Does Ritalin show up in your urine drug test?

Answer 1

It depends on what urine is being tested for. Ritalin is detected in a intense Urine testing stage. For example The military does a full urine test of all drugs including Ritalin and Adderall to see if you are using it illegally or you are currently taking it just in case you did not reveal to your military personnel that you are taking it.

So overall yes it can be detected in urine but depends on how far the person conducting the test will detect the Ritalin at. This will cost more to perform since an overdose of Ritalin will not be detected still since it will be below the 450 count limit because Ritalin is not a strong control subsistance to detect compare to crack or cocaine. But don't get my wrong. I've passed just fine on most jobs. Also it depends how fast your body gets rid of it during the day so that's another reason why it can't be detected in the common urine tests today.

Some jobs do use new technology to detect Ritalin without going further into testing but this is not used much due to being a controversial issue of violating your medical rights to use it since it is against the Equal Rights act of your ADD Disability to use Ritalin if your prescribed to use it and they determine that you are using it or abusing it. So this is why it hasn't been showing up on your urine test radar levels.

So overall the answer is yes it can be detected but not in most common urine testing except for military drug testing and mostly intense testing for people who are on probation, which I was told that it doesnt get detected on that either.

This is probably the best answer because its actually a 75/25 chance to detect it depending on what your getting tested for. Mostly for most common things, I say no but with military testing and others I have to say yes since I've seen people get discharged due to abusing Ritalin while not be on it.

Overall Conclusion:

Military it will be detected at 100% and most job places are actually not be able to detect it unless they perform further testing or have new urine testing technology to detect it.

So In technical terms yes it can be detected. Common terms No. So 75% no 25% yes

Answer 2

Found on a website...

Methylphenidate (Ritalin)
Drug Testing

U.S. DRUG TESTING SUMMARY
Methylphenidate
Tested for in Standard Drug Tests? NO Tested for in Extended Drug Tests? NO Possible to Test for? YES Detection Period in Urine 1-2 days


TEST TYPES
Urine Testing
Ritalin can be tested for in Urine, though it is not part of the SAMHSA-5 standard drug test.


CAUTION & DISCLAIMER
drug testing information is a summary of data gathered from site visitors, journal articles, websites, and other resources. Detection periods depend on amount and frequency of use, metabolic rate, body mass, age, overall health, drug tolerance, and urine pH of each individual. Many substances that are not tested for in basic or extended urinalysis tests CAN be tested for by a laboratory willing to go to the trouble, although that is uncommon.

Answer 3

yes, it will show up positive under amphetamines just the same as adderol and meth.

Answer 4

Ritalin is a stimulant compound and may show up as an amphetamine-type compound on a urine drug screen.

Answer 5

I do believe so.

Answer 6

yes it can..as can a blood test..

Answer 7

Sometimes it does but ritalin is not an amphetamine and although it's possible to have a false positive resulting in (amphetamines) like caffeine

and other over the counter drugs, amphetamines are not illegal lol. The other scenario for a positive result is although the lab actually sees an extremely small positive resulting in (meth) the laboratory tests can distinguish between the two and it will come up on the paperwork under methylphenidate which is ritalin. The drug is only in your urine 1 to 2 days even if you took multiple doses of pills leading up to the urine test chances are it won't show up because they don't push further for amphetamine like the coffee's you drank before the test lol

And the odds of the minute trace of meth is so small that also can be ruled out as a false positive unless they have reason to believe that you're abusing ritalin. I took 840mg in 72hrs right up till a few hours before and gave a urine sample claiming that I lost my ritalin at the hospital and the test came back negative I was shocked. The doctor accused me of selling them because it wasn't in my urine and the same thing happened in detox and treatment no matter how I took the ritalin it never showed up only once in a 3 month program when I took as prescribed regularly that it cam up but never binging on and off