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psanderson · **^ Top** #11 12.01.2008

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I'm sure that's the case for when you're filling out the physical application. However, it's was different for us when we had to go for a random or post accident test. We were not allowed to tell them what medications we were taking. If the test came back positive the company MRO would investigate and make sure it was legal. I had a positive test for codeine once when I had a tooth pulled and that's what happened there. The MRO called me at home and asked if I was taking any medications I told him yes then I had to show the terminal boss the bottle and all was ok. I even tried to tell the collector once about my meds and she told me that they do not take that kind of information. I work for a giant company with a complete legal department and I'm sure they follow all that is required.

How would a state or fed inspector know what's on your long medical form anyway? Just asking.

They wouldn't. But certain meds in the vehicle can become suspicious. We had a list of disqualifying meds in alphebetical order including the generic names we kept with us. It was about 25 pages long. Doctors have been known to pass a driver by letting them slide on some meds. As well, there are Doctors out there that perform DOT physicals that don't know the rules Re. disqualifying meds with the exception of the 5 drugs that are banned. And with some of these state officers with their heads swollen twice normal size who could say.

GasHauler · **^ Top** #12 12.01.2008

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Originally Posted by psanderson

They wouldn't. But certain meds in the vehicle can become suspicious. We had a list of disqualifying meds in alphebetical order including the generic names we kept with us. It was about 25 pages long. Doctors have been known to pass a driver by letting them slide on some meds. As well, there are Doctors out there that perform DOT physicals that don't know the rules Re. disqualifying meds with the exception of the 5 drugs that are banned. And with some of these state officers with their heads swollen twice normal size who could say.

I agree with you there 100%. It's extremely hard for a company to find a doctor that knows all the rules and regs that he needs to know for the DOT physicals. And it's also hard to find a lab or collection lab that's knows all what they should know too. We operated in Las Vegas which is a good size city now and it took months to find what the company wanted. I'm sure that the company required more on the test and physical than normal and that could have been the problem but you'd think they would know how to do everything if they're in the business. I've even seen big mistakes made by a few. Like loss of the chain of custody by leaving the sample unsealed on the counter and then leaving it by itself while the person went into another room. There was one year that I went to take a drug test 13 times in a little over two months because the lab could not give the company what they wanted.

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