I Need Suboxone To Show Up On My Drug Screen (Top voted first)

I have been taking blue Xanax for the past couple of days and my Suboxone Dr, who I am scheduled to see on Friday, does regular drug screens to make sure that only Suboxone is in my system. I've gotten one of my friend's urine to use on Friday. Only problem is, they don't take Suboxone! Can I sprinkle some crushed up Suboxone in their clean urine to show up that I'm clean besides Suboxone? If I just use the clean urine, he will know that it's a hoax because I've been testing clean but with Suboxone and there's no way I can go without taking it. But I can't just pee my own pee, because I was made to sign a form when I started treatment with him that states that an individual who tests dirty for Benzodiazepines SPECIFICALLY will be booted out of his clinic and cancelled as a patient. So, can't I just crush up a little Suboxone and put it in the clean urine or will that not work? Help!

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Hi, my name is Sarah. I want to reply to several of the comments above. For those of you who said there is no test for suboxone, you are wrong. The reason I say this is because I worked for a pain clinic and I was the lab tech in which performed the urine drug screens and one of the tests on our lab reqs was for suboxone. As for the comments of the pill having to be processed and metabolized, well, yes and no. Most clinics that perform drug tests do your typical tests which basically just come back with a positive or negative, while some, but few, do a more detailed test. If your clinic performs a drug test and your results are given to you within the same day or during your visit then they are doing a simple negative or positive type drug test. For those of you that go to clinics in which you have to wait more than 24 hours to be given your results then odds are, yes, they are doing a detailed test in which can provide alot of detailed information. These type of tests can tell the exact medications in your system, the amount of each medication, and if the medication was taken or crumbled into your urine. What I mean by the exact medication is, lets say you test positive for opiates, well they can go further into detail and find out if the opiate is lortab, percocet, oxycodone, endocet, or any other type of drug that falls under the opiate classification. Once again, I know these things for a fact because I worked for a lab in which performed these detailed drug tests. So basically, if you go to your clinic and recieve your results during your visit then they are performing a simple negative and positive drug test. The same type of test you can purchase at your local pharmacy. As for you judgemental, no good, snobby, and close minded a**holes, you can kiss Caro's a**. I myself am currently suffering from addiction and take suboxone. Unless you have ever experienced addiction then you have no right to judge anyone going through this struggle. Not only is addiction withdrawals a mental issue but they are also physical. Furthermore, you should be ashamed for even speaking to someone in such a disgusting and hateful manner who is reaching out for help. If what they say bothers you, then take that little thing to the right of your computer called a mouse, move it to the top of your webpage, and go to another website. Its pretty easy. I promise. To the rest of you, I wish you well in your journey to a better and sober life. I know what your going through. God Bless and good luck to all. Oh yeah, about the xanax, a suboxone clinic can discharge you if you test positive for benzos. Some will discharge you after the first time while others give their patients more than one chance. Its basically based on their policy and whatever is in the contract in which you sign with your clinic of choice. One of the main reasons is because mixing xanax with suboxone can be very dangerous and even lead to death. I have not completely researched the mixture, but I am 100% sure that mixing the two can be very dangerous, which is why they do not tolerate positive results for benzodiazepines. I myself am guilty of mixing the two together. I do not do it to get high. I am just a very high strung and stressed individual and xanax is the only thing that relaxes me, but I am very careful with how I take them when taking suboxone. You can not judge someone for something you have never experienced and if you have experienced this and it was easy for you to stop, then fantastic, but just remember, even though it was easy for you, you were still once an addict, therefore leaving you no room to judge.

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i was just woundering myself the same thing, i have been trying to find the right answer,i am in the same situation as you are. Don't listen to these fool's on here, they don't know nothing, so they need to go preach else where. It just makes me very angry when people talk that way. They should have tried to help you & tried to encourage you to get help not talk junk. So please people if you can't say nothing nice then shut your mouth! Let me know if you find any answers to the problem thanks

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Yes, you can sprinkle suboxon in your pee if no one watches you....

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yes you can do that and they wont know the difference... i have done it a couple times already.. all these people who are saying they are going to know are dead wrong... obviously they know nothing about the drug and how it shows up in your system. all you need to put in it is a small amount.. a few crumbs

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Hi to the OP..I have been in your shoes B4 so I know what you are going through. Mostly what I have read are people who are judging you and that is wrong. You asked a question that deserves to be answered as best anyone who isn't a doctor can. So let me try. I don't know what State you live in, but where I live a doctor can't tell you that you will be kicked out of the program for taking benzos, however, if you don't have a prescription, the doctor may give you several warnings because mixing suboxone and xanax can be dangerous. If you have a prescription, just have your doctor call the program doctor telling him that you have a legitimate need, and there is nothing he can do. As for putting some suboxone in your urine, it won't work. Whatever you do, don't be hard on yourself for not being clean,it took me many years to finally do what I had to do to get off of heroin and every other opiate. I tried Suboxone when it was still a study in 2000 and unfortunatly my body couldn't handle it. I started using at age 14 and after numerous rehabs, detoxes 12 step meetings, I realized abstinance doesn't work for me. I have been on methadone maintenace since Jan 2001 and free from heroin since July 2002.. What works for others may not work for you. I would try and advise you to try everything to get clean B4 you get on methadone maintenance because it isn't a medication to be taken lightly. I was on numerous methadone detoxes, but my first and only maintenance was not until I was 46 years old. I wish you luck friend...Opiate addiction is another monster all in its own. I suffered from PAWS for years because I thought all I had was depression..PAWS Post acute Withdrawls, usually pass for most people after a few months, for me they lasted years and I tried to end my life because my doctors wouldn't treat me or take me seriously.I almost had to die to get the help I needed. and I never want anyone to have to suffer from that, and that is why I tell my story...To the people who are judging the OP, if you are an addict, try to remember what it was like for you, and if you are just being nasty because you think addiction is a choice, educate yourselves..Addiction is a fatal but treatable diease and there is no right or wrong program..Whatever works.....

Pat

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Okay people, look. I have been doing the heroin/opiate use thing, and getting a script for suboxone every month for almost a year now. In the state I live in, you can go to a head shop, and buy synthetic urine called "Quick Fix." This synthetic urine comes with a heat strip so you can make sure the pee you submit to the doc is between 90 to 98 degrees farenhite. What I do, AND WHAT HAS WORKED FOR ME SEVERAL TIMES, is I take the fake pee, crush up about ONE EIGHTH of an 8 mg pill of suboxone, and dump it in the quick fix pee the night before my suboxone/drug test. Then I shake it vigouosly until I feel it is a pure solution, no flakes or anything like that. Then all you have to do is make sure the heat strip on the bottle of the "Quick Fix," is at least at 90 degrees, (or if its actual human pee you'd better make sure it's hot when you hand it to the doc) and your good. I dont know about all these people saying the doc can tell the difference about it being metabolized or not, this is just what has worked for me, and also what I plan to do again in two days. It works, BELIEVE ME. Although, the first time I did it, I was sweatin bullets, let me tell you!! Point being, if you are on suboxone, and take drug tests to keep recieving Suboxone, and you are going to test dirty for opiates..... Find out where you can buy Quick Fix brand synthetic urine, get some, and mix in about an eigth of a pill of 8 mg suboxone with the Quick Fix. Quick Fix comes with a heating pad, but dont just rely on that to keep it warm. Do whatever it takes to make sure the heating strip is in the proper temp zone before you hand over the urine sample to your doc. Do all these things and your GOLDEN!! **** side note ---- I would assume mixing in the same amount of Suboxone, with real urine, that is clean, would have the same effect. Believe me you, Ive done this before and nothing has ever been mentioned about the suboxone being metabolized in my system or not, okay??? Good Luck

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Most of you people are not too smart. Yes there is a difference between crushed up suboxone in urine and suboxone that has been metabolized by your body. But the suboxone tests do not test for these differences; just the + for suboxone. But i do not reccomend faking a u.a., lying to ur dr, or taking xanax that isn't prescribed to you. But I also know how life is and how addiction works, so I wish you the best of luck. The best thing to do is to be honest

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Here! Here! Sarah! And Paul can go to hell as he obviously has no compassion for those of us struggling with addiction. I am a heroin addict who has months on and off of sobriety. I am on suboxone now and Caro, I am going through the same thing as you about needing clean pee WITH suboxone. From my experience and research, YES you CAN sprinkle a little bit of crushed suboxone into your friend's clean pee and get by. Most likely, like Sarah said (and it's true of my doctor's routine with me) most addiction doctors are merely using small stick tests to test that A) it is clean pee and B) that it has the creatine that only REAL pee has. So I think you're good. Do you know if he only does ONE test or TWO? Sometimes (this happened to a friend of mine that was also on suboxone) at the BEGINNING of her treatment, the doctor pulled out TWO tests. One was specifically for suboxone. But these test are highly unusual at clinics especially because they are so expensive. You have a right to ask your doctor WHAT exactly is being tested for too. So ask him. If it does show up on your screen, be sincere, honest and let the tears come if you need to and tell him how you had ONE slip and please don't kick me out of this clinic because I will surely die on the streets. They would have to be a@*holes not to. Do you know how to pass supervised screenings? I have an excellent way, (only for girls though) of how to get by the prying eyes of lab techs.
If you need to know you can just respond. Hope you are getting the help you need and support to eventually beat this awful awful disease.

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The doctor that you go to for your suboxone treatment DOES test for suboxone. I am rather close with the lady who does the drug screens and i watched her do mine. they use the typical 4 to 9 panel test, then take a drop of your urine and use it for a seperate test strip that is detects suboxone.

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Again, can anybody tell me wether or not some suboxone powder can be added directly to pee and work in coming out positive on the urine screen? Who has done this? Who can tell me 100% that they have done this and it works?

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Hey, Bailey and Jackie, you said you could sprinkle suboxone crumbs into clean urine and it would show up positve for suboxone on the test.... which I need it to. So in other words, are you sure the suboxone doesn't have to be ingested, metabolized and then peed out to come across positive on the screen? Have you done it, and does it work for sure? Thanks

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Why must all of you "Non drug users" judge?? You are no better than those who use and I do not even use drugs but I think you need to repremand someone so you go on these message boards to make these people feel bad about themselves. Guess what? They already do or they would not be seeking ways to hide their shame. Let us all try to stop judging and start understanding one anther. Otherwise we are headed for a world of more hate, violence, and discrimination!

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For anyone that is still debating this issue, you can read the monograph on the drug yourself here:

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Suboxone/­

And you will clearly see that IT IS an opiate/narcotic.

It is a synthetic one, but nonethless, it is still in that drug class.

That means, that it can, indeed, be tested for and will show up on those tests!

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I'm in the same situation and the answers on here are unclear, I have been being honest with my doctor, I'm taking the benzos because he is lowering my dose after me saying I'm not ready and I'm a hard worker that cannot be running to the rest room every ten minutes because of withdrawl symtoms.... so I have to know wheter or not I can put powdered suboxone into the clean urine I have?

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Ive done this too with real pee and all i do is put it in a coffee cup with boiling water for about 8 mins, then take it out about 5 mins before the doc gets it. Its just warm to the touch in my hand and adding the suboxone, just a sprinkle mixed so there is no crumbs visible and it works every time!!! Honest. You are all FINE!!!

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My sub Dr. allows 1 fail before they give you the boot. I messed up in the beginning and took two Loritabs after a root canal. I was allowed to stay in the program, but I did admit my mistake before I took the drug screen. I don't know if your' doc gives a second chance, but I would think they understand people make mistakes in early recovery. I've been on sub for over 2 years, and haven't failed another test since that one. I'm now weaning off. I learned my lesson and it was probably a good thing I experienced failing it early.
As others have said, you can't judge someone unless you've walked in their shoes. I wouldn't wish addiction on anyone, especially opiate addiction, and if those judging went through full withdrawal for 20 mins. they would understand why addicts do what they do. Addiction is not fun. It is not someone just wanting to party. It's hell!

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yes. i do it all the time. it even gets sent to a lab. u only need a little.

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Look everyone,
I recently went into my doctor to give a urine screen. I was freaking because I knew if I gave them my own pee, it would come up postive for opiates, (heroin in my case), On the 5 panel urine screen they use, all it shows on the strip for opiates is positive, no matter wether you used heroin, or over the counter codeine. The test that he uses DOES NOT show positive for suboxone, and suboxone DOES NOT make the morphine (opiate) strip show as positive. This is the reason, most likely) that my doctor has my pharmacist SUPERVISE me taking my suboxone in front of him once a week. At the beginning of my suboxone treatment when I still wasn't clean from the heroin, the opiate strip kept coming up positive. I told my doctor it was showing up as positive becase I had been taking codeine that I bought at Shopper'sDrug Mart for pain in my back. He said that I had to stop using even codeine because "There is no way that I can differentite the difference with these tests wether you have used heroin or codeine because they both metaboize as morphine." He said I had to stop taking codeine for that specific reason. So, that said, I asked him if the suboxone showed up on the tests. He said "NO". He said that there are in fact tests that DO test for suboxone, but they are very expensive and he relies on my pharmacist's observation of me taking my suboxone in front of him once a week. Anyway, to get back to my original point. I used some completely clean pee in the last few weeks, (warmed to the correct temperature of course), and it has worked time and time again, with now suboxone crumbs or anything. BUT, a few weeks ago, I used some pee from the SAME batch of my frozen clean pee supply, and I don't know what happened, but as I sat in the office and we waited for the urine screen to come back negative for all substances, when he checked it, it showed POSITIVE for opiates!! (morphine!!) He asked me what would have caused this, and asked if I had taken any codeine, or if I had used, or if I had perhaps eaten any poppy seed bagels.... I was in such shock and fear, I just said, "Uh, no.... not that I can remember...." He said, "No problem, I'll just have the test sent out to the hospital for fracturing." Which means, essentially, they test the cheaper, urine panel screen tests with a huge machine that extracts the morphine present in the test and is able to detect and identify EXACTLY WHAT the morphine's original form was in... ie: codeine, poppy seeds, heroin,
tylenol 3, WHATEVER. So that is NO GOOD when they decide to do this. Of course, 10 days later when the test came back and he asked me if there was "anything I wanted to tell him", I had to be honest and tell him I had had a slip of a relapse, and had used heroin. He already knew because of the test of course. Now, I was in total confusion, because I had used the SAME urine that I had been using the entire time, that had been in my freezer, and been giving me clean tests up until this point! So, I don't know HOW, but somehow, my clean pee had become contaminated. I usually stick the little bottle up inside me in my car before I walk into the doctor's office, and somehow, It must have become contaminated with my own dirty urine. He told me if I gave him another dirty urine he was going to call CAS (for those of you who don't know, that stands for "Children's Aid Society") and you don't want them messing in your and your children's lives. I am honestly somewhat glad that this happened, because now I am more scared and more serious than ever about getting clean for good. I, like any addict, want my cake and to eat it too, and I just can't go on like this. The stress alone of the thought that my daughter could be taken away from me makes me literally quake with fear. And she could well be taken, because the first thing that CAS does after a doctor discloses to them that there may be some concerns regarding a mother's use of illegal narcotics around her child, is they ask for a hair strand test which is collected by a professional at Sick Kid's Hospital in the Mother Risk division. Now, here's how a hair strand test works. They, CAS or whomever orders the test, wants to scare the bejesus out of you, so that you break down and tell them the truth of your use and everything you think is going to show in the results. This is the truth of what actually happens: It does in fact show HOW MUCH use and how often the use has been of ALL drugs, prescribed or otherwise, (street or illegal drugs). However, listen to this because it is 100% true: as far as opiates are concerned: I SAW with my own two eyes the actual results of the test last time I had to do this, which, by the way is highly unusual, because normally, the CAS worker picks up the test themselves after the 8 weeks it takes for the results to come in, but in my case, my stupid worker was too lazy to pick up the results on their own, and asked ME to pick up the package on my own! ALL IT SAYS UNDER OPIATES IS JUST THAT.... "OPIATES". It DOES NOT say what kind. Nowhere is there any indication of what kind, be it tylenol 3, (codeine) poppy seeds, heroin, oxycontin.... NOTHING. I even spoke to the nurse who took my hair from my head and asked her if what I was seeing was acurate. I said, "It only shows opiates, where does it show heroin?" She said, "It doesn't and pointed out that it only shows "opiates"! But it does in fact show how often, and at what levels. So, just be prepared to get your story straight, god forbid it comes to that! If it came to that with me, I would have, in hindsight, not told them out of fear that I had been taking over the counter codeine on a regular basis and so they didn't question why my pee had been coming back clean every week for over a year, I would have just said that I drank tons of water 2 days before each urine screen to clear my body of any indication that I had been taking them! Besides, they can't get you into any trouble for taking something that is legal! Anyway, I guess I was rambling on a bit, I'm just trying to share any info I have that may help somebody that might have some questions regarding the same experiences I've had. I also highly recommend good, old fashioned treatment. There are plenty of programs right here in Toronto, in patient or outpatient. I myself am signed up to start a 10 week outpatient program that specializes in opiate addiction at the North York Genera Hospital which runs every week day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also, I recently began attending Alcholics Anonynmous meetings. I go to these meetings instead of Narcotics Anonymous meetings, because I find that NA are mostly people that are court mandated to be there and are ususally not really interested in getting and staying sober. They are just there to make new dealer connections, or because they HAVE to be there as part of there sentences for whatever charge they have against them. AA however, has a lot of long-term sobriety and the people are far more serious about getting and STAYING clean, which is better for me to be around. I just change the word "alcohol" in my mind to drugs, and everything else is the same. If you do the work they suggest, and get a home group and sponsor and go to meetings, you have a really good chance of getting clean once and for all. The last bit of this is the whole detox issue. Of course before you start any kind of an attempt at sobriey, you must get through the dreaded detox period. You really need to (but don't HAVE to) have someone who you trust who can help you kick at home, and hopefully some non-addictive drugs to help make it a little more comfortable for you, ie: clonidine (for the crazy body temperature changing from freezing to sweaty and back again) and sleeping meds (that's got to be the worst part of kicking for me personally, the NOT being able to sleep) and even tylenol or advil for the cramping in your legs that give the expression for quitting drugs "kicking". A little valium would be nice too for the intense anxiety that usually goes hand in hand with detoxing. I also give all of my debit and credit cards, (and my ID so I can't go get another bank card). Also, if you have a car, it's a good idea to hand over your car keys. Hopefully, your friend will be prepared for, and willing to deal with your pissy-ness and temper and demanding of your posessions back. They will run you baths and hold your hair back for you when you are puking. They will buy you some ensure to drink so when you don't feel like eating a BITE of food, this will give you some nutrients which your body so desperatly needs. Failing that, you could check yourself into a detox like a place like CAMH, which will taper you down of the opiates with the suboxone. I think they can do it in as little as 10 days. I recommend staying on the suboxone once on it until you have some significant clean time under your belt.
Anyway, listen to me, I totally went off on a complete tangent. I'm just sympathetic to any and all fighting this losing battle with an addiction to any and all drugs, yet I am still in the same boat. Easy to say, much harder to do......
Hope all of this babbling helps in some capacity. I wish the very best to you and any attempts in beating this devastating disease that WILL eventually rip you of anything and everything that means something to you.
Good luck.

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I feel the need to respond to those who are saying that you should be honest with your doctor.

Some Sub doctors are total douchebags like mine. It wouldn't matter if you were serious about getting clean. If you f*** up they would kick you out in an instant. My Sub doctor actually cut me off just because his secretary CLAIMED that I was rude to her on the phone. If she really thought I was rude then she is more sensitive than a 5 year-old girl. My doc didn't even bother to hear what I had to say about it first. My drug counselor had to call him to convince him to take me back.

How the hell do you tell a person like that that you f***ed up and used? If they cut you off without notice then relapse is practically a given. Some of these doctors don't understand what it's like to be an addict, so they treat addicts like crap if you don't stay 100% clean the whole time. Actually when I confronted my doctor about the whole situation involving me cutting me off he told me, "Here's the thing. I don't trust you. I don't trust any addict that comes through here." I couldn't believe he came out and said something so incredibly prejudiced. Doctors with that kind of attitude can't help the majority of addicts, and honestly they really shouldn't even try.

So while you shouldn't get into a Suboxone program if you're not serious about it, I don't suggest being honest until you feel you can really trust your doctor.

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Yes you can add just a few crumbs if no one is watching of course; They Do in fact have test to test to see if the suboxone has been metabolized, but most tests aren't used because they are extremely expensive. Have you noticed wether or not they are the standed 5 panel test or not? If they are, they only set for drugs and to make sure there is creatine in it which means is is actually pee. If u are in good standing with this doc, he is not likey to all of a sudden pull out another test to test for the metabolized subox. Only put a few tiny crumbs in it and put it in a coffee cup of boiling water and take it out 5 min before thy test you so it's the right temp. You don't want it too hot or to cold, because they check the temp. Be careful, because they watch you i suspect. I usually cove the top with tin foil and an elastic then poke a hole with my finger. good luck. Who is your doctor may I ask?

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