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Ephedrine and Testing at work?

If I were to have ephedrine in my system and I have to take a drug test at work, would it show up? Also...if it shows up will it stop me from getting a job? If it did show up I'd tell them that I was taking Lipodrene(which has ephedra extract in it for weight loss), even though I took a medicine with ephedrine in it.

Update:

Ephedrine is illegal in the US

I use Primatene tabs with Caffeine pills for weight loss.

I'm being very responsible with it btw so that my health isn't at risk for people that want to preach about the dangers.

Could I just tell them in advance that I used it for congestion?

Update 2:

oh...and it'd be just in the Engineering Industry

Update 3:

another thing...it's over the counter...so I would probably just put on the info that I feel out that I took Primatene for congestion.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Ephedrine is an appetite suppressant and not illegal.

    Drug tests look for class A's like coke, heroin, cannabis, acid etc. Any prescription drugs backed up with a doctors note will be fine.

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