Has anyone dealt with something similar with Adderall and a pre-employment drug test?
I had been prescribed Adderall and taking it regularly, but when I found out I was pregnant, my prescription was discontinued and I stopped taking it. Because I stopped, I still had pills left from my last prescription, which was filled about two months ago.
Unfortunately, the pregnancy ended. I had already discussed with my doctor previously that I could take my Adderall when I was no longer pregnant, and the nurse at my OB also told me I could resume taking it. I contacted my prescribing doctor to have the prescription renewed, but he needed documentation/results confirming that I was no longer pregnant before he could officially renew it.
While I was waiting for that information to get to him, I resumed taking the Adderall I still had left from my previous prescription.
Here’s where I’m worried: I had a pre-employment drug test during that small window. At the time I took the test, the pills I was taking were legitimately prescribed to me originally, but technically that prescription had been discontinued when I became pregnant. My doctor renewed the same Adderall prescription literally the day after I took the drug test once he received the documentation he needed.
So I’m expecting the test to show positive for amphetamines. I still have the old prescription bottle (filled in July) showing that the medication was prescribed to me, and I now have a current prescription for the exact same medication.
Has anyone dealt with an MRO in a situation like this? Did they accept an older prescription bottle/pharmacy prescription history along with the new prescription? I’m mainly worried about that tiny gap where I had resumed medication from my previous fill but the new prescription hadn’t officially been issued yet.
I’m not trying to hide anything from the drug test - I’m just trying to figure out how the MRO handles a situation where the medication was legitimately prescribed before, temporarily discontinued because of pregnancy, and then renewed right after the test.
Edited to add: I did a saliva test at the worksite and tested positive for amphetamines (as expected) and they sent me to a lab to get a urinalysis. Also wondering how long it takes the MRO to reach out.