indesign
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Hi,
I need to have some surgery and have to be cleared first with a physical. An EKG, CBC, and UA. I sometimes take Ultram, Will this show up in the UA test?...Does it show up strong or weak, how long should I not take it before the test in order for it not to show up. And if it does show up, is it a big deal?....I've never gone thru this before,
Thanks
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noangel
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Ultram is a non-narcotic pain med and should not pose a problem for a drug test. It works on the same receptors but differently than narcotic medications. I don't think it's a big deal. It's abuse potential is very low.
Good luck w/ your surgery.
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fbd
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ultram will not show on a ua.
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dman22
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I second fbd's post. It doesn't show. If you had any doubts
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JethroBodine
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OK, the UA won't detect it, but I think there's a bigger problem. I wouldn't want to go into surgery, especially under general anethesia, without my doc knowing as much as possible, especially my drug usage.
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cozmoford
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Will not show and shouldnt affect anethesia...Ive had many many surgeries, Im on a 1st name basis with my anethesiaologist he lets me take all my meds the morning of, just sip as little water as needed. Telling your DR isnt as important as telling the anethsiaologist he/she will call the night before, 1st ask and Im sure he/she will say its fine...... thats who really needs to know.
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platzilla
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I second this.
I recently underwent general anesthesia for a !triple hernia surgery. Two epigastric and one umbilical, all located within 3 inches of each other in a vertical row on my abdomen. Usually with 1 hernia, they give you local, but in this case the surgeon had to cut away a lot of abdominal wall tissue (to make the three defects into one), then placed a tension free mesh inside my abdominal wall, so he had to put me under as the pain would've been far too much to endure awake.
I was taking hydrocodone+apap up until the week before surgery, 5/500mg 3x per day. I switched to ultram using 4 caps/day and continued up until the night before, and had zero complications with the anesthesia. I did inform the surgeon and anesthesiologist and they both said it wouldn't complicate anything.
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