Prescribed Norco/hydrocodone 10/325 And Fentanyl 50mcg, Urine Test Showed Positive For Oxycodone

In February of 2014 i went from oxycontin to fentanyl patch. Also was prescribed Norco/Hydrocodone 10/325's (up to 3 times a day) took urine test and it tested positive for oxycodone and no hydrocodone. I DID NOT TAKE OXYCODONE. I may lose my freedom, 13 months hard time, lose my kids, lose my job( least of my worries) my wife, and the support of many people. I have been seeing this doctor for 7 years and never tested positive for anything I wasn't taking. I am scared to death.

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I'm 99.9% positive what you're experiencing is called "false positive" or even more likely, since no hydrocodone showed up, the actual test was defective. You've been a patient with the same practice seven years? Obviously, you're not a chronic drug screen failure subject, else they'd have divorced you before now. I was a patient with a certain clinic for nine years. They prescribed er morphine for me for years. Around the seventh year of my relationship there I go in for my appt.. First thing they get your urine. Then the nurse and then the Dr. So I'm all relaxed waiting for my sixty second talk with the Dr. He comes in, sits down across from me and goes "are you getting medication from any other Dr's?". I said "for pain medicine? NO". I was thinking that I knew they checked the pharmacy board list of folks filling prescriptions for controlled substances so I'm incredulous to why he would ask me that. Then he goes "your drug screen showed positive for oxycodone". "WHAT???? No WAY!" He calmly replied "it's probably a false positive". I'd never heard of that at the time and am very upset. He signs my script, hands it to me as I'm still saying "how could that happen???" "False positive. See ya next month". Well I was still practically shaking. I went straight home and googled "false positive". Holy CRAP. Try that and you'll see just how reliable urine drug screening tests are.

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So sorry, that is really hard and dont wish on my worst enemy, again a false positive also happened to me but my doctor knew that it sometime happens.....again i****s with degrees!!

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Thank you so much, I have a team of people behind me, and the instant test the took showed Hydrocodone and no Oxycodone. Dr wanted to get rid of me. I know what I put in my body and I have years of positive proof. Will look up False positive for Oxycodone while on Hydrocodone. Means a great day you took time to reply.

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Gabriel, stand strong in your knowledge that you took your medication as prescribed. And nothing else. I think the stats are between 2% & 50% of drug screens are false positive or just plain defective. Stand your ground. With this knowledge your Dr would be opening herself to lawsuit etc..to dismiss you as a patient. As long as you assert yourself you're going to be fine!! Let us know if anything else negative comes of this but you're gonna be great!!

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I have be seeing two doctors for ten years,one was seeing is an internal dr. one just recently started seeing me, is a regular dr., because I was going to find a doctor close to home, I guess he got mad and said that was their policy, this other dr. let me try ritalyn, adha, also they prescribe me 0.2 zanax and 10/ 325 hydrocodone, I told him , its not helping pain, he said I need to go to pain management, he barely spoke or looked at me, made me feel bad. and walked out, never saw him again, they told me to go pee in a cup, wanted to test me for glucose in urine, they have never asked for a urine test for anything on my diabetes. there was another man sitting getting his blood work and told me to sit mine beside the other, no names on either, she said I had high glucose in urine, I sais isn't that bad, yes she said, never heard a word about this. the receptionist said there was one close to my town. I went to where I thought they wanted me to go and said the one dr. gets your records and called office, then they said my dr. does not want me to go to that dr. ( pain management) no one knew where the other one was. I got a letter today saying oxycodone showed up in urine and since I was taking that with out his knowledge and wanted to see dr. lee, I guess he does not like him, cause he gives you pain medication and the place which still have no ideal is said they do shots, ice , therapy, ive tried therapy and do ice all the time. he said he was discharging me, can he put this in my records? NO DOCTOR WILL SEE ME IF HE DOES THIS, AND FEEL LIKE HE IS TRYING TO KILL ME, I WILL NEED ALL MEDICATIONS AND WILL DIE WITHOUT INSULIN, HE ALSO HAS SEEN ME FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS, ? EVEN RECEPTIONIST, ANOTHER DR. ASKED WHY THEY DIDNT HAVE ME ON A MEDICATION FOR MY DIABETIC NERAPATHY

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Oh shucks Fruity, I'm relatively new to this forum and can't say 100% but I'm 99.9% positive this post is your first? You're upset & confused because the Dr is telling you a drug for which you don't have a script therefore aren't taking, showed up in a urine drug screen, right? And without another word to you face to face, he informs you you'll have to find a new Dr.I can empathize with you. I'd be upset. Is be pissed! I'd take myself to that office first thing in the mornin and offer to retake the urine or give them a blood or saliva sample to be screened c because you haven't taken any of the offending drug and you believe the first urine sample was a "false positive" as happens,I think the most recent article on this subject stated anywhere from 2%-50% of the time. Go to your computer and type "frequency of false positive results of the urine drug screenin". I think you'll bee VERY surprised at what you'll see. I've gotta go but I'll check back with you asap. Don't let that Dr push you around like that. g

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I'm on norco 7.5\325. But have recently ran out and was given a fentanyl 25 microgram Patch to ware , when I take my urine test will it show up the same as if I was just taking my norco ??

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Welcome to my World :( Three different times/tests showed a positive for Oxycodone in urine when I have NEVER TOOK IT !!!!! I can not figue out what is going on and am at risk for being " flagged " !!! I need my meds to have some sort of life . I was in 2 caThis is getting wayr accidents and have Fibro . The tests I am given are the top of the line , expensive , detailed tests .. It just makes no sense !! And idk what to do . I fill my Scripts at CVS , Yellow 10/325s .. I feel like they think I am lying !!! I really want to know what is going on and how this is happening . I even thought of mailing a pill to some lab idk where to have it examined . This is blowing my mind and I am innocent , yet because a lab says I am positive for oxycodone , they believe the test . I am at a loss...

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Recently took drug test I take hydrocodone 5-325 for pain in knee test came out positive for morphine how is this possible

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I have RSD / CRPS nerve pain and I have to take a lot of pain meds to manage it because it is nowhere near as manageable as diabetic neuropathy and standard neuropathy. So first of all be glad that is caused by diabetes because if you manage your diabetes you can manage the pain better. I'm not saying you're not in a lot of pain cuz I'm sure you are as my brother has it too. If you don't have depression issues try lyrica it works so well for diabetic neuropathy for me it kind of made me crazy. If you do take it just don't drink when you take it it will make you do stupid stuff. I went back to taking gabapentin and I've been trying a million different therapies to get better. Almost every one of those type of therapies work better for other types of neuropathy but mine for some reason it's just different and unresponsive to most standard therapy. If a doctor discharges you because you took too much pain medication the best thing to do is just be honest about it to a new doctor. I told my new doctor that I took more than prescribed and I didn't want to but they wouldn't increase my dose and my pain was very high. If your test shows you took something you didn't ask them to do a new test in a couple hours or the next day so you can show that the test was wrong. I hope some of this information helps you in the future and if you have any questions just post them to my response and I will get back to you. I'm brand new to this forum so that's why I'm so late replying Lol
PS. Chronic injury and pain issues over the last several years is that honesty is always best. Doctors have more respect for us when we tell them the truth.

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No..it will show up as Fentanyl...

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I had this happen to me I was taking oxicodone I called the place that did my test..this is what he told me you did not fail the test the hydrocodone is coming from oxiecodone depending what manufacturers made it some oxies have a trace of hydrocodone.i lost my doctor but if you go to medical review board look up oxies with hydrocodone.you will see it 5th here

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I have a 10 panel hair folicle extended opiate test in dec 29 2016 i had a tooth pulled and doc wrote me script for hydros and i drank a small cup of codiene . i may have to take the drug test march 27 will it show up as two diffrent drugs ?? I hav e a script for the hydros

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Re: EJ (# 10)

You are so right! Honesty. Open communication is very key to a healthy relationship with you and your pain doctor. I had been going to the same doctor for 10 years then January of this year he stopped communicating with me. I would try to speak w/him he would just hand me my scripts and walk out. Copied and pasted my medical records only changing dates. I got a bad vibe, so sought out a new doctor went to my consultation told him my concerns about the other clinic and doctor. On my next appointment my new doctor said my instincts were dead on. The doctor I was seeing for 10 years was under federal investigation of Medicaid fraud. That doc now is stripped of his lisence to practice medicine. I’m very open and honest w/my doctor and if they won’t talk to,you like a human being something is not right need to find someone else. It sucks that the people who abuse this program make it difficult to be treated as a human being.

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Re: EJ (# 10)

My father took 2 shots of insulin each day and he never ever had any neuropathy pain so why are people with diabetes taking pain meds??? Makes no sense to me whatsoever. No wonder we're in this opioid epidemic, jesus people are on heavy duty pain meds for any little damn thing these days.

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