Question for a soon to be trucker

I have a question regarding drug testing, (no, its not because I do recreational drugs either!), after 15 years of being a nurse I am going to CDL school. Fifteen years of twelve hour shifts on my feet, lifting patients, pulling, tugging and all that have taken a toll on my back and I was put on a prescription for a little while for my back for pain by my doctor. Well, I am not concerned about being able to prove this by my MD or pharmacy but in 2 or 3 months when I go to school, if they do the hair follicle testing will it be an issue when it shows up on my screening or can I just provide the name of my doctor/pharmacist to verify that at that time I was on this medication and it was prescribed to me?

Thanks,

Shelly

 

Thank you for the reply, I will actually be doing team driving and it would be a welcome change to being on my feet for 12 hours straight, mental stress, holding the lives of the ungrateful and demanding in my hands on a daily basis and the liability that comes with it. The stress of putting more and more on you from administration and far more other things I wont even go into it, then yes it would be a welcome change. Not that this job does not come with its own set of frustrations and is easy, but it is easier than what I am doing now and I am not confined to looking at the same four walls 12 hours a day and the most manual labor I have seen my b.f doing so far is tarping his load (flatbed driver) and checking the engine, (I had 2 yrs auto mechanics and have a certificate so I feel pretty comfortable with that part.