False Positive On Hair Follicle Drug Test For Methamphetamines (Page 8) (Top voted first)

I have custody of my two oldest children and their mother has a problem with methamphetamines. I know this for a fact because that's why we separated, but she is claiming that the positive hair follicles that she has taken and failed are all because of her asthma medicine. Are there any asthma medications that cause a false positive on both methamphetamines and amphetamines on a hair follicle test??

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Hi. I recently did a hair follicle drug test and my results came back positive for methamphetamine MS 117ng/10mg (5ng/10mg). How do I read or understand these results? Any information would be very much appreciated.

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Re: FrankyD (# 146)


Most hair tests will be reported as pg/mg (pico grams per milligram). I would have to see the results to give a better answer. But if 5ng is the cutoff level the lab started at and you tested at 117 you were considerably above the cutoff level. Urine testing is usually reported as ng/mL (nano grams per milliliter) so it hard to say exactly what is going on. Did they give you a printed report?

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I’m pretty sure it’s a remote possibility for urine results to produce this kind of false positive, but not in hair testing. As long as all accredited procedures where used to collect your hair, and it was properly packaged and chain of custody observed, and the lab is up to scratch and certified for their quality control methods and accuracy...the only thing you can request is for the B sample to be tested also. If these results are confirmed and reflect the first test then it won’t be easy to legally contest the results. If they don’t agree then the sample and/or testing procedures were somehow contaminated and the results must be disregarded. All labs and equipment and staff should comply with the required quality standards/laws otherwise it’s an unreliable process to base any legal decisions on. A lot is at stake and results must be as unimpeachable and accurate as is possible or deemed acceptable in the relevant legal forum. You should be able to investigate the lab they use, is it accredited, is it up to scratch, did they follow EVERY SINGLE procedure in accordance with the standard. Any possible omission, however minute or slightly out of order means the integrity of the whole process can be legitimately and legally challenged. They will then have to satisfy the legal requirements and prove that their process is without unacceptable flaw, and the result is reliable, valid, and accurate. I’ve seen results thrown out on the tiniest bulls*** technicality!!!

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My 4 year old grandson tested positive for methamphetamine in a hair follicle test by testing 9,108 pg/mg for methamphetamine. What does this level mean?

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Re: Lucille (# 153)

That level means your 4 year old grandson has been given methamphetamine, probably, every day over a 90 day time period. If that was the parent(s) that give the child methamphetamine the child should be taken away from the parent(s) immediately. The child needs to be under medical care while he is going thru withdrawal from methamphetamine. The child SHOULD NOT have any contact with the person(s) that gave him the meth. This is a very dangerous situation that needs to have immediate action taken. If that was the parents who gave the child methamphetamine they need to be tested also. Bottom line, get the kid some help soon, even if it means a court order to remove him from that environment.

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Re: Jenn (# 33)

I came up positive for Methamphetamine and Amphetamines on a 14 panel nail test and take adipex, albuterol inhaler, valium, lomotril, temazepam, allergy meds otc including flonase and all the otc allergy meds, and a few diff antibiotics in the last year. I also have hep c. I’m so mad and upset. I’m going to have another test ran but in the meantime I’m not allowed to see my daughter! I DO NOT take anything that’s not rx’ed to ME and I drink. Which is legal. I just want to cry. I’m being labeled as a drug addict and I am far from it! Good luck! My attorney even suggested I take a polygraph and I agree. Something is very wrong with the test.

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Re: TheHairTestingGuy (# 154)

Now im positive that the social service department is corrupt because with your confirmation of what those levels mean, it just proves that his test results are false because my grandson was taken away from his parents & placed with me. He was in my custody for a little over a month with no contact with his parents, per social services, when they came & said they wanted to do a hair follicle. My daughter was arrested for child endangerment and felony abuse of a child because of the results and I'm 100 percent positive my grandson wasn't given methamphetamine at least a month and a half prior to the test because he was with me every single day & he definitely has not gone through any kind of withdrawal or has shown any symptoms of withdrawal in any kind of way!! I dont know what to do or how to prove the results are wrong but I'm positive for a fact that they are now.

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Wow, I don't know what to tell you. The only advise I can give you is I could do a Hair 5 Drug Panel test that would only go back 30 days, but the collection has to be done properly. Every half inch of hair will go back 30 days so I could do a 30 day (half inch sample) or 60 day (1 inch sample). What was the date collected in the test in question?? Who knows if that was even his hair?? Do you have a copy of the chain of custody?? Do you have a printed report or did they tell you the level??

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Re: TheHairTestingGuy (# 158)

Dont know the date collected or no documentation at all. Social services told me on March 13, that hair follicle was done & it usually takes 2 weeks for results. Next thing I know my daughter is being arrested & charged for child endangerment when her and felony abuse of a child & in the criminal complaint it gives the level for methamphetamine. That's all the info I have. If I demand a retest, if its possible, what are your recommendations?

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Re: TheHairTestingGuy (# 156)

I took a 5 panel hair test and came back all negative. On the toenail test I wasn’t over the cutoff level to be positive which was 500pg/ml. It read methamphetamines 356pg/ml and amphetamines 109pg/ml. But yet they still called it a positive?

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Re: Lucille (# 159)


If you do your own test you would get a 1-page report. Consider what is a stack, it's not that expensive. If your daughter's hair is 3 inches long the test can go back 6 months. Make sure she doesn't cut her hair. {edited for privacy}. If child services can't produce a chain of custody form that shows your daughter's signature than how can anyone be sure it was actually her hair?? What state are you in?

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Re: TheHairTestingGuy (# 161)

Im in the state of Montana but it was my 4 yr. Old grandson that was tested by social services & my daughter was arrested for child endangerment and felony abuse of a child as a result of the positive test results on her son but she hasnt had custody of him for about a year and prior to being placed with me, social services placed him with my niece who admittedly said she wouldnt be able to pass a drug test.

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Re: JULIE (# 25)

Prilosec makes you test positive for meth. I’ve tested positive multiple times after taking it even though I was clean

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So I have not used methamphetamine since finding out I was pregnant in October. I had my daughter on March 3rd. UC said I was positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine which is bs. Anyway, I did a hair follicle test on March 20th which came back negative for everything so it should prove I didn't use. Then I did another hair follicle test on April 17th that said it was positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine, and there is no way. I still haven't used at all. But I do have asthma. Won't the hair follicle test indicate that it's the L isomer and not the D?

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My granddaughter took methamphetamine on Friday and tested over 6000 on hair follicle test on Tuesday. She failed big time and lost her kids. She has been clean for 89 days and took another hair follicle test yesterday and still tested positive with a 600 measurement but lab said it was a huge drastic change. But back to your question, if you have done methamphetamine anytime in past 3 months it will show high...depending on how far back you used to the test. My guess is if you took it 3-5 days ago you will fail big time.

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Did anyone answer your question? In a similar situation needing answers ty

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I had been clean of methamphetamine for 6 months but took some on Friday, Saturday, Monday night and Tuesday morning. I have to take a hair follicle test Wednesday. Will it show up? I dyed my hair Monday night. What will my levels show? What should I do to pass my test? I'm going threw cps to get my kids back. I know I messed up by taking methamphetamine and feel like crap and I'm very scared I'll lose my kids. Please help me.

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I haven't touch any drugs in 5 months but it's still showing up in a hair follicle test I got done a month ago .. How is that possible ? Can epilepsy medication cause false readings ? I was on epliem & topamax !

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I took codeine 2 days before my last hair test and it showed up.

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