Ambien is a controled drug. Usually it depends how long you have been taking it to how long it stays in the system. Most of the time, if you have not taken it for very long, about 2 weeks clean will not show up on drug screen. I use to be a drug screen colector and I have seen up to a month for some drugs and still show up postive for their values.

I wish you the best. Shame the workplace has come to this. Can't even take anything to help you sleep for frear of not getting a job. Now that really sucks.

Carrie

The half-life of Ambien is about 2.8 hours if your liver is working correctly. That means it takes that long for half the drug to be processed out of your body... It should be out of your system within 10 to 12 hours, but every individual is different.

If you have been prescribed this medication by your doctor and can take information showing that this was prescribed to you at the time of your drug screening then this won't be held against you. They are only looking for illegal drugs and prescription drugs that you haven't been prescribed to take. But if a controlled substance is in your system that a doctor did in fact prescribe to you then you CAN NOT get in any trouble/or be with held a job for that.

Someone close to me took 3 mg of ambien last night that was not prescrided to her. She is supposed to take a drug test in one day. Will this show up after 24 hours. She weighs 212 lbs.

Ambien comes in 5 or 10mg, not 3mg. Are you sure she took the correct med? & yes it will show up in the drug screen...as long as they are testing for Benzodiazepines. Benzo's are a class of antianxialytics such as Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin & Valium. They can stay in your system from 1-6 weeks. Here is a time table of drugs & when they show up in drug tests. Hope this is helpful!

CONSUMING ANTIACIDS FOR EXAMPLE 100% ORANGE JUICE WILL HELP U GET RID OF THE MED FASTER VS WATER OR ANY OTHER FLUIDS, THE ACID OBSERVES ALL THE CHEMICALS OF THE DRUG AND IS EXPOSED OUT BY THE URINE