Posted by notfred on March 11, 2007, at 15:37:24
In reply to Benzo's, posted by brimichelle on March 9, 2007, at 21:11:33
> How long can Benzo's stay in your system?
people are confusing 1/2 life, which does not tell you how long a drug can be tested for.
Benzos are fat soluble drugs, they can be still detected at and up to a month. Flushing has limited effectiveness in fat soluble drugs, taken to Nth degree your sample will be judged invalid if it is too dilute. Other dodges with herbals
effect pH of the sample; while this can render a test impossible it also will be detected. pH and specific gravity of the sample are measured and you can be considered having a dirty test if they are out of range.The less fat you have on your body the quicker you test negative for a fat soluble drug. Those with excess fat may take more than a month. Other factors are how much you take/took daily & how long. Some very thin people on small doses of a benzo will always test negative. Loosing weight
might help in the long run but in the short run levels of benzos may go up as you burn fat. Given that all it takes is about a month to test negative rapid weight loss is not an effective means of reducing test levels.For a treatment program, they will want to see your levels decrease over time. Provided levels continue to decline this indicates you took a benzo a while ago and it is slowly passing out of your body.
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