Nurses General Nursing
Published Dec 17, 2004
Does anyone know how soon and how long it takes for cocaine to show up on a uds after it's used and how long it will show up on one, i.e. it will continue to show up 1 day or 1 week or 1 month after it's used?
chad75
112 Posts
No it is not as misinformation city as one might think.
Well I was going by what you said, "Unless they check your hair" Then "anything you've done in the past 6 or so months shows up "
I think I misunderstood what you were trying to say, I thought you were trying to say a UDS can detect things up to six months.
UDS or Blood Tox screen does now show any drug if you last used it 6 months ago.
Blackcat99
2,836 Posts
:chuckle A correctional officer told my nurse friend that if you drink lots and lots of orange juice you can get a negative drug screen. I don't know if that's true or not but my nurse friend and I sure had a lot of fun teasing each other about being sure to drink a lot of orange juice before coming into work. :rotfl:
Sheba817
27 Posts
I personally don't use cocaine. I would NOT trust OJ with my career
Mystery5
475 Posts
Hopefully noone here uses any recreational drug including pot, which has negative effects on one's short term memory. If anyone is using drugs or abusing alcohol, get help!!! We've lost two nurses in the past two years because of these problems...
nursef
1 Post
SmilingBluEyes
20,964 Posts
Welcome to allnurses.com.
Here is all I can say: My next stop would be to a nurse attorney's office for advice----and dealing with your state/provincial BON.
These sorts of threads have a history of being loaded with misinformation and even people making claims/statements/recommendations on how to "beat drug tests". This is not the venue for these things.
I again recommend anyone facing such troubles seek legal advice from a qualified counselor/attorney as soon as possible. Best wishes.