Quote:After looking around myself, there seems to be a lot of contradictory information about it. It works similarly to an opioid, but is not. I can pass a drug screen for employment while taking Tramadol. I would fail with any other opioid pain killer. So, there must be some chemical difference between it and the other classes of narcotic pain killers. I don't know how that works though.

 

I could be wrong, but if you have a prescription for valid medical reasons such as yours, doesn't that kind of "trump" a positive result of drug screening for employment purposes?  In my mind it should.  I suppose the decision would be up to the employer, and again in my opinion any employer that would disqualify you for employment for testing positive given your medical condition/history is probably not someone that you would want to work for anyway.

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