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Hi all! I'm a vet and my time in the PHMP is coming to an end. I haven't found anything about what to expect as far as this goes in PA. does anyone have an experience they can share. Haven't had any issues aside form 1-2 dilutes since I would go after the gym on some off days. 
 

thank you I'm advance ?

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Yellowbird68 said:

Hey there, 

I'm not in the same state as you but I finished my 2 year contract last week. I finished on the EXACT day I signed the contract 2 years ago. Others in my group got out 4-5 days early but that's the earliest I saw. About a month out I did a hair test and blood test through a 3rd party (not my typical lab) then I had 2 other urine drug screens at my lab. Those 5 tests were in the span of about a month. On the last day I got a call from the admin person who asked me some very basic questions about my experience. She then said she would be sending a letter of completion in the mail and I got a copy by email. Once I got the copy I deleted the app and that was it.

The entire exit process in my program was very informal compared to the beginning. Other people need exit evaluations from an evaluator who gives their blessing to be finished, this was not a requirement for me personally. Hope this helps, you're almost there! There is a light at the tunnel, I know all to well now that I'm free! 

Thank you for the reply! So close to freedom I can taste it haha. I had a hair test about a month ago and I expect it to pick up. I'm out of the country now and I fully expect them to pull out every big gun test they have the day I return from a much needed vacation haha. 
 

Happy you completed it and get to live a normal life now. I can't wait to delete the app haha

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Yea I made a post today about being free. I have a surprising amount of anxiety because I constantly feel like I'm forgetting something important. Very uptight and on edge. That's interesting that they did your hair test now. Mine was almost at exactly the 30 days left mark. I will say the blood test they did was probably not a peth? I'm not entirely sure what it was for - maybe it was but it was not in a grey top, it was 2 purple tops and they used a random cleaner that came in whatever kit they had it wasn't iodine but it wasn't chloraprep either. I was thinking maybe it was something that I included Kratom and Benadryl but I took Benadryl 2 days before the test and I had no issues so who knows? LOL 

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Yellowbird68 said:

Yea I made a post today about being free. I have a surprising amount of anxiety because I constantly feel like I'm forgetting something important. Very uptight and on edge. That's interesting that they did your hair test now. Mine was almost at exactly the 30 days left mark. I will say the blood test they did was probably not a peth? I'm not entirely sure what it was for - maybe it was but it was not in a grey top, it was 2 purple tops and they used a random cleaner that came in whatever kit they had it wasn't iodine but it wasn't chloraprep either. I was thinking maybe it was something that I included Kratom and Benadryl but I took Benadryl 2 days before the test and I had no issues so who knows? LOL 

Interesting you say that. I had no idea diphenhydramine was an issue..I take it on occasion when I see certain breeds of dogs that just trigger my allergies. Sounds like I should not use that til I finish to be safe haha. The whole ordeal has just left me on edge constantly haha 

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Vetinpgh said:

Interesting you say that. I had no idea diphenhydramine was an issue..I take it on occasion when I see certain breeds of dogs that just trigger my allergies. Sounds like I should not use that til I finish to be safe haha. The whole ordeal has just left me on edge constantly haha 

It was definitely on my list of "over the counter meds that you shouldn't take and if you do you should get permission". I would do whatever you are comfortable with... I will say this, I don't believe I should have ever been in the program to begin with. If you look at my post history I replied to some one on my post for the reason I was in a contract. I don't have substance issues at all, they basically just ***ed me over. I imagine they still tested me the same as everyone else. But I took Benadryl a lot of times, and on occasion: I took baby sips of my husbands beer or whiskey to taste it when he was trying new ones. I ate vodka pasta sauce, I made red wine braised short ribs, I used vanilla extract, I ate things with poppy seeds, I used listerine, I used products for face and body that had alcohol and I'm pretty sure I took a muscle relaxer at some point…….. I never had a single issue. I don't think they are as sophisticated with testing at they make you believe. I think the standard urine screens we did most often are just the 10 drugs of abuse with a urine alcohol level, I know the hair test was 10-14 drugs of abuse, blood was always a peth. Granted if Benadryl was a drug of choice then I imagine they would definitely check for that. 

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Yellowbird68 said:

It was definitely on my list of "over the counter meds that you shouldn't take and if you do you should get permission". I would do whatever you are comfortable with... I will say this, I don't believe I should have ever been in the program to begin with. If you look at my post history I replied to some one on my post for the reason I was in a contract. I don't have substance issues at all, they basically just ***ED me over. I imagine they still tested me the same as everyone else. But I took Benadryl a lot of times, and on occasion: I took baby sips of my husbands beer or whiskey to taste it when he was trying new ones. I ate vodka pasta sauce, I made red wine braised short ribs, I used vanilla extract, I ate things with poppy seeds, I used listerine, I used products for face and body that had alcohol and I'm pretty sure I took a muscle relaxer at some point…….. I never had a single issue. I don't think they are as sophisticated with testing at they make you believe. I think the standard urine screens we did most often are just the 10 drugs of abuse with a urine alcohol level, I know the hair test was 10-14 drugs of abuse, blood was always a peth. Granted if Benadryl was a drug of choice then I imagine they would definitely check for that. 

Yeah they definitely are out to just screw people over. I mean I have an unrestricted license in New Jersey and Georgia as well as a dea license. But PA punished me for a silly thing I did 8 years ago or but was honest about on my license. No other state, or the dea cared. But Pennsylvania is a special place haha. But my fiancé had her grad school here so it is what it is haha 

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Vetinpgh said:

Yeah they definitely are out to just screw people over. I mean I have an unrestricted license in New Jersey and Georgia as well as a dea license. But PA punished me for a silly thing I did 8 years ago or but was honest about on my license. No other state, or the dea cared. But Pennsylvania is a special place haha. But my fiancé had her grad school here so it is what it is haha 

Yea, there's people I have read in these forums, myself and people in my previous group that LEGIT shouldn't be in monitoring at all. It's honestly insane. Crazy enough I actually did benefit from the program just as a person. Part of my contact was therapy for anxiety and after I completed that my therapist and I added some other goals that were pretty great for my personal development. Even though it's necessarily evil for the sake of our licenses..... it's still a ***ing money scam. Ya know? 

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YAY! I finished mine in 3 years with Nursing! In AL most monitoring with VDAP is 3-5. with 3 years being if you do everything as they asked. and went above and beyond. It was worth it though. I am so thankful I don't have to pay $100 for a drug test each week... ridiculous! 

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