Can drug tests distinguish the different types of opiates you have taken, or do they all register the same?

Question

i am on probation and i just got perscribed vicodin for the stitches in my arm. If i take a nother typer of pain medicne that is an opiate as well, will it show up. or will i just be positive for opiates in general? i am on supervised probation and they do the test where i urinate in a cup and they stick that five drug screen dip stick into it. will they be able to tell how much i have taken or which kinds of opiates? Thanks, anything will help. i am just curious on the subject. this is a bit off the wall but if i did morphine and vicodine would it just show up as opiates or two differnt drugs??

Answer 1

It will not show up as an opiate. It will show up as the medicine you are taking..Which can get you into to trouble.Unless you have a legal way of proving you can take it.(prescription mainly)

Answer 2

If you have a prescription for the vicodin, don't worry. Just put it on the form as a prescribed drug, it will show up on the stick and you wave the prescription.

It is possible to split them out, but it is not done unless there is a serious need to ... like if someone is found dead and you need to know how much of what they took.

Answer 3

The test that is performed is a screening test.  Your medication would show up as an opiate.  If the test is confirmed by a more definitive method, the actual medication and the level would be determined.  In the example you gave, both drugs could be identified.

Just be prepared to submit a copy of your precription.  Make sure you're not taking more medication than is prescribed, because if the level is higher than prescribed, it would indicate drug abuse.

In other words, it might be legal to take the medication, but illegal to take more than prescribed.