3rd class medical urinalysis?

"Finn" wrote in message
ups.com...

I have been subject to random screens for 8 yrs as an air traffic
controller, and am currently enrolled (3 yrs) in a random program that
is required to use my USCG Captain's license. I was going to ask if my
enrollment might qualify/replace a screen at the medical exam. No need
now. Finn (drug free idiot)


Try not to take it to hard, I thought it was a far question. Seems we will
always have far to many people with snappy and arrogant answers, just
because they don't like the question. They can't seem to understand that
kind of attitude just breeds trolls like MX.

They also check for creatin levels. After an FAA medical a couple
medicals ago, the doctors said that I had protein in my urine. Not
enough to disqualify me, but enough that I should get it checked
again.

I did, and it was nothing. (I am -- ok, was -- a long distance runner,
and apparently, that can casue temporarily elevated protein levels in
a urinalysis.)

In any case, like others said, they are not checking for drugs, but
diabetes is not the only thing they are checking for.

-- dave j


YOu have assumed wrong they are checking your sugar levels. There isn't a
drug screen in the class 3 medical testing and there is no enabling law if
they wanted to.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

writes:

Why be concerned with a drug screen? The two main reasons why people
might worry about a drug screen a
1) An idiot who is using illegal drugs which will prevent him/her
from being a good pilot
2) An idiot's attempt to hide a serious medical condition that would
impair his/her ability to fly

Eating bagels made with poppy seeds can give you a positive drug test,
even though you've taken no drugs. For that matter, taking aspirin or
vitamin C before the test can make it look positive for glucose, too.

OTOH, who cares if you're on drugs?

Nobody.


Bertie

Finn wrote in news:1176833738.849357.84110
@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

Some great replies! Can't a guy just be curious without being called
an idiot?

While I do agree that some of the accusatory responses were pretty harsh,
your initial question as phrased was AWFULLY suspicious...

On Apr 17, 7:55 pm, Judah wrote:
Finn wrote in news:1176833738.849357.84110
@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

Some great replies! Can't a guy just be curious without being called
an idiot?

While I do agree that some of the accusatory responses were pretty harsh,
your initial question as phrased was AWFULLY suspicious...


Yes, poorly worded. Also, I realize that no one called ME an idiot,
except me. And I stand by my decision :^)

Kingfish wrote:
On Apr 16, 5:50 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

Eating bagels made with poppy seeds can give you a positive drug test, even
though you've taken no drugs.



Old urban myth. You'd have to eat many bagels (or just scarf down a
few handfuls of seeds) to test positive.

Gee, back in the day I used to take a hot dog roll, smear it with butter
and cover it in a quarter inch of poppy seeds. I bet 3 or 4 of those
would do it. But alas, middle age set in and butter and poppy seeds are
out :-( .

Margy

I have a lot of employees and would be employees that take drug screens for
the companies I represent and have spent a lot of time dealing with the
results and I'd be tickled to death if you could find me any proof that just
being in a room with a pot smoker is enough to make you test positive much
less being in one where someone has smoked in the past. If you test positive
for pot you got enough in you to get high.

When I was in high school the student bathrooms seemed to vent into the
gym teachers office. They had to abandon their offices during lunch
periods because they ended up too high to teach their next classes.

Margy

Finn wrote:
On Apr 16, 7:35 pm, "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way
d0t com wrote:
wrote in message

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On Apr 17, 7:05 am, "Finn" wrote:
Hi all, going for my medical soon and was wondering if I will be
subject to a drug-screen urinalysis as well as other urine tests. I've
tried looking for the info but could not find it. thanks, Jon
Finn
Why be concerned with a drug screen? The two main reasons why people
might worry about a drug screen a
1) An idiot who is using illegal drugs which will prevent him/her from
being a good pilot
2) An idiot's attempt to hide a serious medical condition that would
impair his/her ability to fly
Or, 3) He's really worried about the prostrate exam but is too shy to ask
about it so he asked about the drug screen instead?


Some great replies! Can't a guy just be curious without being called
an idiot?

Who called YOU an idiot? :-P
Now, are YOU concerned by a drug screen?

Cheers MarkC

Finn wrote:
Why be concerned with a drug screen? The two main reasons why people
might worry about a drug screen a
1) An idiot who is using illegal drugs which will prevent him/her from
being a good pilot
2) An idiot's attempt to hide a serious medical condition that would
impair his/her ability to fly

I have been subject to random screens for 8 yrs as an air traffic
controller, and am currently enrolled (3 yrs) in a random program that
is required to use my USCG Captain's license. I was going to ask if my
enrollment might qualify/replace a screen at the medical exam. No need
now. Finn (drug free idiot)

Hi Finn

Sounds interesting, what's a random program that uses a USCG license?

Cheers MarkC

Finn wrote:
On Apr 17, 7:55 pm, Judah wrote:
Finn wrote in news:1176833738.849357.84110
@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

Some great replies! Can't a guy just be curious without being called
an idiot?
While I do agree that some of the accusatory responses were pretty harsh,
your initial question as phrased was AWFULLY suspicious...


Yes, poorly worded. Also, I realize that no one called ME an idiot,
except me. And I stand by my decision :^)


OK but don't be so harsh on yourself -you are not a complete idiot are
you... :-P

Cheers MarkC