[miss_hubert]

Does any one know if Tylenol3 and hydrocodone [ lortab] test the same in a drug test my friend and I have been fighting over if it does or not

[DrBill100]

Tylenol 3 contains codeine, an opiate. Opiate screens are present in all drug tests and identify heroin, morphine, opium, and codeine.

Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic opioid. Basically that means it acts like an opiate. It does contain a small amount of opiate alkaloid (thebaine or codeine) but the amount is so low that it will never be detected in a standard 5-panel opiate screen (cutoff of 2000 ng.)

There are expanded tests specifically designed for detecting the synthetics and semi-synthetics. They usually have a cutoff of 100 ng.

So generally, Tylenol 3 would ring the bell on any opiate screen while hydrocodone would require a lower threshold test.