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Originally Posted by PSNFLWR
I have a hair follicle test in three days for a new job, having skied, used opiates in the past two weeks and have a script for Ritalin (80mg daily) and Xanex (4mg daily). I plan on using the same process as Idavisa. Though I have naturally blonde hair I dye dark brown, I plan on bleaching and re-dying first and doing the Idavisa way both before and after the bleach/dye job. I will be continuing my prescribed medication, the Ritalin and Xanex throughout and the day of my test. My biggest question is, do I give info at the testing site of my prescribed drugs or not? If I come up completely clean and I have given my medication history, wont that raise up a red flag? Or should I refrain from giving any information and hope I am contacted regarding results so that I can then give my proof of meds? And what if I am not contacted and I show up with the meds that I will be continuing on and I am just not offered the job? Not sure what the best course of action is. Please advise!!!
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Very good question. This too was my situation when I had to provide hair sample for testing. (As I had Rx's for both Ritalin and Xanax)
Best to not mention anything during day of testing. If done correctly you won't need to provide this information...if either show up the clinic will contact you first before contacting the employer to provide info on any Rx's that may show up. Then when asked (if they do...which would be odd since you stripped your hair of all drug metabolites anyway by following the info on this thread) simply tell them you have a Rx for Ritalin or Xanax...but do not tell them before, as it would mostly raise a red flag.
Never give information before hand as you don't know if anything will show up in the first place.
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Originally Posted by datonedoug
Hello im new to the forums.my name is doug , im asian and i got thin black hair. I got a question. I have a drug test coming up in august. not sure exact date. but im quiting all drugs as of tommrw . well my hair is less then 1inch long . since i been doing drugs prior to today. should i cut my hair soon and let it grow out to 1inch - 1.5inch since my hair prolly has traces of drugs in them?. cutting it now doesnt make a difference since i will be growing out to atleast 1.5inch by august.?
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I would do exactly as you described...
But wait 1 week
Shave hair
Let grow out
**provided you don't use again prior to your test you should be good.
Is August the month of your test?
Hair tests usually want a sample of hair 1.5 inches minimum (which will show drug use for past 90 days; 30 days=0.5 inches of hair)
I would say if you shaved hair in 1 week (provided you don't use drugs anymore from now until day of test) from today and let it grow out until test-you should be ok.
If you let it grow out you should have 1.5-2 inches of hair by test day. To make sure you hair is clean I would suggest getting a haircut and have your hair trimmed in August to insure all dirty hair is gone.
Hope this helped.
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Last edited by ldavisa; 05-18-2009 at 05:42 PM.
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