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	<title>Comments on: clonidine , does it show up in a drug screening / drug test ?</title>
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		<title>By: versantly</title>
		<link>http://www.medicalrag.com/clonidine-does-it-show-up-in-a-drug-screening-drug-test/comment-page-1/#comment-34140</link>
		<dc:creator>versantly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yes -just present the prescription bottle in your name &amp; you won&#039;t have a problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yes -just present the prescription bottle in your name &#038; you won&#8217;t have a problem.</p>
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		<title>By: AbeLincolnParty</title>
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		<dc:creator>AbeLincolnParty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are many non-controlled drugs that they usually include in a test in order to help screen out false positives.

With clonidine the dose is so extremely low I doubt that it would show up, but there is another issue to consider.

Clonidine cuts down on what is called &#039;sympathetic outflow&#039;, which is the nerve tone that keeps blood pressure up. If you continously take the medicine, then suddenly stop you risk a rebound effect of very high blood pressure, that could lead to a busted blood vessel in the brain.

Lately doctors have been adding clonidine to amphetamine type drug treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder to improve sleep. That seems like a dangerous practice, since the withdrawal effects of clonidine would be mixed with the blood pressure effects of amphetamines.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many non-controlled drugs that they usually include in a test in order to help screen out false positives.</p>
<p>With clonidine the dose is so extremely low I doubt that it would show up, but there is another issue to consider.</p>
<p>Clonidine cuts down on what is called &#8217;sympathetic outflow&#8217;, which is the nerve tone that keeps blood pressure up. If you continously take the medicine, then suddenly stop you risk a rebound effect of very high blood pressure, that could lead to a busted blood vessel in the brain.</p>
<p>Lately doctors have been adding clonidine to amphetamine type drug treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder to improve sleep. That seems like a dangerous practice, since the withdrawal effects of clonidine would be mixed with the blood pressure effects of amphetamines.</p>
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		<title>By: seymour</title>
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		<dc:creator>seymour</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it shouldn&#039;t matter..its not a controld drug!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it shouldn&#8217;t matter..its not a controld drug!!</p>
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		<title>By: margie h</title>
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		<dc:creator>margie h</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>my aughter is a nurse they  only test you for hard schedule narcotics stating with marijuana unles sits a scheduled narcotic no you wont.i took a test i had  taking trazodone they say tey are only looking for hard drugs just to scare you more of anything if they tell you anything else</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my aughter is a nurse they  only test you for hard schedule narcotics stating with marijuana unles sits a scheduled narcotic no you wont.i took a test i had  taking trazodone they say tey are only looking for hard drugs just to scare you more of anything if they tell you anything else</p>
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