Is Klonipin a banned drug for CDL?

Knoplin is a controlled Benzo, same family or class as Xanax.

Let me tell you, a doc experimented with Xanax a short time with me and that was a difficult year for me. Making small mistakes in a frigging car. Sheesh. I finally quit cold turkey over 9 months. The doctor told me never to touch that stuff again becuase I was one of three she knew of out of approx 2000 that was able to stop that stuff.

The problem with Xanax is you are selling the stress to the drug to the devil to buy a few hours calm. There are certain things in your mind, nerves and reaction that goes to ####e when on this stuff. Not very much, but enough to make errors when driving. I considered the errors obvious enough to any lawman to come pull over and have a chat.

Progressively Xanax doses get larger over time. Not even a year. Then you get into the tablets every 8 hours. If you missed a dose, your heart stands to stop. Yes, your heart might stop on the missed dose at some point towards the 16th hour if your regimen is large enough as in like 10 grams or larger.

I spent almost a year on that devil's medicine. Loved it on one hand and hated it on the other. Finally I put it out of my life. Took roughly 18 months for my body to re-calibrate. There were important medical changes that year which would eventually determine that surgery was needed to fix two problems and thanks be to God the surgeries were very successful. Gave me a future without drugs of this nature.

I offer you this thought, you should never ever mix Xanax with ANY kind of muscle relaxer and pain medicine that is somewhere in the Opiate family. If you do this, you will think you do something at work 1 hour and 4 has passed while you were observed to engage in a broken circle repeated task doing nothing. That is one BIG sign of drug use. The first to go is time in your mind. Everything else is downhill from there.

Now...

Doctors.

If you can find a Doctor to write a note in a formal way, signing same with name, DEA number and so on stating he expects you to be safe in a CDL, CMV situation you better be able to be safe.

Im still reading up on scheduled drugs I,2, 3 4 and 5. vs CDL> And frankly Im I will never get caught up. Since 1994, things have changed and continued to change. My knowledge is literally 15 years out of date as of today and I have alot to retread and learn and do it quickly.

Until then, I only offer my experiences and a healthy dose of caution.

 

When you go to orientation or as part of the prehire process you know a drug test is part of the process. Once you are hired there are random tests. I've done two randoms in 4 years. Both times I was told where to go and had less than an hour to get there or it is noted as a refusal to take the test, which is just as bad as failing a test.

 

Question, if u put down narcotics use on ur physical form, would they do hair test on u instead of urine? Even tho u haven't taken anything in 2 months? It's on my med records so I have to put it. And was a pain pill non schedule 1?

 

On your med records? Short of applying for military or direct government employment no one can access your medical records.

 

Ok

 

On the form where it says "medications" write "None" and move along.

 

Ok, only reason I ask is I read on here they can get ur records from medical information bureau

 

Insurance companies can get your medical records from Medical Information Bureau, not sure if anyone else can? Trucking, being a safety sensitive job, it wouldnt surprise me if they could?

 

No one is going to go digging through medical records at a #### DOT physical.

 

You're probably right.