False Positive Methadone (Page 2) (Top voted first)

I am a suboxone patient, took a drug test (probably the cheap dip stick kind) and it came back positive for methadone. I haven't taken methadone for about 4 months and every drug test since then has been clean. The only things ive taken were benadryl and my subs. What can cause a false positive for methadone, and if so when they sent the remainder of my urine to the lab, it should find that i haven't taken any right? plz help.

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For all of you who are inquiring about your urine test showing positive for Methadone, here is the only information you will ever need to prove that you are not taking Methadone:

1. Go to your Pharmacist and ask for a print out of all medications that you have had filled for the past six months and make a copy.
2. List all Over the Counter (OTC) products that you are taking. Make a copy.
3. Go to your Primary care doctor and tell him about Methadone showing up in your testing with pain management. Ask him to take a blood test specifically for Methadone and explain why. Results should show no Methadone. Make a copy of blood results.
4. Ask for another blood test order that you can take with you so you can have a blood test repeated for Methadone. Make a copy.

The copies go to pain management, PCP, and in your case the Court. Good luck from there. Do not get caught up in the discussions on this site where some say yes for Methadone and others say no way. You think about proving your pain management results are false positives, and demand that this is corrected in their files.

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Re: Jackson (# 19)

I don't understand why you can't see that I am asking for a simple answer here, not your opinion on how I choose to live. I don't care if you, Captain A**hole, believe that I have an issue with too much Tylenol a night. Now I am going to tell you something that will absolutely blow your mind... I KNOW! I don't understand why you don't have reading comprehension skills but you should fix that, your local community college should offer GED classes and exams for you to use. So, in a language you can understand, I am looking for a response regarding whether or not anyone knows if high doses of Tylenol can cause a false positive on a urine drug screen for Methadone. So, thank you Dr. Phil for stating the obvious, and these boards are not intended for opinions, but for facts. I am on Suboxone and Vyvanse and I have an addiction to prescription pain pills and have been clean (passed all tests) for about 7 months now and when I took my urine test and it was positive for methadone, I was pissed off. After doing research on the web, I found that it's only about 95% or so confirmed by facts that says yes it can. However, even though the hair sample I also took will clear me, I decided to ask for others who may have dealt with this issue or knows concrete information about it so I can proceed from there. I know what Tylenol can do to my liver in large doses but that's not what I asked. I assumed intelligent, non-judgemental, adults would provide me with useable information but I got...... You. This website's purpose is to give people the opportunity to post a question and allow others to answer said question, not shame & judgment. So congratulations, you clearly never grew up Peter Pan. I don't mean to sound mean but it's common sense to me! Prove me right....go ahead!

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I have been on oxycodone 40mg for 10 years. I told my PCP that I wanted off of opioids, so my Dr put me on a tapered dosage. I also tested positive for methadone which I have never taken. I do take OTC sleep aids. Could the ingredients of the unison of Tylenol pm or any sleep aid cause the false positive for methadone?

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