It was included in non - regulated panels in the 80s and 90s and I have not personally included it since about the late 1990s. It went off the market in 2010.

 

 

Is anyone still testing for propoxyphene in their drug screens for new hires and employees suspected of working under the influence in for cause drug testing?

 

Rachel Leibu, MD, MBA, MS

Medical Director Occupational Medicine Service

Atlantic Health System

973-971-5440

 

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