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Facial products are not going to cause urine ETG to be positive to that degree. Everything in daily life has a small amount of alcohol in it. Even ripe bananas and other fruits have a decent amount of alcohol in them. This is not enough to trigger...

For me, once I pass the date and I did all the "requirements" I'm done. They can't test you and can't ask you if you drank, used, etc, because the contract spells out the end date on there and we all signed it. I understand tho, that many of us...

Hmm, your options are different than mine. I have Options in letters A-C and then an Option E and F. I've asked, and the basic, cheapest urine test will check for Urine ETG, Urine ETS and basic drug check around 10 substances. The more expensive o...

You mean your monitoring time period is coming to an end? I've heard of them doing exit interviews and you can tell them what your thoughts on this entire process was and what you are going to do now. Other than that, I don't think there's a...

Wow, you must be in a good state with a great monitoring agency. In my state, if I ever had 3 positives for ETG (doesn't matter if it's false or not), I am sent back to residential rehab for a "recovery reset" for 3 weeks. It will probably cost me...

Our monitoring agency has over to finger prick DBS tests for peth and can detect like 50 other drugs. I read the online studies which show the finger prick DBS is just as good as using whole blood, and way more convenient. My monitoring agencies an...

Peth blood test are becoming more common for monitoring along with urine etg, and they detect up to 100 different substances. Just a finger prick onto 3 spots, dried blood spots (DBS). There's no studies on this, but do blood donations, especially...

Yeah, most monitoring agencies are moving toward DBS, dried blood spot, test with just a finger prick. I'm not sure it's any cheaper, it might be the same price. It's just convenient because anyone can do it.

Absolutely! Come back here often and let's help each other out to get through this time.

And thank you for posting your process also - because it also sheds light on what happens in these situations. Many of us don't know and also are too afraid/paranoid to ask our case managers about these "what if" scenarios.

It's probably a good sign that you had to wait an entire day to "call tomorrow." If they wanted you to stop practicing and get a new eval or whatever, someone would have call you that day. I've even heard of case managers calling people at like 11p...

Honestly, I'm not sure why they are wasting so much time reviewing your re-test of the same sample. Most monitoring agencies would have moved on to confirmatory testing by now. And the more time passes, your 2nd confirmatory testing would be negati...

Kava, as in that powder you can buy online and mix it in water for a relaxing drink or tea? They advertise on facebook a lot also. I've drank a kava drink on a Sunday and had to test urine etg on a Monday. I've done it twice and no issues. I ...

I believe you can search for "professional medical monitoring agencies" and usually Virginia comes up and they have a list. All the states use very similar lists.

Yep, overall, I'm hearing most people getting 5 years of "monitoring." This means abstaining from alcohol or any other medication other than Tylenol/IBU. I don't even take cough syrup anymore or pseudoephedrine if I have sinusitis and can't breathe...

Usually, secondary testing is done to confirm or for accidental exposure. And a one time incident or accidental exposure like this would be negative in a hair test. Hair tests are not sensitive - but they can detect long-term use.

Can someone who is knowledgeable shed some light on the process of required monitoring and getting back to work? Is the nursing profession different and I see that with so many scenarios here. For physicians, it seems if they are intoxicated...

In the beginning for the 1st year, I had to see a therapist monthly that was approved by them. I was not honest with the therapist because I was afraid they would just report any issues with the monitoring agency/board. Therefore, that was a hoop t...

Interesting - wish my state had a 3 year monitoring program! Here, everyone has 5 year monitoring contracts as standard. Can't leave early either. It does gradually get less frequent monitoring after year 3 though.

My state had a list that I had to call and set up an appointment with. I couldn't just go to anyone since they had to be "approved" by the monitoring agency. Since your state is so unhelpful, I would ask a lawyer who deals with licensing issu...

Thanks for posting your story and congratulations! Your message helps me slog through. I am just finishing 1.5 years out of a long 5. But I'm trying to think of the remaining time but the number "5" is stuck in my head!

So am I right here or it depends on the state? Can nurses, including NPs, get back to work quickly after residential rehab and a 5 year monitoring program. Just spoke to a physician in my AA/NA "professionals" meeting in the area, and met 2 pe...

You'll have to jump through hoops and stuff, but I think you can argue and explain that you are not abusing this medication - you once had a prescription for it and you now take Adderall. You can come up with an explanation - I don't know - you had ...

Peth stands for phosphatidylethanol, a by product of alcohol ingestion that attaches to your RBCs. The problem with this is the body takes a long time to get rid of that molecule that attaches to RBCs, allowing for longer detection of alcohol ingest...

Some people have peth tests to check for antidepressants and other psychiatric medications as part of their monitoring contract. Basically, once you get flagged for alcohol use disorder, etc or anything and if you take prescription meds, they will m...