False Positive For Opiates! Twice! Help!!
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I need help! I am in a Methadone treatment clinic in Maine. Recently, I have tested positive for opiates twice. The problem is that I have not touched any drugs for over a year! I have been open and honest with my counselors and nurses at the clinic the whole time I have been there and I have no reason to lie. I have all of my take homes and I am on my way out of there. I havent used any drugs, my medications have not changed, and I have not eaten any poppy seed. I dont understand this and I don't want to be punished for something that I didn't do. I am on 300 mgs of Wellbutrin, 60 mgs of Cymbalta (Duloxetine), 10 mgs of Montelukats (Singulair), Advair inhaler twice daily, Pro Air as needed, 2 Diphenhydramine (Benadryll) tablets at night, and I also take Excedrin for Migraine or Tension headaches, and Ibuprophen as needed. As far as I know, none of my meds can cause a false positive. A lot is at stake for me, but I am going to fight this until the end. Can anybody help me? Please? Thank you :-)

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What can cause a false positive for opiates? I have just had a urine test and it has come up positive for the second time. I have never taken drugs in my life nor alcohol, not even smoked. I haven't eaten poppy seeds or anything like that. I drink tea and decaffeinated coffee. Could either of these affect a test? I am baffled.

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It sounds just like me--I have been on MMT for 11 years--5.5 at a methadone clinic in MA--after my neurologist closed his practice I had to find somewhere QUICK--really hard to find a doc to prescribe even though I had been on a stable dose for YEARS for migraines..
Anyway--I am also starting to go down in my dose to see what might help my migraines now(after all those years on methadone surely there is something new that I can try?) I take only a CVS multivitamin, Align probiotic,loperamide (Immodium) for stomach issues, Prilosec for a hiatal hernia, and aleve, ibuprofen, Tylenol for acute migraine. I ran out of Maxalt for migraines a while ago. I also take diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for an allergic condition --the doctor at the clinic when I started recommended it when I had to switch from the Methadone pills to liquid and I had a slight reaction.

I have tested positive 3 (Three!!) times for opiates on UA--BUT NEGATIVE ON ORAL SWABS! I can't get a breakdown to show wtf is making the UA positive since it is tested "in house"...I have been clean TOTALLY for 15 years in May--and have NOT been using. I tell my NA sponsors that there is no shame in admitting if you do relapse, just make sure you get back to the basics and keep on working... So if I WERE taking it, I would work it through and start over--but I never took any! Had a CT scan last week and have kidney stones and the hiatal hernia--couldn't get a blood screen for drugs as I am in the process of switching doctors and in MA you can't pay to have tests done privately. I will try to get one next week from my new doctor/medical practice but I had another UA yesterday and wanted to test the same day--(that was the 3rd UA test in 2 weeks). Very very strange and disconcerting--I have looked into it what feels like a million times now but can't figure it out--I stopped mixing tonic water in smoothies (quinine can cause a positive for opiates) and will keep on looking-- Did you get any answers? I hope u are long gone from MMT and doing well--if that was your goal--and that you found an alternative to MMT! Please let me know!!

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