HELP

I just recently talked to HR, she told me that they need a clearance on me. It made me feel embarrassed.. Since I had a prescription from my physician I should be fine?

We can't say about specifics, but if you report ahead that you are taking X, Y, and Z and bring the bottles with the rx numbers on them, they can check to be sure. Generally that gives you a pass but as above, it depends on whether a facility wants to hire somebody whos taking prescribed psychoactives.

If you feel embarrassed, this may give you a bit more empathy when you have patients on "embarrassing" meds.

So a hospital could reject me after hiring me because I've been on a certain medication for long time?

Amphetamines and benzos are not automatic disqualifiers. You may be taking an ADHD medication and something for seizure control. As long as there is no impairment you should be fine. If there is impairment, particularily with the benzos, having a prescription may not help you as it is a patient safety issue. If you've been taking this for a long time and have a physician letter you may be ok. The circumstances of your situation is the key.

My advice would be to try not to freak out. Lots of people take these types of medications, and the drug tests might take a little longer because they have to do extra testing to make sure that its really just your prescription and not also illicit drugs that are in your urine. I wouldn't give specifics (like what meds you are on) to HR, because they don't need to know and it won't matter anyway. All that will matter is if the drug screen is a positive or a negative, and that is just taking a little more time to determine. As long as the drug screening company knows what prescriptions you have, thats what helps them clear your screening.