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  • Aug 21, 2012, 10:18 AM
    Joey utrs
    Extended Hair Follicle test
    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?
  • Aug 21, 2012, 02:40 PM
    DrBill100
    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 Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Substance Abuse, American Psychiatric Publishing, Wash, DC, p. 58

    William J. Closson, PhD, Forensic Toxicology Services: 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 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

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