driving and methadone

That's different.

IF you are prescribed pain killer for say a broken tooth that was worked on, and you healed in a week, you are legally under FMCSA and DOT required wait until AFTER a specific amount of time usually 7 times half life hours of a given drug you were prescribed. (Hydrocodone is usually 3 hours times 7 off last dose = 21 hours and generally you are allowed to drive again. (As of Jan 1 2018 all Interstate and instrastate commerce banned from having pain killers inside their bodies on the truck.)

I am a pain patient, I cannot touch a semi until I have had about a week off and pass a urine screen or about 9 months off and pass the hair test. Have been for 10 years now.

Methadone is a disqualifier because it is sometimes abused as a narcotic itself. I personally don't see it because during medical detox to prevent massive strokes that were a threat to hypertension three levels of BP that week, I was given suboxone which is literally half made of Naxolene and the other half a form of medicine, both together will cause me to vomit everything narcotic should I attempt or get given one in any form.

Anyway. If you were prescribed Methadone, that indicates you had a problem with either illegal drugs of a Opiate nature OR a addiction to including a form of craving for legal pain killers or... even a failed pain management contract. (Example burning up your 30 day required supply in say... 10 days way too early.) and now it is administered as a form of enforcement to ensure you are weaned off narcotics. Either way you are sick. Generally too sick to have a clear head for doing trucking.

Believe it or not it is even harder to get methadone than it is to get legal pain killers in any form.

I can type on. But if you are dealing with Methadone or legal pain killers etc you already have been told very many more details by your doctors etc.

 

Its a known fact that when you are on methadone prescription by your doctor there is no affect on your ability to drive. But the DOT will not allow someone to get their CDL. That is discrimination under the Americans disabilities Act.

 

This would indicate that you were previously on some harder drug if it is going to effect your work performance then your best off not driving as you do not want to endanger your life or the lives of others while on the highway. If it does not make you drowsy or effect your reaction times while driving then I guess it would be ok.

 

No it isn’t, there are exceptions under the Ada.

 

You can drive a truck if your taking methadone. You just have to have a letter from your doctor saying you have no adverse issues with methadone and that your driving or work will not be affected by methadone. If you wondering why I'm saying all of this it is that I'm in MMT (methadone clinic) with CDL's and a letter from a doctor and been stopped for inspection's more times that I can count and have never had 1 single issues. Plus I'm on a significantly higher dose and my dosage is 205 MG. Still no problems with the cops or anyone

 

Does your employer know you're on methadone?

 

as he was advised very well on the last thread he made of such ,jack's trouble will be whether or not he can be insured . He will be one hell of a liability.

 

Yes Sir