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elias7

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5. Pee test for what?
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 12:11 PM
Feb 2023

Ask this practitioner what they’re looking for. Typically, people who get regular prescriptions of a controlled substance will get a test to make sure they are taking it rather than diverting it/selling it. If you’re not taking it every day, negative test doesn’t mean anything, nor does a positive test.

You can tell that practitioner that you take this on an as needed basis so that you do not develop a tolerance or dependency.

It’s on the other hand they are looking for other drugs, is your practitioner going to say that if you have THC in your system you won’t get a prescription for Ativan?

I have found a lot of mid-level providers go by an algorithm or cookbook and don’t really know what the hell they’re testing for or why.

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