False Positive Benzodiazepines (Page 7)

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 tested positive for benzodiazapines on a UA toxicology screening .. I HAVE NOT AND DO NOT TAKE ANY ... I am currently on (1) 20 mg of lexapro (3-4)10/325 mg of hydrocodone (3) 300 my of gabapentin (3) 10 my of baclofen and (1) 100 mg of trazadone DAILY ... Could ANYONE SHED LIGHT as to Why or HOW this occurred ???

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I googled the RX list you state that you take daily but no results, at least confirmed, show up. If you read the link I posted below it has a list of OTC and RX meds that can cause false positives. If you know you haven't taken anything demand a more in depth test, hair or blood being tbe most accurate. I would try to remember any OTC meds or vitamin supplements, herbs you may have taken as well. The link below is very informative though!

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Sorry I missed the trazodone and yes trazodone causes false benzo positives! Demand something more then a urine analysis!

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Wow. My story is so much like Nancypants story. I too am on methadone maintenance and I keep testing positive for benzos and cant figure out why. About 6mos ago I did take some benzos and got caught. Ive been to pre-IOP, then IOP, a benzo group, etc. About a month ago i had a routine UA at the clinic and boom, it was positive for benzos with no explaination. I hadn't touched them in months. My counselor didn't believe me so she said I either had to go to rehab or they were going to detox me from the program. I went to a rehab that allowed you to remain on methadone. My 1st day back I went to the clinic to dose and of course i had a UA. I couldn't wait for it to come up clean. Boy was i wrong. It was still showing positive for benzos. I cannot figure out what is causing this. I take Lasix, Lopressor for my high blood pressure, and Ambien to sleep. None of these meds will cause a positive. The only thing different is while i was in rehab, i was treated for a UTI with Bactrim. I had the urine sent out and if it comes back positive they said i can pay $40.00 for a different kind of test to be ran on it that breaks things down. I'm afraid they are going to kick me out of the clinic. HELP.

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I would pay the forty bucks for the in-depth test or demand a blood or hair, more expensive but a hair analysis can go back, I believe, up to nine months. And could exonerate you from the recent UA and the previous one's too. I posted a link below that has different scenarios that can cause false positives of different kinds, please read it.

Good luck and keep us informed please :)

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I don't think you're lying. I'm on suboxone for the last the years and am ordered to take monthly urine tests. Well today my doctor tells me that i am positive for BENZOS!!!! Ok, if I'm gonna slip trust me I'd be taking something way better than benzos!! Only thing i take on a regular base is subs, ibuprofen, and nausea pills. If it were one of those, the nausea pills or ibuprofen I'm sure it would've showed up a time or two before as a positive!

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I truly agree with that. I was stuck on methadone for about, 14 years and been off about 8 yrs and I still don't feel right. Bad accident's. Falling asleep at the wheel, it almost killed me. And I'm still sick after being off methadone for about 8 yrs. I'm still tabled a drug addict. The only thing I took was Vicodins. All it is is a legal drug that's worse. Than what a lot of people don't even need. There all privately owned and all they want to do is get you addicted and take your or the governments money.

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PLEASE HELP! : I ALSO Tested POSITIVE for BENZOs without taking any!! Could CYMBALTA do this? or neurontin,? That is all i have taken besides methadone that I am prescribed, but the doctor that gives that to me, gives me random drug screens and says I tested positive for benzos. She had to explain to me what it was and even looked up things that could causea false positive, but the things she listed I havent taken. I couldnt remember the name of the antidepressant, but it is cymbalta. I only take that, neurontin, and methadone and occasionally benadryl and tylenol pm when i cant sleep. I'm worried about her discontinuing my meds for testing positive. Can someone explain to me how this is happening? and if these meds could cause it?

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I am in a similar situation but i am drug tested for probation. I am very curious if ever found any answers. Thanks

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i tested positive for my PO and was prescibed perks she said it was because of that

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I am in a similar situation im on methadone and have been clean for over 4 years and NEVER had a positive drug screen besides the very first one when entering the program. I have worked very hard to be where I'm at and i was so excited to be going into the next level in our program when they just told me i had to start all over because there was benzodiazepines in my system when i KNOW i haven't taken no such thing, plus my drug of choice was opiates so why would i take a benzo after 4 years at the time I'm suppose to be going up a level.....i wouldn't!!! I just wish there was a way to prove that it was wrong but nobody wants to listen and it makes me so mad and upset. So if anybody knows a good website to go in to look up the things that cause false positives i would greatly appreciate it, thank you!

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I know exactly what you are going through. I have 6 years clean and my drug of choice also opiates. I can't stand benzos. Who wants to be zombied out all day. I recently switched methadone programs because I moved relatively far from the one I had been going to for 5 years. I had always had clean ruined at my previous program and as soon as I switched, I have had 6 false positive benzo urines in 7 months. I do not take anything else except biotin 10,000 mgs which is to promote healthy skin and rapid hair growth. Of course this new clinic dosent believe me because I have only been there for a short period of time, and no one will help me. I'm transferring back to my old program which really I was reluctant to leave in the first place because of the excellent level of care I received there. It's just a pain in the ass of a commute which is going to be difficult to make before they close every day. I have a feeling people are selling the clean urines at the lab, and in turn giving us dirty urines. I just don't get it?? But it's ruining my life and the 6 years sobriety I worked so hard for. I feel like your damned of you do and damned worse if u don't.

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I hear that. I've been at a methadone clinic for just over a year and I get 2 weeks take home. The clinic this guy is going to is screwed up. I would definitely fond a new clinic.

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I am a patient at a methadone clinic and have had trouble with two different drug test in the past. One was positive for opiates and I'm pretty sure it was over the counter heartburn med. the next positive drug test was for benzos and I'm pretty sure it was cause of over the counter Benadryl. R these cheap brand of drug tests that cause false positives cause in the past at a different clinic I've takin these over the counter meds and never showed positive for these before now at the new clinic I'm at.

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if you find an answer to this let me know because the exact same thing is happening to me and i have been eating cough drops for a dry throat at night.
Thank You,mcneilelectric

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My doc told me the only 100% accurate drug testing is blood or hair, done by a lab. If you know you're innocent then DEMAND an accurate, fool proof test.

Don't admit to anything you haven't done!

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I take a b complex vitamin every day wich is b1 b2 b6 and b12 i am also on methadone for
Neroupathy and bad nerve pains in my legs i take 5 mg 3 times a day tablets and i just took drug test and it showed benzodiazapines in my urine is this possible

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This really wasn't fair. I had to quit suboxone because my Dr said i have benzos in my system. I have NOT taken anything but the suboxone. I don't even like benzos. She actually called me a lyer to my face. She said she was going to fire me meaning through me out.
I psychiatrist prescribe me calonapin and when i started suboxone i told her and she said i cant take them anymore.
Anyways i always had benzos in my system even a year later. Se was makeing me go in weekly. I know why now. She would get more money by makeing people come in weekly than monthly.
I truely bealieve she edited the result page so i had to come in weekly. I quit. I couldn't handle the stress she put me through.
I went there for opiots. Never came up positive for them.
I actualy tested her, lol
I used another persons urine just to see what happened. This person was so drunk but she wont even take a pill ever.
Well anyways... results came out positive for benzos and no alcahol.
Figure that one so i know she(the Dr) is the lyer,

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I failed a drug test for parole for benzodiazepines.. what could have made this come up I take benadryl and sleep aids

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People if you know these results are wrong then please demand an ACCURATE test, blood or hair. If any OTC medication or otherwise has caused a FALSE positive, a blood or hair test will find the true reading, which in most of your cases seems to be negative. There's plenty of room for error, whether with faulty equipment or the ineptitude of those administering the tests and "reading" the results.

My mother, and myself, contracted our company with Child Protective Services of WV. Well when shut down due to funding we were left over with hundreds of state supplied urine analysis ten panel cups, with immediate results. Guess what, I've used my own urine, I've never done methamphetamine or pcp but i actually screened for both. Now these tests, i tested all, were faulty, maybe bad or outdated etc, but my point is these were the same ones used by the courts, probation, welfare etc. They didn't work correctly and even if they did they were insanely hard to read correctly. One actually tested me positive for all substances listed. Made me wonder how many lives were ruined. Point of story being if it's a serious situation then even pay for an accurate test yourself. ..those are hair and blood, blood being the most accurate. Even then there is always room for human error in the labatory.

Hope this gives someone the encouragement to stand up for what you know is true.

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