Posted on Jul 31, 2020
Will Lidocaine make me fail a UA at MEPS? If so, if I have the proper documentation from the dentist, will I be good to go?
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Hey guys hope someone answers this and fast! So I went to the dentist as I felt my tooth decaying and I needed a crown and some cavities filled. Well I got the crown being finished a week before I ship out for Basic and I asked the dental office what they use as a numbing agent its Lidocaine.
Talked to my recruiter as Im getting mixed messages if it will test positive for anything. My dentist is providing me documentation which I will be giving to the recruiting office and I will be bringing with me in case something happens. I don't do anything and I just don't want anything like this causing me problems.
If anyone can provide me information on this Id greatly appreciate it.
Will this Lidocaine make me fail a UA? And if so if I have the proper documentation from the dentist will i be good to go?
Talked to my recruiter as Im getting mixed messages if it will test positive for anything. My dentist is providing me documentation which I will be giving to the recruiting office and I will be bringing with me in case something happens. I don't do anything and I just don't want anything like this causing me problems.
If anyone can provide me information on this Id greatly appreciate it.
Will this Lidocaine make me fail a UA? And if so if I have the proper documentation from the dentist will i be good to go?
Basic Trainee
Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)
Soldier
Drugs
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The testing limits are intentionally set high enough that stuff that like won't cause you to piss hot. You'd have to get shot up with enough lidocaine to kill a horse the day before the piss test before you'd test positive. That's why everyone laughs at the BS excuses some people try to use to explain why they pissed hot. You are not going to test positive if you were riding in a car with people smoking weed. You are not going to test positive if someone gave you a drink laced with CBD oil. You could smoke crack on Wednesday and piss clean on Saturday. Unless you are a habitual user, you could smoke weed and piss clean 15 days later. And, in all likelihood, they are not going to test for lidocaine anyway. I had shoulder surgery and was on heavy duty narcotic pain pills for two weeks and pissed clean at drill the next month.
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LTC (Join to see)
SPC (Join to see) - bottom line: if you do test positive, the results get reviewed by a doctor and if it's from something like this (aka you're positive for something that could be a legitimate medical reason), they don't do anything and you never even know you tested positive. It's actually very difficult to get popped for failing a drug test, by design. You have to be a serious drug abuser to get caught. I was in the USAF with a guy who had been smoking weed his entire career and had never gotten caught.
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Not a drug user anyway I just really cant wait to serve, get my career going, travel, and meet new people Id probably never talked to before. Just don't want to mess up before anything happens.
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SSG Watis Ekthuvapranee
WO1 (Verify To See) - I don't agree with that. We need to be vigilant in combat zone, but Hemp slows and relaxes you. In fact after an engagement, we need stimulant to keep us from Adrenalin withdraw.
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SSG Watis Ekthuvapranee
Well, they can give it to the veterans, though. Maybe they'll save money on other pain killers and keep veteran chill out of jail. You have no idea how many are in jail because vigilant button is still on from PTSD.
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Ok, straight off... relax. Just bring the prescription/doctors orders with you.
The way a piss test works is they bring you in and you do the deed, it goes off to be tested and they test for a wide variety of substances. IF you come up up for one, then you still have options... you can get a blood/hair fiber test done. Also if you are on a medication that would cause a positive, they allow for that... you just have to show the valid prescription for it.
The way a piss test works is they bring you in and you do the deed, it goes off to be tested and they test for a wide variety of substances. IF you come up up for one, then you still have options... you can get a blood/hair fiber test done. Also if you are on a medication that would cause a positive, they allow for that... you just have to show the valid prescription for it.
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yeah ill have it all I don't have any medications im taking just had this done by someone here at home as I know they do free dental work I'm just thinking of bed side manner. To be honest I know the Army isn't concerned to much with pain maybe i'm wrong just heard some horror stories.
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