employee prescription drug use policy

Date: Jul 7, 2015

employee prescription drug use policy

Anonymouse1 · Guru

They are mostly wanting to weed out illegal and unprescribed drugs.

When you fill out the form for the drug test, it usually asks you what prescription meds you are taking. Other than that it is no one's business.

It could cause complications if you have an accident while taking the meds.

BagBoy · Guru

if you are prescribed that medication and they find it in your system.... they just have to accept it. Unless you cause an accident because of the medication. In which case you'll probably want to call your doctor for something different or a lower dosage while you are working =\

Date: Jul 8, 2015

I really hope you're not taking xanax on a regular basis for your own sake! That will lead to dependency and addiction and a sucky life, in general. Benzodiazepine addiction is debilitating. I've seen it first hand with my own mother. It's scary. I'm not trying to lecture you, but please be careful! I hope you're not being prescribed Xanax on a long term basis. I've seen what sort of damage benzos are capable of.

Date: Jul 8, 2015

Anonymous wrote:
I really hope you're not taking xanax on a regular basis for your own sake! That will lead to dependency and addiction and a sucky life, in general. Benzodiazepine addiction is debilitating. I've seen it first hand with my own mother. It's scary. I'm not trying to lecture you, but please be careful! I hope you're not being prescribed Xanax on a long term basis. I've seen what sort of damage benzos are capable of.

Well, thank you for your advice. What medical background to you have? None? I thought so. My daughter has taken benzos for over ten years. She visits her doctor monthly and they adjust her dosage accordingly. What would you like to tell my daughter and her doctor? When would you like her to quit taking it? I will definately pass along whatever expert advice you have. I'm sorry your mother had trouble with addiction but you really need to shut up and stay out of other people's lives. You know nothing. As far as your mother goes, sorry she had trouble but if she would have visited her doctor regularly, taken her medication as prescribed things would probably have turned out a lot better for her. Now if your mother's doctor forced her to take too many pills then that's a different story and you may be able to sue for medical malpractice. I'm sure in your case it was all the doctor's fault, right?

BagBoy · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I really hope you're not taking xanax on a regular basis for your own sake! That will lead to dependency and addiction and a sucky life, in general. Benzodiazepine addiction is debilitating. I've seen it first hand with my own mother. It's scary. I'm not trying to lecture you, but please be careful! I hope you're not being prescribed Xanax on a long term basis. I've seen what sort of damage benzos are capable of.
Well, thank you for your advice. What medical background to you have? None? I thought so. My daughter has taken benzos for over ten years. She visits her doctor monthly and they adjust her dosage accordingly. What would you like to tell my daughter and her doctor? When would you like her to quit taking it? I will definately pass along whatever expert advice you have. I'm sorry your mother had trouble with addiction but you really need to shut up and stay out of other people's lives. You know nothing [about our situation, or the matter at hand]. As far as your mother goes, sorry she had trouble but if she would have visited her doctor regularly [, if she visited a doctor, and] taken her medication as prescribed things would probably have turned out a lot better for her. Now if your mother's doctor forced her to take too many pills then that's a different story and you may be able to sue for medical malpractice. I'm sure in your case it was all the doctor's fault, right?

I think this bit of contexts helps you not come off as much of a douche and gets the point across better than your original text. Wouldn't you agree?

-- Edited by BagBoy on Wednesday 8th of July 2015 11:40:22 AM

Date: Jul 8, 2015

BagBoy wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I really hope you're not taking xanax on a regular basis for your own sake! That will lead to dependency and addiction and a sucky life, in general. Benzodiazepine addiction is debilitating. I've seen it first hand with my own mother. It's scary. I'm not trying to lecture you, but please be careful! I hope you're not being prescribed Xanax on a long term basis. I've seen what sort of damage benzos are capable of.
Well, thank you for your advice. What medical background to you have? None? I thought so. My daughter has taken benzos for over ten years. She visits her doctor monthly and they adjust her dosage accordingly. What would you like to tell my daughter and her doctor? When would you like her to quit taking it? I will definately pass along whatever expert advice you have. I'm sorry your mother had trouble with addiction but you really need to shut up and stay out of other people's lives. You know nothing [about our situation, or the matter at hand]. As far as your mother goes, sorry she had trouble but if she would have visited her doctor regularly [, if she visited a doctor, and] taken her medication as prescribed things would probably have turned out a lot better for her. Now if your mother's doctor forced her to take too many pills then that's a different story and you may be able to sue for medical malpractice. I'm sure in your case it was all the doctor's fault, right?
I think this bit of contexts helps you not come off as much of a douche and gets the point across better than your original text. Wouldn't you agree?

-- Edited by BagBoy on Wednesday 8th of July 2015 11:40:22 AM

No, but thanks. I mean come on, you bag groceries for a living, a simple job anyone can do. I hardly think you qualify as someone who should be giving advice. As far as IF she visited a doctor, that's basically saying she bought street drugs so....in your own words....you know nothing about the situation do you. And...."this bit of contexts"......WTF?

LouisvilleLass · Newbie

I don't think that the person warning against benzos was really trying to criticize or pontificate. There is absolutely no reason for you to come on here and be so vitriolic or defensive. Yes, he/she was speaking in generalities; however, you seem to completely dismiss where this person was coming from in his/her post. This is someone who has clearly been hurt by the addiction of his/her mother, and I don't think that the purpose of what he/she was saying was for anyone to go take all their psychiatric meds and flush them down the toilet. Also, that person didn't blame a prescribing physician for anything.

But I would also like to say that yes, benzodiazepine addiction is a very real and very dangerous thing. While I am not a medical professional (yet), I do plan to be (I'm a pre-med biochemistry major who happens to be working this summer as a Kroger cashier while I also volunteer at a local hospital), and I am the daughter of a respected psychiatrist who is board-certified in addiction medicine. He and I have discussed the nature of addiction quite a lot, and like the previous poster said, in general, it is poor medical practice to prescribe heavy duty benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, for long term use on a daily basis. Drugs like that should only be prescribed in small quantities to be used on an "as needed" basis in the instance of something like a panic attack. Part of the problem with how people get addicted to these pills is that they do not see a psychiatrist who has been specifically trained to deal with this class of drugs for their prescriptions. They go to their family practice doctors, who have not received specific training in this area, and thus prescribe it incorrectly. Not saying that family practice doctors or bad or stupid. They serve a vital purpose within the medical community. However, they are not the best option for a patient who needs to be prescribed a controlled substance, such as a benzodiazepine. That being said, there are also plenty of poorly trained psychiatrists who prescribe it incorrectly, as well.

Obviously, I don't know the specifics of your daughter's situation, nor do I expect to. Nor am I going to offer advice on how she should or shouldn't be taking her meds. The information I gave above is not even my own opinion but the opinion of my father, an expert in the field. Also, once again, all of this is speaking in generalities and not of the specifics of your daughter's case. Sounds like she is doing well and her physician is doing a good job of monitoring her case, as per your account.

BagBoy · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
BagBoy wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I really hope you're not taking xanax on a regular basis for your own sake! That will lead to dependency and addiction and a sucky life, in general. Benzodiazepine addiction is debilitating. I've seen it first hand with my own mother. It's scary. I'm not trying to lecture you, but please be careful! I hope you're not being prescribed Xanax on a long term basis. I've seen what sort of damage benzos are capable of.
Well, thank you for your advice. What medical background to you have? None? I thought so. My daughter has taken benzos for over ten years. She visits her doctor monthly and they adjust her dosage accordingly. What would you like to tell my daughter and her doctor? When would you like her to quit taking it? I will definately pass along whatever expert advice you have. I'm sorry your mother had trouble with addiction but you really need to shut up and stay out of other people's lives. You know nothing [about our situation, or the matter at hand]. As far as your mother goes, sorry she had trouble but if she would have visited her doctor regularly [, if she visited a doctor, and] taken her medication as prescribed things would probably have turned out a lot better for her. Now if your mother's doctor forced her to take too many pills then that's a different story and you may be able to sue for medical malpractice. I'm sure in your case it was all the doctor's fault, right?
I think this bit of contexts helps you not come off as much of a douche and gets the point across better than your original text. Wouldn't you agree?

-- Edited by BagBoy on Wednesday 8th of July 2015 11:40:22 AM
No, but thanks. I mean come on, you bag groceries for a living, a simple job anyone can do. I hardly think you qualify as someone who should be giving advice. As far as IF she visited a doctor, that's basically saying she bought street drugs so....in your own words....you know nothing about the situation do you. And...."this bit of contexts"......WTF?

telling someone that they "know nothing" isn't helpful as they may or may not be educated on the subject or may only have limited knowledge of the matter. I figured that I would help you out with a bit more context to your post so you would sound more educated than you seemed, but I guess I was wrong, and you meant to come off as a complete douche bag.

My apologies.

Also, I do not see what me being a bagger has to do with anything as I'm well versed on a multitude of subjects. I have had many other jobs in the past and have a great number of friend with many differing jobs. Some of which were related to the medical field. You asserting that I'm an idiot simply because of my current job is shallow to say the least. Yet, you are entitled to your own opinion of me - Have at it.

Jess · Newbie

As I know, you show the list of prescription to the service which holds a drug test. Then they automatically exclude prescription from the result. I can't say exactly on Kroger, but I'm business owner and having drug test on employees with dnasu.com/services/drug-test/ I wasn't involved in prescription item. I think, it's correct, because not all the people have got medical education and can differentiate kinds of drugs.