Pills on a drug screening?

Question

one of my friends gave me some Provigil 2 weeks ago to see if it would help with my depression. it made me sick and i hated it. i had to take a urine screening for a job today....would the pills be out of my system? i am not a frequent pill taker at all, and its been 2 weeks

Answer 1

Provigil can be detected in your blood and urine, but a typical employment drug test does not include a screening for Provigil. This medicine is typically not something the drug tests are trying to pick up.

Even if the test does include a screening for Provigil, the medicine is not illegal, so in the large majority of cases, there will be no negative consequences. Provigil is a prescription drug, not an illegal one.

You might wonder that after taking Provigil you will test false-positive for another drug, such as an amphetamine. This is unlikely. False positives show up when a substance is chemically similar to the screened substance. Modafinil (Provigil) and amphetamines are chemically dissimilar. They are not likely to act the same in any chemical reaction or to show up on a mass spectroscopy or liquid chromatographic analysis.

Some users may worry about how long will Provigil stay in your system and if that will affect their drug test. Provigil has a fairly short half life in the body, but the drug tests can be calibrated to detect Provigil for up to several days after you take it.  Two weeks is more than enough time for the Provigil to be totally eliminated from your body.