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Expert: Dr Alan Galbraith - 3/20/2009


Question
Will Xanax,Valium and klonopin show up separatly in a urine test?And how long do they stay in your urine?

Answer
Dear Tracy

They all belong to a group known as benzodiazepines and will show up as such in a non-specific test. If the test is specific they can be picked up individually. The former test is often just used in routine screening.

Valium and Klonapin stay the longest in the body and can be detected up to ten days after the last dose.

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Dr Alan Galbraith

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Dr Alan Galbraith

Expertise

I can answer most questions on most drugs. Answers can be given in either technical or layperson terminology. My main areas of interest are psychiatric, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular drugs.

Experience

I have been a university lecturer/head of department for almost thirty years, but am now retired. My research interests were alcohol, smoking and cardiovascular disease.

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Institute of Biology, London.


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Author of "Fundamentals of Pharmacology" 5th Edition published in November 2007 by Pearson Education, Australia.

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BSc(Hons);MSc;PhD;MIBiol; Cert Biol; HECert

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