Lortab Generic Of Hydrocodone-acetaminophin Urine Test Came Up Positive For Morphine (Top voted first)
UpdatedMy doctor dismissed me as a patient because a very small amount (252 ng/ml) of morphine was detected. I do not take other peoples meds, do not do street drugs. How this could happen is a complete and crazy mystery to me. I take Alprazolam, Tizanidine HAL, blood pressure and water pills. Over the counter allergy medicine and occasionally Benadryl. What is it? The combination?
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I agree and know for sure there are different drug screen tests. Less expensive,
cheap ones that lot of doctors use that are not as accurate and give false results all the time.
I suggest you seek an attorney if you were dismissed from a pain management clinic without being put on a detox plan and medication.
Seek an attorney, sue the doctor !
I re read this and wondered... if the combo of meds or any one of the meds.. might metabolize after ingestion to become any kind of cousin to Morphine... also isn't there something about poppy seeds, like often b found onbagels can cause a false positive. In addition to other advice already given, ib would researchv and print out anything you can find that states the vicodin can show as other drugs, that certain tests produce false positives, etc. Arm yourself with info and present it to them, even if this has already been resolved ;)
It actually might have just been due to the test itself, if your doctor is using a less expensive, non-certified test, then they have been known to show false positives for other substances anywhere from 4 to 50% of the time.
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What type of test was it?
They can also send that urine to a lab for a more detailed analysis, which is what my dr does if we get unexpected results. It takes ten days for those results, so instead of getting my whole month of meds, they'll give ten days of pills to cover me. A drb should never just dismiss you without a plan add the other person suggested. Do you have any other issues, like past problems with this dr? A history of wanting early refills? History of asking for more and higher doses sooner than tolerance should be happening? If it's not too late, call then and fight it, respectfully. You don't want to appear to be an angry addict, lol. And you can always turn the bugger in to medical board for not addressing your dependence to the meds on your way out orv referring you to an appropriate dr to continue your care. Be your own advocate!
verwon is right the in office tests come out false positive most of the time, or they my have gotten a patients urine test, who does take morphine, and if the nurse didn't wear gloves or tested his/hers first some may have been on her glove as she opened your bottle, and a very small amount got in yours. I would ask for a retest and say I never take that!!!! they should give people 2nd chance, because I am ex medical good luck.
You're right a lot of doctors don't know about different reactions with pills believe it or not you have to inform them not too cool
always make sure that your name is on the side of the test cup and not on the top, lids can be switched. I had an instance where I tested positive for extacy! I'm hitting 60 yrs. old and never tried it. I've also been plaqued by false negative for morphine over the years. 98% of false negatives are caused by cheap,outdated, or expired test strips! there is also the posibility of insurance fruad to keep charging you for tests. NEVER TRUST YOUR DOCTORS LAB, get a script and test yourself every time he does
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