Why Does My Urine Still Show Methadone And Oxycodone After Not Taking Any For 4 Weeks Help

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HELP! 4 months ago I stopped, [ cold turkey] all my oxycodone and 25 days ago stopped my methadone as well.3 weeks ago I went on Suboxone. I just had my 2nd. urine test and it still shows oxycodone and methadone!!! Light lines but still there? I HAVE NOT taken any meds except my Suboxone for 3 weeks and have been off oxycodone for 4 months and off methadone for 24 days. WHAT is wrong?? They are going to drop me and this is my LAST chance for help or hope. Why is this happening to me? I am 65, have had 15 surgeries and the addiction for 15 years but only got the heavy drugs when all the surgeries started. But I'm still an addict trying as my last gasp to get rid of everything in my system. The only other meds I take are 2 different blood pressure pills, Savella for my fibro, 2 iron pills and an 81mg. asprin. Any and all suggestions appreciated. Anything healthy I can take to clean my system or tissues? Thank you all so much.

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There are several things that may explain it.

The first is if they aren't using certified tests, which they aren't actually required to do. The cheaper non-certified tests have been known to show false positives anywhere from 4 to 50% of the time. If you browse our site, you will see many posts similar to yours.

The other possibility is the Suboxone itself, since it is a synthetic opiate, it can sometimes cause false positives for other synthetic opiates.

Another one would just be due to your own body. Though it can't be explain, some people's bodies do just retain traces of certain drugs for very long periods of time. There have even been occasions where some people have taken something once and had it show up for the rest of their lives. This is unusual, but still always possible.

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How are you about watching your fluid intake? Some extra water and other liquids may help.

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Thank you SO much!! You are the 1st. and only reply I received. I have now been off of methadone for at least 35 days and oxycodone for over 5 months. I started taking the suboxone 3 1/2 weeks ago. Before I ever put suboxone in my mouth they ran the 1st urine and both drugs showed up as a medium light line. Then I came back 2 weeks later for the 2nd. urine and again both drugs showed up as a little bit lighter. They are about to drop me and I have no place else to get help. In a small town everyone,Doctors, know each other. Of course since I am an addict they just think I'm lying and still taking those 2 drugs which I have not! I have written everywhere including SAMHSA and to the director of NIDA. I am only trying to find out if anyone has EVER heard of someone really not taking the "bad" drugs but just suboxone, blood pressure meds. and vitamins and still testing positive!! It really has happen to me. I have called, written and begged for help but nothing. I wouldn't even mind except I am going to be dropped and I will not be able to survive another withdrawal! I was dropped from my prior drug clinic for telling them the truth that I ran out of my methadone 3 days early because I had used extra for 3 days. I understand, but he cut me off cold and at the age of 65 and in bad health I went into 11 terrible days of withdrawal from the methadone. It almost killed me.
I can't be the ONLY person this has happen to. I need proof or at least reasonable doubt to show them. I am allowed to come back on Oct.26th for 1 last urine. If it stills show then it's over.
Since all the info I have says that these drugs will not show in the urine after 3-4 days and since it still does show in me after weeks then something is wrong!
Thank you again

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What do you mean, "our site"? Where on your site do I find others that have had this problem? Please clearly direct me.
Thank you

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you mean you think you almost died,you would be surprised how crappy methadone can make ya feel when getting off of it.You wont die

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methadone is very hard to kick,i used methadone for 10 yrs and it took 6 months to rid the sickness it left,Just drink lots of water to flush it out and don't try it alone.There are alot of good people at NA .

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Rochelle,

I realize your post was written almost 2 months ago, but I wanted to let YOU (and others who read this thread) know that I, too had something like you described, happen to me over a year ago.

I have severe Fibro and see a pain specialist; when I went for my UA, the results came back showing that I had Dilaudid (sp?) in my system, which I had been Rx'd for break-thru 3 years prior to this UA. I was shocked and frightened as my Dr. was going to drop me b/c of the results. I requested another UA, and the results came back the same- Dilaudid in my system! At that point, the Dr.'s office called and said my pain specialist wanted a face-to-face meeting the following week. I spoke to their head nurse, who has known me for over 10 yrs; I said I would take a polygraph test, asked if they could use another testing company (of their choice), etc. Thankfully, SHE believed me and called the testing company, explained the problem and was told that the combo of meds Rx'd to me for Fibro pain can cause a false-positive for Dilaudid. Once she told my Dr, this, he cancelled the face-to-face appt. and went on as though nothing ever happened. (personally, I would have appreciated an apology for accusing me/massive stress thinking I would be dropped and unable to have meds needed)

The point is- wierd things like this happen. Tests do not always provide accurate results. Hope all worked out well for you!

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I could KISS you!! Finally someone who knows I'm not lying. The stress was worse than the 11 days of withdrawal from the methodone and other stuff. After 3 test showing positive for Methodone over a 2 month period it finally came back neg.! If it hadn't that day come back neg. the doctor was going to drop me that day! I honestly almost had breakdown. I was taking Savella for fibro at the time and wonder if that might be the reason for the bad results. I sent out over 100 e-mails to every single person in the higher up to do with testing/drugs,etc. While a few, less than 8 answered they all either didn't believe me or didn't understand the problem. I now understand how someone can end up in prison even though not guilty.
Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
PS. I am off all but Suboxone and working my way off of that as well. I also have severe fibro and have had 15 surgeries which led to the drug problem.
Rochelle

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The reason you are still testing positive for the methadone is that it has a half life of 72 hours. So if you took 50 mg's in 72 hours or 3 days later you body still has 25 mg's floating around in it and 3 more days you will have 12.5 mg's and so on and so forth. Good luck. Also I would stop taking the Oxy completely for ever it is the worst drug ever to withdrawl from. Take care.

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Professor, Thanks for the info. As for the oxy. If you go back a ways and read my 1st. letter you will see I stopped the oxy months before I stopped the methadone. I have now been off the oxy about 6-8 months and off the methadone almost 3 months or more. I finally stopped showing positive for the methadone but it took 4 tests over 2 1/2 months before it did.

What I have learned is this.

While the average person can through a URINE test clear oxy and methadone within 3-4 days some of us don't! I know that they think if your an addict you also must be a liar and a thief but there are exceptions to everything!! Everything I wrote in the very first letter I posted was true. Life is not black and white and for whatever reason MY body did not clear my urine of those 2 drugs. Oxy and methadone till several months after the norm.
A giant big "Thank You" to everyone who responded and tried to help.. It did help by letting me know I wasn't alone out here.
Kisses and Hugs!
Rochelle

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I was on Methadone for over 4 years at a dose of 130 mgs. In February, I started taking Suboxone. Months went by, and my drug tests were clean. In June, it was positive for Methadone! They sent it out to a lab, and it still came back positive! The dr. dismissed it. Once again, 2 weeks ago, (November), I tested positive for Methadone AGAIN! This is a full 9 months later! They are sending it out to the lab again. I don't know what is going to happen, and I am very worried. I could never take both at the same time, I would be deathly ill! So, you are definatly not alone!!!

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It depends on how long and at what doseages you were on....methadone can take upto a full year to metabolize out of the body!!!!!!!!

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I tested positive for morophine and had never tsllken it other then 20 years ago for a post surgery med I denied they believed me and sent my urine to a lab for more detailed testing and it was a false positive I know throw stress was bad.

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Im running into the same problem with oxy's the last time i took anything was the 10th of this month and my urine from last Wednesday was positive. They say it comes up as morphine i guess its all the same but i just dont understand why. I am perscribed suboxone 2 8mg a day i have been since i quit on the 10th. The program im in just kicked me off the subs they gave the 8 to come off them. Ive never been so stressed out and upset in my life. Im putting everything i got into getting sober im go to groop 3x a week for 2hrs and ive go to at least 2 N.A meetings. If anyone has any input it will help.

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ImSO sorry this is happening to you. Try printing out my 1st. letter that this shows and take it to the program that let you go. They might not believe it but at least they will see you are not alone. After 3 months of testing positive for methadone and oxycodone I finally showed up clean even though I had been off both for over 4 months!!
Hope this helps a bit. Did they send it out to the lab to verify? They are supposed to do that when the urine comes back positive. They know that several urine kits come up false positive and the lab is the only way to be totally sure!
The best!

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They do a quick test and it comes out negative then send it out to confirm thats where it comes back positive. The cut off is 300 last Wednesday it was 328. Ide love to know what happens with last nights tox. Im on my way to the doctor for a blood test. Thanks for the support im will show them what you wrote. Thanks again

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Hi I'm sorry to hear that your having a lot of problems passing your drug test. Even though you have not taken the drugs. Some people are different have you tried getting some detox like absolute or stuffs it's a drink that you drink down and within 20 minutes it's active try that the next time you take any drug test even though your not taking it it's a vitamin drink as well that overall cleans every itch of toxicin traces out. I do have a question how long was you on the methadone and oxy, before you decided to quit if it was years or at least over 6 months it will take longer. I know methadone in lack of better words hides on your bones so try the detox I promise it will help you but follow the directions. Let me know what happened please.

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I started going to the methadone clinic about 4 months ago and it took me 2 months to get 1 Xanax out of my system! My counselor told me that because I don't drink NO water it is still in there so I started drinking nothing but WATER and it was out of my system in a week just try that.

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I have the same problem... I started Methadone treatment Sept 7th ... felt like i was over medicated in the morning and in early afternoon i was withdrawling... I was only at 30 ml.. I was always sick, hot flashes, cold chills, fever and vometing.. soooo i switched to subutex on oct 1st ...Had no Meds for 2 whole days and started withdrawling on that 1st day.. my udi durnig the switch still showed methadone.. 5 days after that, i was up for my routien udi.. And i still had methadone in my system ... so I was flagged... the traces of the methadone was lighter the second time... but still they think I am relapseing ..i just had another test today... but will not know the results for a couple days.. hopefully it comes back clean... i am going to try to drink more fluids to try to flush my system just in case it still shows up... Good Luck... Dont give up .. Maybe you can show your Dr This posting.. U can email me xxxxx@xxx {edited for privacy} Just wanted to let you know i am in the same boat.. Tara

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Demand a blood test it will show exactly what's in your body.. I once had a Dr. Accuse me of being positive for cocain but that could not even be true. Well at a friends advice I went to the hospitol and had a blood screen done felt very vindicated when I brought my results back showing nothing of the sorts.. dr just said "hmmm that's very unusual must have been A FALSE POSITIVE" like no big deal it was scary and embarrassing and rude . You signed an agreement right? Well that agreement allows you to prove yourself those test are not always accurate remind them you are a paying patient and they have oethes to uphold that supersede those little contracts good luck to you

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Roch,
Hi. I came across your posts. How are you doing now?

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Re: gloria (# 31) Expand Referenced Message

I understand how this can happen. I am a person with a slow metabolism and hypothyroidism. I have been on Methadone for 7 years at 15 mg a day. Even after 20 days it still shows up. I have been through nursing school and understand how drugs stay in everyone differently. The only way to find out is to get a lab report that shows the levels of drugs in your system, but it certainly is possible for someone with many fat cells to test positive for up to 6 months after their last dose.

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Re: Merewolf (# 33) Expand Referenced Message

Hey Merewolf! Yes, methadone has been prescribed for years by pain management doctors, and I was on it for my extended release med, and oxycodone 30 mg for my breakthrough. As for using methadone to come off other opiates, yes, it's been used for detoxification purposes for years as well! It helped my pain tremendously, and it took me about a year and a half to do a blind detox off methadone, at my request, and I did very well! So it can help with your pain, and also help if God forbid you ever run out of your other opiates, that can also help with withdrawal, as I could literally skip a day and not feel a thing! Now coming off methadone can be very hard, or really easy, depending on the person, but I was on 85 mg at my highest, but if you're not comfortable using it, then your doctor should not be forcing you to take it!! Good luck!

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Re: Rochelle (# 7) Expand Referenced Message

I know it's been a while since you posted but I just wanted to say the same happened with me and Methadone. I took Savella for fibro also and had never taken Methadone but was discharged from practice without a word. I begged them to take blood, saliva, hair anything but they would not. I had been going there for almost 5 years and had never been drug tested. The first time I went in with Medicare after being granted disability finally I received most first and last drug test! You can't tell me there wasn't something shady about that!! I now see a really good doctor but he has me on Oxycodone, Morphine and Methadone for pain. I've stressed to him that I am uneasy taking the Methadone and that it makes me sweat profusely he still doesn't want to take me off of it! Can anyone explain to me why something that is used to get a person off of opiates is given it with other opiates for pain? Would it not cancel out the other? Thanks for any and all help!!

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Hi guys, I've been on methadone for seven years. For the last year I have been taking 15 mg a day. I have just done a methadone detox by using Lofexafine for 7 days plus four 0.2mg diazepam. Yesterday they stopped my meds. They told me I peaked on the 4th/5th day. They urine tested me on that day I was positive. So they told me on the 8th day I was getting no meds as a result of that test. And they wanted me to go four days without anything? As I peaked, I was very emotional and confused as I had hardly felt any withdrawals up until day 7. I was asking how can that be? Today they implied I have been taking physeptone tablets (methadone). Otherwise, it would be out my system. I asked how come all I felt was tiredness and zombified on lofexidine, but no sneezing or goose pimples, sickness? I believe or feel I'm only halfway through. My blood pressure from day two has been low when it should have been through the roof if I was withdrawing, then the lofexidine brings it down to a normal level. But my last 2 readings have been higher (126/76) and I'm being told it's done. But why is it still showing up? Am I going into slow prolonged withdrawals over weeks? Dr's are telling me I'm done off meds and lying. Wtf? I have 10mg diazepam and I hope this helps. If anyone can help or offer advice I would appreciate it. Thank you. Never give up.

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Hi there, I know that your post is very old but i am a 57 yr old woman that was on methadone for 26 yrs straight. Recently i detoxed and got on a Suboxone clinic. I have been off methadone for 33 days today and taken 3 u/a's and they have all been positive for methadone. They are telling me that it can't stay in my system that long without me recently taking it again. I am being sent to the lab in 2 days and hope it shows some good results or tells them i am not taking methadone too. My question to you is, how long did it stay with you? Please reply back {edited for privacy}. Thanks.

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I'm currently 9 days clean from opiates, about two months clean from methadone. I only took methadone about fifteen times in a period of 3 months I think! I only used them when I didn't have anything else. I'm going back to nursing school and have a urine test coming up and I'm freaking out! I also have been using opioids for the last year. W/d were brutal, still have trouble sleeping and bad back pain. I also feel as though I have brain fog. But it's all deff getting better! I also took a 12 drug at home test this morning it came up clean but the lines were very faint. Any help would be greatly appreciated !

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I too am going through the same problems and have had the same issues... I took methadone for almost 6 years about 90 mg and now I have been off of it for 2 1/2 to 3 months & I'm still pissing hot for methadone as if I'm still taking it, and also it's a dip test which false positives happen all the time, sometimes when I take allergy pills or Benadryl I've gotten a false Positive for methamphetamine which I've never done or ever been around!!! I switched to subutex and this is almost my third month and now my doctor looks at me like I'm lying to him so I understand you completely! I'm hoping he doesn't discharge me, something really needs to be done and documented about all the false positive readings that dip tests show and find a cheaper remedy for doctors other than the dipsticks which are exactly a dipstick but anyways good luck to you. Hope it all works out.

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Any doc knows it takes 6-8 weeks for it to pass..you can speed it up with a flusk kit by a few days..good luck.

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I have been off suboxone for 21 days that is the only drug I was taken for the last year I went for a pre-employment drug test yesterday I tested positive for oxycodone which I have never taken I am so upset I have taken absolutely nothing they sent it out to the lab is it going to come back negative I do not take oxycodone.... Please help

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I wonder the same thing because sinus meds can create false positives and I believe that's occured in my case.

I had them treat me like crap. They accused me of shooting up (never in my life) and they accused me of using someone else's urine (never in my life). They said there were no metabolites, my creatine was really low and there was no subutex which I'm on and was positive for methadone which I've been off of for 3 months. I told them I should have tested positive for hydrocodone because I had taken it for withdrawals from my gabapentin. It all makes no sense and instead of trying to figure out the problem it's easier to make me the problem. I'm just scared that I'll fail the subsequent test that will follow now because of this. I don't trust it.

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