Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

[SweetieRN]

I received an offer of employment this morning and went to HR to sign the offer. The only contingency on the offer was a urine drug screen, which I had to take immediately. The problem is that I have horrible allergies and have been battling with sinus headaches/congestion and fluid in my ears for weeks. This morning (not knowing that I would be taking a UDS), I took 25mg of Benadryl, 1000mg of Acetaminophen, and 60mg of Sudafed. I also had about 3 cups of coffee this morning . Do you think that the Sudafed will make me postive for Methamphetamines? The hospital that I am applying at uses an independent laboratory for their UDS, and I asked the tech if they needed a list of any OTC meds that I had taken lately and they said "no". Now I am very worried that I will not pass my drug screen

[manchmal]

I don't understand why these places are refusing prescriptions that we try to bring in to self-disclose LEGAL medication use!

I had a pre-employment drug screen last week, and am still kinda weirded out by it and hoping it's okay (dream job). I take a prescription med at bedtime (a benzo), and have for ~10 years. I never take more or less than what is prescribed, etc.

I went to a local lab/testing facility with a slip from my potential employer for a urine test (pre-employment screen, am hired based on successful negative urine test). I tried to tell the tech that I wanted to give a copy of my rx to her, and she refused, said she "wasn't allowed to talk about medications with me." I asked who I could talk with them about, because I wanted to show them my prescription for the med, and she said "no one." I obviously don't want them calling my potential employer and saying something like "X's drug test was positive." She told me that some other agency manages the testing (they send out the samples), that she just collects the specimen. The other agency was like 15 states away from me...there was some medical officer's name on there, along with a larger agency.

When I left the testing facility, I called the agency and asked if I could send a copy of my rx, and no one seemed to know what was going on. One guy told me they would call my employer, and ask "for my contact information" and then call me for info on any rx scripts I have. Another woman told me they would call me first, and then make sure the levels were "within the therapeutic range." I'm not even sure at this point that the test tests for benzos?

Anyhow, I was shocked I couldn't just list my dang medications when they did the screen! This was a lab (not the employer), so I don't see anything wrong with sharing my med list, and I do NOT trust these people not to screw up and just report to my employer that I have a +drug screen for a drug that I take legally/safetly, and have had an rx for for years. I also don't figure my employer has much right to know that I take this medication?