I was prescribed xanax.05 for palpitations, and Soma for neck pain... I am a flight attendant, and do not take these except at night. Would an FAA drug screen show these drugs in my system? If I have the prescription, and list the drugs, would it matter?
Does xanax show up in a drug screen?
Question posted by flygirlfl on 4 May 2012
Last updated on 29 August 2024 by pills4life82
4 Answers
pills4life82
29 Aug 2024
Absolutely take Xanax for 7 years was a mistake 2003-10
Fixit0828
29 Aug 2024
Yes, but for only a few days
DzooBaby
4 May 2012
Sweet is correct. Some jobs, like the Dept of Transportation (DOT) do not allow their employees to use any kind of medicine that can alter their consciousness, prescription or no presription. If the medication states for you not to drive or operate heavy machinery, you can bet it is not allowed. It doesnt matter if they only take it on their own time and not when working. If it can be detected in their system, they can lose their job. My husband works for the trucking industry and they came through and did random testing on all of their employees. He was on Darvocet at the time, prescribed by the Dr. They told him he had to quit taking his pain pills and come back in for a retest. If they would have found the medication again, he would have lost his job. My husband is not a truck driver but does, on occasion, have to move smaller trucks about so he was not allowed to have any drugs that could affect his ability to drive-nothing controlled.
FAA may very well be the same but I dont know for sure. You need to find out what your companies policies are and which drugs are forbidden. Even if you take them just at night, they will show up in a urine drug screen. Benzodiazepines like Xanax can be detected in the urine weeks after the last dose. I had it happen to me where one dose of Xanax showed up six weeks later on an employers drug screen. Talk to your companies HR and find out what is their policy.
Patiently Waiting
4 May 2012
Any company.. Any job.. will accept your proof of prescription regardless.
Their only complaint they would have if any would be how it effects your job or attitude. As long as you write it down on your paperwork as per prescribed for a doctor I think you will be fine.
Inactive
4 May 2012
There are a few careers that will not allow benzodiazapines, such as DOT jobs, not your problem though!!
I also think you should be ok if you have your RX vials with you at your drug test. But do check with your company's HR department re drug screaning and firings. Cover your butt kind of thing!!
Good luck!
Inactive
4 May 2012
Ooops, I didn't answer your question, most likely the benzo will show up. Especially if you take it on a daily basis (don't go off of it though!!) but not sure about Soma.
Again, good luck
Patiently Waiting
4 May 2012
Agree sweet lemon.
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