What Does 40ng/ml Of Oxycodone In Blood Mean?

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2014

Question: I was court ordered to take a drug saliva test and am legally perscribed 20 mg of oxycodone 3 times daily/60mg. My test resulted in 40ng/ml. Can you explain what this means?

Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Its the blood level

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

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60 mg is the dose that you take and 40ng/ml is the blood level of the oxycodone in your blood. Niw this 40ng/ml is explainable with the dose that you are taking and you wont be any trouble. Keep your prescriptions prepared .
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Follow up: Dr. Srikanth Reddy (15 hours later)

So the test ordered was a saliva 11 9534
Method EIA 40ng/ml cutoff
So this is normal range for taking 60 mg of oxycodone daily.??
Thanks So Much XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes it is

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Yes it is mostly a normal range for the person who is already on oxycodone 60mg/day.
Hope this helps.
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Dr. Srikanth Reddy

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar