False Positive Benzodiazepines (Page 5)
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I have been taking suboxone for almost a year and had to move to a new doc. They drug tested me and said I tested positive for benzos. The funny thing is I have not taken ANY benzos. I have to go take another test today at 5 and I am scared s**tless cuz they said if benzos are still in my system then they can not see me. Knowing that I haven't taken any benzos makes me wonder if I might still test positive for it again. I did take some cough syrup and some percs but that is it. What could cause this?

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I asked a question on this thread about a false Positive for Methadone while I'm in subutex clinic.
It was a standard pee test the kind that give instant results. So I had to go to a specilized Lab and pay $150.00 for the infrared test which is fool proof. It came back negative and all is back to normal.
I wanted to share with alk of you addicted, I consider us all friends as we have this aweful illness that normal people have no clue of what its like. I was hard core pill head for over 30 years in fact they hadn't even started prescribing Hydrocodone-Vicodin when I got hooked. It was Codeine then after sometimes 60+ Lortab 10's I took the path of MMT methadone for 10 years. 180 mgs daily and monthly take outs as I didn't like or could not function if I drank or took a benzo with Methadone. Listen closely, if you are addicted to opiates your last choice should be Methadone. I believe it is without any doubt the hardest opiate to get off of. I would be dead from suicide had it not been for a loving familt and Subutex. My point is this, if your on Methadone you are still getting high, you know it and I understand Suboxone treatment is almost impossible w/o insurance or your rich already.
Look for resourses in your area that can assist $$
for one day you will have to stop methadone and ifyour not healthy and taking care of yourself, or drinking or doing pills with Methadone it will happen. The cool thing about Subutex is you ccan't build a tokerance to it. You don't need more the longer your on it, unlike methadone.
Sorry about that speech. Back to in house drug test. They are absolutly faulty. Try it out for proof. I did. They said I tested positive for benzos and I had not taken a benzo in years. I have a famiky member in medical practice and 1 hour after I failed a benzo test he tested me at his office 4 times same urine 3 negs 1 positive. That test is nothing but a money maker for clinics that likw minw charge tiu extea for UA'S.
Goodluck my fellow addicts and find a way to get iff of opiates totally, w/o any chemical.
I'm on my way. I'm on 1/4th the subs I started at and quit amoking, started walking, rhen Tennis and Mt. Biking and anything else. It works.
I also attend AA NA and tet helping others like me.

All the best
Rainbrain

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Both my father and I are on MMT. I've been a patient much longer, and have never had a false-positive UA, but since August, he has had two- both positive for benzodiazipenes with no apparent explanation. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, and received radiation and surgical treatment (he is, I'm thrilled to say, cancer-free today). As a result of his radiation, his thyroid function dwindled to almost nothing, and he now takes a synthetic thyroid med daily. Beyond that, the only medication he takes is an OTC stool softner. Has anyone heard of false-positive caused from either of these? Any help is appreciated; he has worked so hard to progress in the program, and seeing him punished for something he didn't do is very disheartening for both of us.

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I am going through the exact same thing I've been clean 18months NEVER tested positive for ANYTHING and Benzos were NOT my drug of choice I've had over 300 drug tests, this is my first "DIRTY" I lost a carry but can earn it back in a couple weeks with Voluntary drug tests being clean of course I found this out yesterday at my 6 week appointment and I went at 10 today for my first voluntary test and they will see me every 2 days for the next year no way is this happening to me again worst thing is that dirty test was march 12th so I couldn't go right back in to get another to prove I didn't take Benzos as they sometimes stay in your system for up to a month because they stick to your fat cells! Have you tested dirty since this happened to you? I'm here today looking for advice and trying to piece this together I write everything down and on the 10th of March I took Gravol but that was it nothing else and I noticed that when you tested dirty you has well had taken Gravol it really makes me wonder! I live in Nb Canada, I see your Canadian as well! Hope your doing good and haven't had any further problems with your drug tests!!

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I would just be honest, they know these tests come back wrong sometimes, tell him to do a blood test if they really want the truth

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Hi
I've been addicted to opiates so long that in 1977 a Dr. Gave me Tylenol 3 for severe earache I had found the meaning of life.
But thru the years of hiding it from everyone and being a college grad and white collar guy of means I was ashamed even at first few years I was warranted in useing them as I have always and still get aweful sinus headaches, but honestly I started taking them for the great energy it gave me. I do AA Now and in the past with at one point 2 years sober before relapsing. Then made the worst choice in my life and started methadone maintenance. 180mg per day didn't get that big rush but couldn't take any opiates while on methadone, I tried more than once.
I'm now on subutex and have been weening down from 24mg daily to 12mg today. They pee test us there and 4 months ago I tested positive for methadone. They let that slide and it shocked me as I had been off if methadone iver two years. Last month again positive pee test fr methadone. This time I was made to go have a send out test for methadone only. This place offered no such test and tested for everything.
I am prescribed klonipin and xanax 1 mg 2 times per day.
When the send out test came back it said I tested positive for oxazepam. I never have taken that drug nor know nothing other is its a benzo. Is any info on how this happened. My appt is today and I don't know if they even care. Their giving me 2 benzos already and the faxed results were barely legible.
You may call if you prefer as I should have asked this days ago and I'm scared they will take me off of everything. I'm telling the truth. In AA I Have almist 5 years wo alcohol, I attend the suboxone meetings every week and they know I sponsor people and go too 3 AA Meetings on top of that.
My ph 337-{edited for privacy}
Sincerely Raney

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I too am on methadone and tested positive for benzo's the false positive was due to (NSAID) a common non steroidal antiinflamitory found in Excedrin migrane as well as many other over the counter medications. This has been well documented by the medical community.

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i had the same thing happen to me and havent took a benzo since 2004

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are you kidding?! You've been there for 4 years and still don't get take--homes!! Or I guess you would call it phase 2. Something is wrong with that dude! Maybe you should take some responsibility-I bet you now you make sure that all those lids are on right, don't you? Also Methadone is so long lasting that you absolutely would not have gone through ANY withdrawal symptoms. If this clinic hasn't offered you take homes for 4 years then its time to find a new clinic. And maybe after 4 years you should think about coming down a little, 80 mg is definitely way too much to be on for that long!

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Really strange, got a call from my doctor today also, wants to know who is prescribing the benzo's? I am 100% sure I have not taken any. Felt so bad, I went to Walmart, spent $35 and did my own urine test which came up negative. So I know there are false drug tests happening from this experience. I do take buprenorphine (generic subutex), bisonoprolol for h. b. pressure, also flax oil, a multi vit, some vit d-3, and CoQ10, but no benzo's? Sucks to have to prove this, cause I feel the Doctor will always have a doubt. God help the people that either lose a job, are on probation, etc..., There really needs to be something said about this. Sure the drug testing people say 99% accurate, but thats b.s. There should be a way someone could sue about this, and maybe there would be some kind of change? Total B.S.

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Thats what I am wondering as well. & years and no fails. I did in middle of nev take a old klonopin and failed an was punished for 30 days. but have since failed a test from dec 6 and nov 23. and failed retests. 3 diff benzo listed in retest results none of which i have heard of!!!!

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I am having the same exact thing happen to me. Lost my take home of 13 days on Nov 23 for a fail that I did mess up on. Due Dec 23 to get 7 days back and so on but i dailed 2 following tests and retests for benzos that i hadnt done. retest named benzos in my system i have never heard off.

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Im on the methadone programe and have bin for sevrol years ..But recintly my urin samples have bin comming back positive for benzos (my last 6 tests) i never had dirty test's before, i have all my carries 6 to be exact..I don't take any other drugs at all ..At first i thout it might have bin a mix up at the lab,,But then the test's keep comming back positive and i don't no why and i was woundering if any one has any idea why ...is their any ilness or any thing that could do it ....

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I was tested postive for Benzo i never use drug i was takeing night time cold& flu an i took veramyst nasal spray an Texall Pm pain relief the verzmyst yhe doc gave to my wife.

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can phenergrine cause a false positive for benzos?

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I also take quetiapine and gabapentin and tested positive for valium on a blood test! I've never taken valium before!

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What cough medicine was it?

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I was told that sleep aid can make u fail for benzo's when I failed they asked me if I was taking any tylenol pm's or any sleep aid or anything with naproxen in it. I didn't nor do I take any prescriptions of any kind. I still do not know what made me fail. The only thing I had taken was over the counter pms pills from dollar general.

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Yes I was just told today that I test positive for benzos by my probabtion officer, I have taken hydroxyzine pam 50mg, quetiapine fumarate, and gabapantin, can these give me a positive urine test

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I am testing positive for benzos in a Home drug test. I don't take anything

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My question is what about the higher levels of Neurontin? I take 1800mg daily as well as the following medications on daily basis Morphine Sul ER, Trazo-done, Oxycod/Acetamino, Venlafaxine ER, Naproxen SOD. I tested positive for the Benzo. I am wondering if it could be the combination of all the medications I take. This has been an on going problem for the past month and a half and I am so frustrated. I don't know what else it could be. I am at a loss. I have been on these medications for just about 2 years now and my doctor's office changed testing companies and now I have come up dirty and I have never had a problem before. Any help would be appreciated.

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