False Positive For Methamphetamine On Drug Test (Page 2) (Top voted first)

I took a urine drug test for my job and they said it came back positive for methamphetamine, but I dont use methamphetamine. I've just been real sick the whole week before and took a lot of diff. meds to break da fevers and my bad cough. What could have caused it to come up positive?

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I came up positive for meth and no I dont do funny thing is I get xanax tabs and thc pills but was not positive for them

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I take methotrexate for arthritis and recently tested positive for methamphetamine on a pre employment drug screen. I was also taking nyquil and using a Vicks inhaler for a chest cold I had. Could any of these meds cause a positive result for meth?

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Both Trazadone and Zoloft are know to give False Postivie for meth on urine drug screens. Demand a confirmation with Gas Chromatography or Atomic Absorption. It is routine in repuatable industrial hygiene labs. If pre-employment then you will likely have to pay for it yourself so you will have to decide since it will likely be $200-300.

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Hi i recenetly failed a drug test with a false positive for meth. I use body building supplements. Does high caffine or test boosters interfere with a urine screen test?

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I too had a false positive for meth. I take detonate and black market. Im waiting for the lab results. I dont drugs and am completely embarrassed.

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This just had happened to me September. I have never ever done any kind of street drugs, nor been around them since maybe trying pot in high school 20 years ago twice. I had them run a test called chromotagraph... that gives the exact source of the false/postiive meth. I had been using Vicks nasal inhaler for asthma and to help me breathe at night. That was exactly what showed up for the false positive. Therefore, I was safe!!

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I'm in court ordered treatment and I tested positive for methamphetamine and I have not touched the stuff in over 2 months. When it's sent to the lab will they be able to determine what it is?

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Mate i have the same problem? Did u find out the answer to ur question?

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I am going to repeat this for about the 5th time. This will be my last posting on this subject. (I have a professional background in clinical medicine and laboratory research using GC,HPLC, and AA on immunology samples)

ALL cold preparations sold over-the-counter containing phenylephrine and ephedrine will typically show positive on the enzyme immunoassay they use for industrial job testing depending upon what they are combined with such as certain foods and beverages. ALL ADHD drugs such as Adderall or Ritalin will show the metabolites too. Generally if you tell the testing lab up front what you have taken they cannot do a damn thing unless they run the confirmations because you can argue false positive and they have to prove otherwise.

You have a right to a Gas Chromatograph or Atomic Absorption confirming test which is 100% reliable. If you fail either of those you are doomed because you have metabolites of meth in your system whether you use meth or not.

Look people, if you don't have enough balls to stand up for yourself and demand confirmation then you have only yourself to blame. You have the right to seek legal counsel and sue any testing lab that turns a false positive without running a confirmatory GC or AA in most states.

Stand up for your rights and everyone wins because employers abuse drug testing all the time. The enzyme assay testing is so flawed that it is legally not admissible in court without a confirmation - now why do you think that is? These tests are subject to stringent storage and handling requirements and most labs lack chain of custody records. If they are not stored in the right temperature and humidity they will give false results. They are cheap s***ty tests that the manufacturers refuse to withdraw and now they are even being sold in drugstores for home testing. Pity the family member who gets a false positive and goes to rehab because of some ignorant parent who is too stupid to do the research.

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I am on probation. Today I had my monthly visit with my officer and had to do a ua for them. It came back very faint that I tested positive for meth. I am a mom of three and don't do drugs. I find that my kids are a lot more important then going to jail. I have been taking nyquil and rentadine along with advil migraine. Can this cause a false positive. I really don't want to go to jail for something I didn't do

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I am am ex-meth user (not proud) my level was 5042 after not using for 1 week. Still after not using for 3 months level detected is 2024.

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okay so you're saying because I took nyquil I tested positive for methamphetamine I've been clean for 7 years and now I'm labled a droggy at my dr office how can I fix this

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I have not used any drugs. I have only taken doxycycline hyclate 100mg and I had to go take a drug test for probation and failed for methamphetamine.

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I'm on what is called pretrial. I got caught with .16 of a gram of marijuana back in 2016 and got arrested on June 16th 2017 and now I'm on this pretrial, pretty much probation, but I took some sinus pills around November 2017 and I told the officer that I report to that I have taken them and that my drug test might come back positive. At first she was fine and asked what it might show up as and I told her methamphetamine. I've been clean for over 10yrs off methamphetamine and not looking to go back on it. The test came back positive for methamphetamine and she started hounding me saying it's ok if you slipped up just tell me... Well since I haven't done any I told her it was the sinus pills and I even showed her the rx site that showed the top ingredient that shows up as methamphetamine or just amphetamine, but when I said I wanted a retest they did it on the same sample that was back in the beginning of November or the end of October, but they said that it was confirmed methamphetamine and not the pills. My big question is, how's that when I haven't touched the actual drug in over 10yrs or did the sinus pill really end up screwing me over? Please, does anyone possibly know the answer to that?

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I am a methamphetamine addict. I began smoking it around four years ago. It was fun for a while but has degraded into pure vice and is ruining my life. It is the worst mistake I have ever made. Addiction and a relationship with an addict and all of its associated disfunctions , resulted in me being arrested, for the first time in my life. The stresses involved (personal, professional, spiritual, legal, financial) combined with being alone and scared, only reinforced the lies I told myself about needing it to cope. There was many months of extreme depression and anxiety and endless thoughts of suicide. I knew where and how, just not when. I could write volumes on the delusional aspects of my addiction. Throughout it all I kept telling myself that I just have to clear these legal hurdles and I would quit for good and I remain committed to try. I was to report to alternative sentencing program late on a Monday, I smoked meth the prior Thursday. I was asked for and gave a urine sample, we then discussed a program that could conceivably have me done in less than two months, bringing an end to this year long nightmare, which I applied for. I had not heard anything and figured I surely would have by now, it has been over one week. Arriving home tonight I see the original program had called, not the one I was hoping to hear from. As I sit here now writing this my heart is sunken, my nerves running wild, terrified that I may have pulled within months of ending this for good, only to blow it again. God I hope not. Please God. I f***ing hate methamphetamine. One final point, I read most of the claims here and on another site, from "concerned" siblings or friends or whatever. If a single person was telling the truth, I would be amazed. We are in the situations we are in because of our choices. Meth will either kill us, or cause us to kill ourselves. Or we will be jailed ad infinitum. Please pray for me that I be given the chance I have waited for so long to have. Addiction, meth or otherwise, will never be resolved by jailing addicts. The makers are the takers.

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Just got a call from my former drs office today letting me know I'm being "blacklisted" and they're closing my record and won't be seeing me anymore because I tested positive for methamphetamines. I have never in my entire life taken anything illegal! Not even a little. Without my pain meds I'm not sure how I'll be able to function as my pains been bad for 10 years. Along with the Tramadol and Hydrocodone/Acetaminaphin I'd been prescribed I've also taken Ibuprofen, Allegra D 12, Probiotic, soy lecithin, airbourne, and the off brand for Benadryl (I have terrible allergys) Can any of that create a false positive? And if so what do I do next? Planning on getting my own drug test set up for tomorrow to prove I am clean since the drs office apt was a week ago. Not sure whatelse I can do. The drs been an ass for the past 6+ years anyways even going so far to accuse me of being a drug addict once, then realizing his mistake but of course never admitting it just ignoring it afterwards. Ever since then he's always been less then helpful.

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DCFS refuses to let parents retest their samples, even at their own expense. Neither the lab nor DCFS will even discuss a positive result with parents! I believe they are aware that their tests are highly inaccurate & are afraid of being sued.

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My husband just tested positive for meth and does not do meth! the test was for the purpose of pain management bc of a broken back which resulted in pneuminia and
Congestive heart failure - takes 3 different inhalers as well as Effexor and Percocet , Ativan and clonopin Along with vitamins and minerals, blood pressure meds could you please offer some insight as to how he can clear his name with dr( and maintain his pain with this dr) bc he can not have back surgery due to lung cindition

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I was hospitalized for a transfusion for anemia, I had gastric bypass and can no longer digest meat or many other foods. I am constantly accused of being bulemic, maybe technically I function similar to a bulemic yet this is not by choice.
I tested positive for meth and was chastized in the hospital. I use a vics inhaler for chronic post nasal drip. Had no idea this OTC could effect a positive result, also take wellbutrin, I am humiliated and feel like I was treated like a criminal and drug addict.
I am furious with the doctor who violated HIPAA, blurted this out without regards to anyone else in the room. others over heard this is a HIPAA violation regulated by the office of civil rights and also was an infraction of my human rights, I feel he stole my dignity and was punitive. He refused to treat my osteomyelitis with rt. foot numbness and examine my memory loss due to previous domesticviolence in which i sustained multiple head injuries, loss of consciousness and anoxic brain trauma prolonged choking.

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My grandmother recently got sick after spraying DIFFRENT bug sprays and powders for bed bugs they have called social services on me and every thing,can and will these sprays show up as Meth

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