Opiates in Your System
How
Long Do Opiates Stay in Your System?
The word "opiates" refers to all the products derived from
the Papaver Somniferum plant,
commonly known as the opium poppy plant.
Natural opiates such as codeine and morphine are derived directly
from the plant, while others such as oxycodone and heroin are further derived
from natural opiates, and are called synthetic
opiates.
Some opiates have found great importance in the medical field and
are used in drug manufacture, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.
However some like heroin are used for recreational use, but are
labelled as contraband due to their potency.
Regardless of their type, all these opiates can cause addiction when
they are used in big doses over long periods of time; such addiction is
extremely difficult to break without special help.
How
Long Do Opiates Stay in Your System?
Because of their solubility in body fats, these
opiates can collect in fatty tissues and gradually get released into the blood.
This property also allows them to easily enter the brain. These
narcotics are detectable in saliva and blood after use for 6-12 hours; in urine
for 2-5 days and in hair for up to 90 days.
Actually, how long do opiates stay in your system greatly depends on
the type of opiates, frequency and quantity of intake, etc.
And the effectiveness of different methods of detection decrease
with time. This will be discussed below for five major drugs that will test
positive, namely codeine, hydrocodone, heroin, morphine and opium.
1. Codeine
Codeine is generally prepared as solution, tablet or capsule for
pain relief. This opiate generally works immediately, but its effect fades just
as fast.
If administered at 200 mg/ml it peaks at half an hour and will have
a half-life of around 3 hours after this. Yet different detection methods have
varying effectiveness, approximate detection times for each test type is as
shown:
·
Blood Test: 1 day
·
Urine Test: 1 – 2 days
·
Saliva Test: 1 – 4 days
·
Hair Test: 90 days
2. Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone is also prescribed for pain relief but can lead to
addiction, both physical and psychological. The half-life of a 10 mg dose is
around 3.8 hours.
A person can display withdrawal around 6-12 hours after the last
dose. Its detection time depends on the test employed.
·
Blood Test: N/A
·
Urine Test: 2 – 4 days
·
Saliva Test: 12 – 36 hours
·
Hair Test: 90 days
3. Heroin
This opiate has no use in health industry and can take the longest
amount of time to leave the system of a substance abuser.
Some tests can still find traces days after injection, here are the
time periods within which it can be detected in different tests:
·
Blood Test: 6 hours
·
Urine Test: 2 – 7 days
·
Saliva Test: 5 hours
·
Hair Test: 90 days
4. Morphine
Morphine is used in the medical industry for pain relief, and is
available in the form of solutions, injections, tablets and suppositories.
The time taken to reach peak levels and its half-life depend upon
the method of injection.
A lot of the morphine is excreted by the body within 24 hours but
some tests can detect the remaining traces of it. The different detectable
durations for each test are as given.
·
Blood Test: 12 hours
·
Urine Test: 2 – 3 days
·
Saliva Test: 4 days
·
Hair Test: 90 days
5. Opium
Opium or Paregoric or Laudanum, is the dried latex directly from
the plant and is further processed to make other opiates. The expected
durations of possible detection for each test are:
·
Blood Test: 6 hours
·
Urine Test: 2 – 4 days
·
Saliva Test: 1 – 4 days
·
Hair Test: 90 days
What
Affects Opiates Detection Time?
There are many factors that will affect how long do opiates stay in your system and the
drug detection time, thereby providing effective means to reduce the detection
time.
· Rate
of metabolism: A
body with a quicker metabolism will process and excrete the drugs faster, than
one with slower metabolism.
· General
health of the body: The
health of the human body can affect the rate of metabolism. If the body is in
good health, metabolism is faster and the drug is excreted quicker.
· Age: The metabolism of a person slows
down as they age and thus it is more likely that the drug will remain for
longer periods in older people.
· Body
size: As
opiates are fat soluble, they will remain longer in bodies with more fat and is
slowly released over long periods of time. The body's metabolism also slows
down with increases in body mass.
· Frequency
and quantity of intake: Regular intake with large quantities will leave
more traces than rarer intake with smaller amounts. It will also be easier to
detect over long periods of time.
How
to Make You Clear of Opiates Quickly
The only way to rid the body of opiates is by
pushing it out; hence the time taken to excrete the drugs is the only factor
that determines how long do opiates stay in your system.
1. Drink Lots of Water
Drinking a lot of water will help dilute the urine sample. It is
important to start this at least a day before the test, as this can help mask
samples of people who have used the drug sparingly. It is not particularly
helpful for heavy users.
However drinking a lot of water will make urine very clear and this
will make an experienced tester suspicious. Having some vitamin B tablets 24
hours before the test can help make the sample yellowish.
2. Urinate It Out
It is important to drink copious amounts of water and urinate as much
as possible before the test as this will push out the drug.
Diuretics can initiate urination and examples of these are tea,
coffee and cranberry juice. As most of the body's metabolism is done while
sleeping, the first urine of the day will have greater quantities of the
opiate.
So, when testing, the first few millilitres of urine are most likely
to test positive.
3. Exercise Regularly
Exercise can boost the functioning of the body, thereby enabling
quicker metabolism, which will in turn process and eliminate all traces of
opiates from the body faster.
Regular aerobic exercise two times a day will also use up the fat
that would otherwise be used to store the drugs.
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