FMCSA Allowed/Disallowed meds?

I've personally taken it, it does stay in your system for awhile (9 day for a urine test)... And the effects linger in your system for a day or two after a dose.

Also maybe not for all people but xanax is one long acting drug. I guarantee that even though he takes it just at night it is still affecting his
abilty to drive the next day. Even though it is a small dose xanax is one drug that takes awhile for your body to get used too.

 

Also xanax is "worse" than the drugs you mentioned simply because you lose alot of
your "motoring skills", also xanax has a way of making you forget what you did the day before.

It is definitely one drug someone does not need to be taking on the road.

 

This website has tons of useful information... Here is a link to the one for xanax

http://www.drugs.com/xanax.html

Xanax falls under the catorgory of "benzodiazepines". I'm not sure where that falls
in the 5 panel DOT test but it will show up.

 

Here is a link to the five item in the DOT test.

It then further breaks it down to what drugs fall into each section.

http://www.universalbackground.com/drug_testing/dot.asp

 

This may be your experience, but it is not the norm. Xanax actually has a rather short half life of 11 hours whereas another drug like valium has a half life of around 200 hours. This is one of the main reasons why xanax is mostly used on an "as needed" basis for quick relief anxiety attacks, and it's not a good long term treatment. It's a very fast acting, potent benzo,and that's one of the main reasons why it's abused so much. It also will not show up in a 5 panel drug screen, but it will show up in a 10 panel screen.

The best bet for your friend is to anonymously call a Dr that performs D.O.T physicals and ask them what they think. I imagine it would depend on the dosage and frequency of use, but I could be wrong.

Hope that helps!!

 

Benzos do not show up on standard DOT drug test.

 

Here's 160 articles on the fmcsa website for medications

http://search.google.dot.gov/FMCSA/...mcsa_only=1&q=MEDICATIONS&Image1=Go&x=42&y=13

 

That is totally false.
Xanax 1/2 life is only 4 hours..... it's one of the barbiturates that has the most fast metabolic rate.
Colonopin perhaps is what you may be thinking about. Its half life is considerably longer, in terms of barbiturates anyways.