False Positive Hydrocodone Urine Test - Why

Why would hydrocodone show up in my urine test if I have not taken any opiates?

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Can you post back with information on anything else you have taken? Even over the counter products?

There are some substances that can cause false positives for opiates on urine tests and it does occur most often with these synthetic opiates, which is what Hydrocodone is.

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This just happened to my husband. False positive for opiates, drilled down to hydrocodone. He is diabetic. What could cause this false positive? Please give specific references. We need to know this!

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I take Norco. But my urine test came back positive for Dilaudid...I Have Never Taken That! Plz, if anyone knows how or why this would happen, I need to beable to show something to my boss. THANK YOU!

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I am also an "rnhelplz" situation. I had taken vicodin and tested positive for oxymorphone but not oxycodone (on gc/ms). I've been accused of taking oxycodone which I had not. Any ideas?

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I was taking up to 8 lortab 10mg a day I have been clean now for 24 days and still tested positive for hydrocodone how is this possible."

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Hydrocodone is broken down in the liver into metabolites. One of which is Hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Probably why he tested positive. Norco is Hydrocodone just without a lot of acetaminophen .

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I am on a suboxone program and last week my UA came back positive for hydrocodone which I have not taken in years. I take prozac, omeprazole, fish oil and glucosame chondrotin daily. I also take an over the counter sleep aid. What should I do? Is there a way to have it retested?

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takes way longer than that to be out of your system.
if you're hurting that much, get help.

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I am on oxycottin and percoset had a drup test that showed positive for hydrcodone how is this possible

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I take the max dose of tramadol daily instead of vicodin bcuz my job requires me2be narcotic free. I test positive for PCP&Metadone every single test so I demand they send my sample out2do a confirmation test. Its a fact urine screens are not a confirmation they are a screening. Demand they send for a confirmation. Nothing will show up on a confirmation test that you did not take.

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my girlfriend just took some hydrocodene and a drug test came back positive for morphine. they going to send it out to a lab. will it come back positive for morphine or something? or will it come back that she hasn't used illegal drugs?

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We just had this happen. Can you help me with finding answers? Otc medications that were taken would be midol, one a day vits, melatonin, super b complex, ibuprofen and rx proctosol. This is very alarming when you are accused of doing something you don't. Please help.

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Hydrocodone breakdown into hydromophone. I went through this when my daughter had her last baby. The hospital called cps. The test showed positive for dilauid..she has never taken that. I started doing some research and thats is the info i found. Its sad that even pain management doc who give there patients pain meds then test them on next visit ..refuse to treat that very patient because tbey test positive for hydromophone which is dilauid. Saad sad.

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I got on here to find some answers also. I am also on oxycontin and am screened monthly by dr. They also found hydrocodone and I don't take it. Dr refused to see me again. I need answers.

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I take 2 40mg oxycontin daily, 2 30mg Adderall, 200-400mg naproxen, and pseudoephedrine as needed for allergies. My dr does urine drug screening and send specimen out to lab for confirmation. They tell me that there is hydrocodone in my system. The screening doesn't show it but it is found in the lab. This has happened 3 times now I have been released from care. I DON'T take hydrocodone. Can anyone tell me why this is happening?????

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norco is hydracodone. Hydracodone is metabolized into dilaudid in your body so it comes out pure dilaudid in your urine

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i am on oxycodone, my urine drug screen came up hydrocodone. how could this happen?

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the same thing happened to me, i need answers also someone please help..

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norco hydrocodone vicoden can breakdown to hydromorphone also called dilaudid
this is very common.

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Please let me know what u find out asap my boyfriend takes adderal and hydrocodone showed up in his drug test

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I have been a chronic pain patient for many many years. I follow every rule and am truthful with my MD. I take Morphine Sulfate ER twice a day and Norco for breakthrough pain. A family member stole my entire supply of Norco. My Doc tested me after a 2 week period without any Norco. I was taking Morphine as usual. My test came up positive for Norco despite there being none available to me! How could this happen? I have had no Norco for weeks!

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I can't take hydrocodone. I am on fioricet with codeine and never deviate with other drugs. After 17 yrs of drug panels I suddenly show POs for a hydrocodone metabolite! I have been taking ibuprofen post root canal and that's all that's changed. How did I test POs for hydrocodone? Risk of dismissal!

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I lost my doctor for pain management because my UA was positive for hydrocodone after taking 50mg diphenhydramine. I was prescribed two 20 mg OxyContin slow release and four 10/325mg Percocet per day at Washington State's maximum allowed morphine equivalent dose of 120.

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I took a half a hydrocodone two hours before I went to the doctor and did a drug urine screen, and it came out negative. This has me baffled as to why?

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I was taken by my employer to a local emergency room for a drug test due to the employer stating that I seemed suspicious while on the job. I was asked for a urine sample and told I would receive a call once the results came back. I got a call stating I failed for Methopholine and Hydrocodone, but now my question is how could this be when at the time of testing the only medicine I had taken was Claritin and Oxycodone (prescribed to me monthly)? I had taken the medicine due to being sick and for a migraine (why I get pain medicine monthly as they are chronic). Could this be the reason I failed the drug test?

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I tested dirty for hydrocodone and codeine. I received a shot of 1 mg dilaudid a month ago in the ER. I don't take opiates. Could this still be in my urine one month later?

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I went to the doctor and he said my urine test came back with hydrocodone in it, but I haven't taken any hydrocodone. Please explain why this happened? I take tylenol #4, clonazepam 2mg, and buspirone hcl 15mg.

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

I am diabetic and just left the doctor that claims I take vicodin from a urine test that they did. I take acetamenophin only! I have never take a vicodin. Help!

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I went to the pain clinic on 8/28/17 and the dr there took a drug panel. I am taking oxycodone and oxycontin because I am in so much pain. The dr. told me that I had hydrocodone in my system, but I had not taken any other drugs, so please help me god. I have not taken hydrocodone. How could this have happened?

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Today, I came back positive for hydrocodone and I've not ever take it ever. I can not take the IB you are do to blood thinners I am on but i do take percosets for pain I have been in for years for many injuries, and I am dying slowly. I have not ever taken a street drug either in my life nor do I drink. I don't understand after taking the same meds for 28 years and drug tested every few months for those 28 years I now come up positive for what I have not ever once taken. I dont get it. Now my doctor is saying I lied and I haven't. What the heck is going on my job depends on this test. Im wondering if testing has changed some how, I dont know.

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