Does anyone know firsthand what happens if your kid gets caught with over the counter or perception meds at school?

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Does anyone know firsthand what happens if your kid gets caught with over-the-counter or perception meds at school? We're in Loudoun County.

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Proofread, OP.

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Hopefully there are different consequences for ibuprofen vs stolen Adderall. There won't be one answer.

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There should be a medication authorization form linked on your school's website (it may go directly to the PDF on the APS page). Usually your doctor (or someone in the practice) will complete their portion without a visit. Then your child simply navigates to the clinic. Which is all to say, it's not especially hard to comply with the rules as to OTC and RX meds at school. Plus, complying with things like responsible use of ADHD meds sets your student up for success when they move on to college and need to manage their owns meds. If your child is regularly taking a med for some reason that you would hide that fact and the med from school, then that's a big deal and you should address it, whether it's because of something/someone at school, stigma, whatever. If it's that your looking to narc on someone about their student's medicine usage, do a deep dive on what it is, how the student is impacted, how it's your business, is there some other way to address your concerns...

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If it is the first time, they will probably get in-school restriction. My neighbor's DD got it for 2 or 3 days for getting caught with Midol by a teacher. This was in a LCPS high school. She also had to complete a drug awareness module online and speak with a counselor there. So dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:There should be a medication authorization form linked on your school's website (it may go directly to the PDF on the APS page). Usually your doctor (or someone in the practice) will complete their portion without a visit. Then your child simply navigates to the clinic. Which is all to say, it's not especially hard to comply with the rules as to OTC and RX meds at school. Plus, complying with things like responsible use of ADHD meds sets your student up for success when they move on to college and need to manage their owns meds. If your child is regularly taking a med for some reason that you would hide that fact and the med from school, then that's a big deal and you should address it, whether it's because of something/someone at school, stigma, whatever. If it's that your looking to narc on someone about their student's medicine usage, do a deep dive on what it is, how the student is impacted, how it's your business, is there some other way to address your concerns...

Its annoying to need to go to the clinic every time you need an advil. I just tell mine to be careful.

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Nothing happened when my son was caught with his own prescription medication, except telling him and us it was not allowed. It was an antibiotic, for an infected cut on his foot.

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Anonymous wrote:There should be a medication authorization form linked on your school's website (it may go directly to the PDF on the APS page). Usually your doctor (or someone in the practice) will complete their portion without a visit. Then your child simply navigates to the clinic. Which is all to say, it's not especially hard to comply with the rules as to OTC and RX meds at school. Plus, complying with things like responsible use of ADHD meds sets your student up for success when they move on to college and need to manage their owns meds. If your child is regularly taking a med for some reason that you would hide that fact and the med from school, then that's a big deal and you should address it, whether it's because of something/someone at school, stigma, whatever. If it's that your looking to narc on someone about their student's medicine usage, do a deep dive on what it is, how the student is impacted, how it's your business, is there some other way to address your concerns...

As a teenager I had really intense period cramps. I had to take advil the MINUTE I felt them come on, otherwise they would get too severe and it could take hours for the pain medication to finally catch up. I always had advil in my backpack, in a chapstick that I had hollowed out to be able to smuggle it into school. I learned how to swallow the pills without water because I was so desperate.

Having to get up to go to the clinic multiple times a day, for 3 days in a row, every single month would have been incredibly disruptive. I hated that I was risking expulsion with the same "drug" rules as the kids dealing marijuana when I was just trying to get through the day.

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Anonymous wrote:There should be a medication authorization form linked on your school's website (it may go directly to the PDF on the APS page). Usually your doctor (or someone in the practice) will complete their portion without a visit. Then your child simply navigates to the clinic. Which is all to say, it's not especially hard to comply with the rules as to OTC and RX meds at school. Plus, complying with things like responsible use of ADHD meds sets your student up for success when they move on to college and need to manage their owns meds. If your child is regularly taking a med for some reason that you would hide that fact and the med from school, then that's a big deal and you should address it, whether it's because of something/someone at school, stigma, whatever. If it's that your looking to narc on someone about their student's medicine usage, do a deep dive on what it is, how the student is impacted, how it's your business, is there some other way to address your concerns...

As a teenager I had really intense period cramps. I had to take advil the MINUTE I felt them come on, otherwise they would get too severe and it could take hours for the pain medication to finally catch up. I always had advil in my backpack, in a chapstick that I had hollowed out to be able to smuggle it into school. I learned how to swallow the pills without water because I was so desperate.

Having to get up to go to the clinic multiple times a day, for 3 days in a row, every single month would have been incredibly disruptive. I hated that I was risking expulsion with the same "drug" rules as the kids dealing marijuana when I was just trying to get through the day.

And now, as parents, can't we maybe agree that in your situation, someone should have gotten you to a doctor to treat you, rather than relying on ibuprofen and increasing your risks of stomach ulcers as an adult? My sister was in the same situation as you, later she learned she had severe endometritis and cervical cancer. Getting her examined earlier would have helped her. My point is, if your student needs to sneak something, ask yourself why and be truthful if you've done enough to address the why. And my student does have to see the clinic daily for meds, as do a lot of his peers. It does suck. And, you're right, lumping ibuprofen with pot is not helpful either.

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Anonymous wrote:If it is the first time, they will probably get in-school restriction. My neighbor's DD got it for 2 or 3 days for getting caught with Midol by a teacher. This was in a LCPS high school. She also had to complete a drug awareness module online and speak with a counselor there. So dumb.

In the 90's all my classmates knew to come to me for Midol. I'd be expelled if I were in school now.

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Anonymous wrote:If it is the first time, they will probably get in-school restriction. My neighbor's DD got it for 2 or 3 days for getting caught with Midol by a teacher. This was in a LCPS high school. She also had to complete a drug awareness module online and speak with a counselor there. So dumb.

In the 90's all my classmates knew to come to me for Midol. I'd be expelled if I were in school now.

For sure! I mean, it was illegal back then to have as well, but the school wasn't zero tolerance about it.

I bought my DD a little pill container that looks like a USB drive. It fits a few Midol or Tylenol tablets perfectly and doesn't rattle. I think it was under $12 on Amazon.

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Anonymous wrote:If it is the first time, they will probably get in-school restriction. My neighbor's DD got it for 2 or 3 days for getting caught with Midol by a teacher. This was in a LCPS high school. She also had to complete a drug awareness module online and speak with a counselor there. So dumb.

In the 90's all my classmates knew to come to me for Midol. I'd be expelled if I were in school now.

Me too!