Drug testing question

Trippy Mayne

New Member
Hey guys just have a quick question. Ok I took 10mg Methadone yesterday at exactly 4:34pm, and was wondering how long will it take until it won't show up on a urine screen I'm thinking about turning myself in but don't want to have dirty urine. (Even tho I'm dirty for THC). I've heard if you haven't have any prior use in a while it could be out in 48 hours but just want to make sure, because I'm tired of living on the run, just want to accept my punishment and move on but don't want dirty urine or I'll get additional time.
How long am I looking at until I'm clean from Methadone in a urine test?
 

canndo

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serum half life of methadone is 55 hours - so it you took 10 mg, in 55 hours you would have 5 mg in your system, in another 55 hours you would have 2.5, in another 55 hours you'd have 1.75. That's a lot of days before you will be down to micrograms. I'm not sure, and I know Duck would know, but I think the point of methadone is the long half life.


in short, you are fucked for a bit.
 

rory420420

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trippy,glad ur looking in the future..stay away from your friends,and their drugs..wait a month or so and then go se the police..you might get lieniency(sic) by enrolling in a program before hand(not sayin u got a problem,that's how the feds think tho)....also,don't know ur phisical stature,but skinny men clean out eaiser..opoids and thc store in ur body fat..lots of water and exercise...that's the way to speed it up..and stay away from silk road godammmit..lol...also,use a "system cleaner " for a couple weeks 2 times a week...can't do any harmm..before u go to the authorities,check ur urine with a home screen from walgreens or someplace...hope this helps..be safe and good luck dog!
 

MrEDuck

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Opioids are water soluble not fat soluble. And methadone takes longer than most of them to vanish. I'm not sure exactly how long offhand. I'd say up to two weeks.
 

DemonTrich

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what about checking into detox for 2-3 weeks, get it flushed out of your system, then turn your self in. the detox portion will look good in your favor when it comes time for the judges eyes and you get clean before pissing for the jail. just a thought. i was actually picked up at the detox after i got clean by the authorities.
 

Trippy Mayne

New Member
Thanks for the info appreciate it, and so with alot of excersice and fluid I should be good in about 5 days right? I can't support myself without a job so I really have no other option then getting it over with and starting fresh.
Again thanks for the info much appreciated, but damn that seems a little long you know.
 

Trippy Mayne

New Member
trippy,glad ur looking in the future..stay away from your friends,and their drugs..wait a month or so and then go se the police..you might get lieniency(sic) by enrolling in a program before hand(not sayin u got a problem,that's how the feds think tho)....also,don't know ur phisical stature,but skinny men clean out eaiser..opoids and thc store in ur body fat..lots of water and exercise...that's the way to speed it up..and stay away from silk road godammmit..lol...also,use a "system cleaner " for a couple weeks 2 times a week...can't do any harmm..before u go to the authorities,check ur urine with a home screen from walgreens or someplace...hope this helps..be safe and good luck dog!
Haha I will man. Thanks for everything you have done bro. Your good peoples.
 

canndo

Well-Known Member
Thanks for the info appreciate it, and so with alot of excersice and fluid I should be good in about 5 days right? I can't support myself without a job so I really have no other option then getting it over with and starting fresh.
Again thanks for the info much appreciated, but damn that seems a little long you know.
You weren't reading that right - the half life of methadone is 55 hours. That is more than two days. In 5 days you will still have aprox. one quarter of the amount you originaly took. I don't know how sensitive he test is but I think you wll still be hot in 5 days.
 

Trippy Mayne

New Member
You weren't reading that right - the half life of methadone is 55 hours. That is more than two days. In 5 days you will still have aprox. one quarter of the amount you originaly took. I don't know how sensitive he test is but I think you wll still be hot in 5 days.
Idk dude that would be for somebody who has been taking it frequently or dosed at 50mg or something high like that, I just talked to a doctor and she said that if it was my first time taking methadone and it was only 10mg she said she can see it leaving my system in 3 days..
I'm confused.
 

canndo

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Idk dude that would be for somebody who has been taking it frequently or dosed at 50mg or something high like that, I just talked to a doctor and she said that if it was my first time taking methadone and it was only 10mg she said she can see it leaving my system in 3 days..
I'm confused.
The doc has a point, I don't know where most of that substance resides and I don't know if the metabolites are sit in the fat or not.

But, it is true that the occasional user will more likely than not, metabolize a chemical more quickly than someone who doese more regularly.

Funny this should come up. my wife is changing health insurance policies (DO NOT get me started on THAT bullshit), and they want to come take a blood sample - why I don't know, and they want to know all the drugs she has taken in the last 5 years (if we were honest it would be quite a list from fentanyl to mdma). Anyway, she and I were given a few dilaudid and even though I know that the comedown from a few day's binge of this stuff is wicked we were still planning to have a nice weekend.

I checked the half life and it is 5.8 hours so I figure if she quits mid day sunday she should be ok by wed. Then again, who knows what they will be looking for in her blood - I mean these folks aren't the police or anything.


The more I think about it, the more I figure that a 10 mg dose can't possibly be discoverable like a week later. Hell, I know for certain that a very occasional pot user will test negative in only a day or two. My wife is a rare smoker, she and I had a bowl and then two days later she was interviewed for a job and had to piss for the folks.

on the questionare it asked if she had smoked pot in the last month and because she is prone to telling the truth, even at the cost of a job, she said yes.

So there was a real problem when she was provisionaly hired and the test came back negative but the questionaire said she had smoked. Their lawyer advised that she be made permanent because it wasn't her answer but the piss test that was the point.
 

rory420420

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Awesome....duck..so opiates have a half life,but are stored in water?..I guess the cwe is witness to the actual chemical properties..so the more water ingested,the less concentrated the opiates?..like I've said before..not a chemist ,just curiious..I'm curious..I've allways heard opiates store in fat,but it makes sense that its water soluable ande fats/oils don't mix with water...hmmmm...maybe I just passed a thought,or im still reeling from some makers mark...
 

Trippy Mayne

New Member
I've taken a lot of Opiates before and have had a drug test 36 hours later and still somehow passed. I think it's because if you have a fast metabolism you get rid of it faster then the Average Joe. But amount use is bid factor in that too. I think if I were to take 2 or 3 of them it would have taken a week or so. I just want to get this shit over with and move on with my life. Although I probably racked up a few additional charges and possibly more time but oh well.
Thanks again guys for your answers, and welcome to RIU AlbinoEnvy lol.
 

Trippy Mayne

New Member
Okay it's been 3 full days since I took that 10mg Methadone, I've been drinking lots of water almotst 8 bottles per day, and have been getting a decent amount of excercise in, you think I'll be good tomorrow? I know if I don't turn myself in soon it's not going to happen.
 

rory420420

Well-Known Member
Just go to walgreens and get a home test kit trippy..it'll let ya know if ur safe to turn urself in clean..good luck bro...
 

MrEDuck

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The more I'm looking the more I'm seeing a single dose of done is likely to wash out quickly.
 
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