False Positive Drug Screens

my husband takes roxycodone pain medication, he has been seeing the Doctor for 3 months and tomorrow is his 4th visit.he takes amitriptyline/elavil for tremors,secondary to brain surgery.he has been on it for nearly 20 yrs.and it has caused massive health complications.anyway each time he goes to this new doctor for his pain medicine he has a drug screen and it is coming up positive for valium and a high dosage of it.the test shows like 10.000 parts to something I can't remember how he said it.the doctor continues to see him but he has cut him from 30's to 15's .he really needs his pain medicine we don't know what to do ,he has never taken valium zanex or clonipine. after some research it looks like the elavil could cause a false/positive.does anyone know anything about this subject?? we really need some input on this.thank you in advance for your support.

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No, the information I'm finding doesn't list the Elavil as being known to cause false positives for Benzodiazepines.

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But has he taken anything else? Even over the counter products?

Please post back with anything you can think of and I will gladly check for you.

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Reference the" Big List" especially #'s 18,20,33 and 52 they all indicate that the meds you said your husband takes and doesn't take the med he tested positive for "Valium" diazepam. Him taking amitriptyline and elavil both cause false positive for valium and Xanax as well as alot of OTC meds. That's why his labs came back a high dose of 10,000. Trust me after you read the "Big list" you will be relieved to know that this is the cause of the high dose of Valium and his doctor will understand and hopefully prescribe him his normal dosage he needs to control his pain! Keep in mind that the body can only tolerate a certain amount of any drug , so the doctor may have decreased it for your husband's safety, but worth finding out is best. Maybe a different pain med that will help and not have interactions with the new meds.

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WTH is the BIG LIST?? I was also tested and came up positive for benzos I am on Elavil and was taking valerian root/passion flower the counselor looked it up and said Elavil CAN NOT test positive for benzos. after they send the test to a lab can they tell if it is valerian root or what exactly it is?

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I am in a methadone clinic and I have tested positive since feb, 1st 2017 and I have not been taking anything since 1/28/16 and that was a klonopin. I've been sorry since then ...my benzo levels were dropping and all of a sudden the level rises and all I've took is Zoloft and amitriptyline, so yes it will.

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