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Joey utrs
Aug 21, 2012, 10:18 AM
I took two 5mg vicodins about two weeks ago will I test positive.
In the past nine months I probably did this 3 times and had a prescription for ten Percocet about 4 months ago. Will the legit prescription save me?

DrBill100
Aug 21, 2012, 02:40 PM
In all likelihood the use described will not be detected. Hair testing is very effective at identifying chronic drug use but not occasional users.*

If usage was detected however Vicodin (Hydrocodone) and Percocet (Oxycodone) break down into different metabolites and can easily be distinguished at the confirmatory level of testing.

*Galanter & Kleber, 2011 (http://books.google.com/books?id=NEWpRlwUAmcC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=marijuana+incorporation+into+hair&source=bl&ots=vEelAPWmux&sig=7I9Z-DIiT0tv_2eg6X2fz7NSeA4&hl=en&ei=5oTiTsTlOIv22AXV5smyBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CHMQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=marijuana%20incorporation%20into%20hair&f=false) Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Substance Abuse, American Psychiatric Publishing, Wash, DC, p. 58

William J. Closson, PhD, Forensic Toxicology Services (http://www.drclosson.com/drugtestinginformation): A positive hair test result indicates “The individual was most likely a chronic user of the drug detected during the time indicated by the length of the hair.”

Jim Turnage (2011), Forensic DNA & Drug Testing Services, Inc (http://www.dallasbar.org/sites/default/files/innovations_in_substance_abuse_testing_jim_turnage-2011_0.pdf) in presentation to Dallas TX Bar Association. p. 15 "It takes multiple uses to test positive in hair under normal drug use. A one -time use will not be above the cutoff level." p. 15