium is the brand name for diazepam, a long acting benzodiazepine prescribed for anxiety, muscle spasm, seizure disorders, and alcohol withdrawal. Whether it shows up on...
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Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic plant in the mint family that shows up in head shops, online listings, and occasionally in workplace incident reports. Because it...
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Nuvigil is the brand name for armodafinil, a prescription wakefulness promoting medication used for excessive sleepiness tied to obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, or shift work disorder....
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Ciprofloxacin is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the United States, and it shows up often enough in pre employment and workplace testing conversations...
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Organizations can buy drug test kits online from a wholesale supplier that sells urine cups, dip cards, oral fluid tests and DOT collection kits. This guide...
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Phenylephrine is the active decongestant in most cold and sinus products sold on the open shelf, including many items labeled "PE" that replaced pseudoephedrine after pseudoephedrine...
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Warfarin is one of the most widely prescribed anticoagulants in the country, and people who take it sometimes worry it will trigger a false positive on...
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Texas employers ask a version of the same question every week. Can we drug test, do we have to, and what happens if a worker tests...
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Klonopin is the brand name for clonazepam, a benzodiazepine prescribed for seizure disorders and panic attacks. Whether it shows up on a drug test depends on...
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The Vicks VapoInhaler is a small, pocket sized nasal decongestant sold without a prescription. Unlike most over the counter decongestants, its active ingredient is not pseudoephedrine...
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Azithromycin is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the United States, used for respiratory infections, skin infections, and several sexually transmitted infections. Because so...
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Naltrexone is prescribed for alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder, either as a daily oral tablet or as a once monthly extended release injection sold...
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Gamma hydroxybutyrate, known as GHB, is a central nervous system depressant with a short list of legitimate medical uses and a longer history as a club...
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No. Prednisone will not show up on a standard workplace, DOT, or pre employment drug test. That surprises a lot of people, because the word "steroid"...
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Amoxicillin is one of the most prescribed antibiotics in the country, and a persistent claim keeps circulating that it can turn a urine drug screen positive...
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Haloperidol is a first generation antipsychotic used to manage psychotic disorders, severe agitation, and the tics of Tourette's disorder. It is not a controlled substance, and...
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Wyoming does not have a standalone statute that tells private employers when they may drug test, what panel to run, or how to handle a positive...
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Phenobarbital is a long acting barbiturate most often prescribed for seizure disorders, and in some cases for sedation or management of withdrawal. If a urine drug...
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