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Kloiiii
May 12, 2007, 06:46 PM
Does methadone and vicodin show up as the same chemical in a urinalysis?

tickle
May 12, 2007, 07:10 PM
I have heard of doctors prescribing both for pain, so yes, I believe they will show up as the same in urinalysis.

Matt3046
May 13, 2007, 08:26 AM
Could, but methadone is synthetic opiates and Vicodin is not. But there are test that will find both.

Hydrocodone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone)

Methadone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methadone)

J_9
May 13, 2007, 08:28 AM
Typically, depending on what panel drug screen is being used, they will both show up as opiates. It is hard to tell exactly which substance is being used, so they search for the main ingredient, opiates.

isabelle
May 16, 2007, 06:08 AM
I have a friend who is a "pain doctor". He prescribes a lot of opiates as well as methadone once in a while. He demands urine tests and pill counts and he does this randomly. He has exposed people who should be taking opiates but there was methadone in there urine.
I don't know what method of urine testing he is using but both drugs show up.