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Is Cosmetic Surgery 9 Months Post Methamphetamine Abuse Risky?
Question: I took meth last night... not a user.... last time I did was 9 months ago.. anyway. I have surgery cosmetic... in five days am I at risk
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Hello and welcome,
If you haven't used within the past 3 months prior to last night, as long as you don't use anymore, you should be ok for surgery in 5 days.
The break down products of methamphetamine (metabolites) are still present in the body 2-4 days after taking it.
Since it is a drug where people tend to get on it and use daily if they can, it has a very high addiction/dependency likelihood, and then as you are probably aware, it can really make a mess of a person's health and life.
So it looks like you are ok for that surgery you have scheduled, but do everything you can not to use it again.
I hope this information helps. Good luck with your surgery.
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
If you haven't used within the past 3 months prior to last night, as long as you don't use anymore, you should be ok for surgery in 5 days.
The break down products of methamphetamine (metabolites) are still present in the body 2-4 days after taking it.
Since it is a drug where people tend to get on it and use daily if they can, it has a very high addiction/dependency likelihood, and then as you are probably aware, it can really make a mess of a person's health and life.
So it looks like you are ok for that surgery you have scheduled, but do everything you can not to use it again.
I hope this information helps. Good luck with your surgery.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
You wrote: The break down products of methamphetamine (metabolites) are still present in the body 2-4 days after taking it.
So on the 5th days it's completely out of your system? And would it show up on routine drug tests after 4 days?
Thank you.
So on the 5th days it's completely out of your system? And would it show up on routine drug tests after 4 days?
Thank you.
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If you just used meth this one time (since 9 months ago), then it should be mostly out of your system by day 5. Sometimes the metabolites can be detected in the urine as late as day 5 so I can't say with 100 % certainty that it would not show up on a routine drug test on day 5. But after that there isn't much chance of it showing up.
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Detailed Answer:
If you just used meth this one time (since 9 months ago), then it should be mostly out of your system by day 5. Sometimes the metabolites can be detected in the urine as late as day 5 so I can't say with 100 % certainty that it would not show up on a routine drug test on day 5. But after that there isn't much chance of it showing up.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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