I took a 25 mg of Seroquel the night before a drug test, will it show up as a something?

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I'm really worried I took a drug test at 12:30 pm and took a 25mg of seroquel at 9:30pm the night before. Will that show up as anything? Will I have to retest/not be accepted?

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Donyou have a prescription for Seroquel?

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No my girlfriend gave me one

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.
No my girlfriend gave me one

You're in trouble. What was the reason for the test?

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Employment. I heard the half life is 6 hours and I only took 25mg, I figured that would be a really small dose and not show up after all that time?

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.
Employment. I heard the half life is 6 hours and I only took 25mg, I figured that would be a really small dose and not show up after all that time?

Are you a nurse?

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Now that's a new one. Google the drug. Not likely to show up on a typical drug screen unless they're checking you for antipsychotics.

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Uh oh

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.

And you took Seroquel why?

Probably won't show up on a drug screen, but why did you choose this medication to take?

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Because I can't sleep for more than 2 hours at a time at night

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Because I can't sleep for more than 2 hours at a time at night

I'm sorry but self-medicating with random medications given to you by someone else is all sorts of stupid. If you're a nurse you should know better. If you aren't, take it from those of us who are and who do...go see your primary care provider or a clinic or whatever you can afford and get some proper treatment before something much worse than sweating drug test results happens to you.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

It depends on the panel they use for the initial screen, but if they screen for it then yes, you might be in trouble. You took a (non-scheduled) prescription medication without a prescription, you committed a crime, a less severe crime than using a controlled med, but still a crime. It's quite possible that if anti-psychotics were screened for and you tested positive without a valid prescription that you will be denied employment.

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