Im On Methadone And My Drug Test Came Back As Positive For Hydrocodone What Would Cause This

I have been going to the methadone clinic for a year and I have never failed a drug test. The last drug test I took came up postitive for hydrocodone. I haven't took anything besides methadone and clonidine. I could only pee a little bit for the drug test. Could only having a small amount of urine cause a false positive? What could cause a false positive for hydrocodone?

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First, I'm a methadone maintenance patient and have been on for 10 years.
I've seen a lot of people come and go at the clinic and I've seen a lot of things
happen that were not right. I for one do not and have not ever taken any narcotics
other than my daily methadone. About a year ago I was told my urine test came back positive for marijuana and amphetamine. After meeting with counselor and doctor it was overlooked for the time being. I'm not one to sit back and wait. From that time on, each time the methadone clinic ran a urine test; soon as I leave the clinic I go straight to a walk in doctor office and have my own drug urine screen test done for narcotics; they copy my driver license and watch as I give the urine.
The walk in doctor office also does dept of transportation urine screens for commercial driver licenses so their word goes an extra mile. Well, it didn't take long until another urine test at the methadone clinic came back again positive for illicit
narcotics. I HAD THEM THEN, THEM BEING THE METHADONE CLINIC !
Long story short__ after the medical director at the minor emergency walk in doctor office had a conference call with the methadone doctor at the methadone clinic and the methadone clinic lab. Lot changed---- the methadone clinic ended up changing
to another lab that does their urine testing. I got an apology.
To this day I still go immediately and get my own urine drug test done each and every time the methadone clinic does one. Usually about 40 minutes after the methadone clinic test I am at the walk in clinic having my own test ran.
At my own expense of course.
Another occasion previous to the above I was on vacation and had applied for and got extra take home doses. When I returned home and next went to the methadone clinic to does I was told I had a positive test for several illicit drugs.
Funny thing was, when that test was done, urine collected and the date it was tested...... I WAS IN GERMANY ON VACATION. The clinic could not ever explain how they came up with urine and tested it in my name while I was on vacation on another continent ! Here it is 5+ years later and still they have no answer as I occasionally bring it up and ask what ever happened.
If you are for sure you did not take any illicit drugs, stick to your guns and deny it!
Ask for a RE-TEST of that urine sample which has to be done fairly quick.
There is also a drug test that can be done on your HAIR follicles. Where they collect some of your hair to be tested. It cost extra and is not cheap but it will save you from losing take homes.
There is also a re-test of the urine that cost a little extra that uses a different way to test it that is more accurate.
Good luck

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Im on methadone i took a drug test it showed a false positive for oxycodone then came back negative for oxycodone then came back again positive for oxycodone

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Cheap test. Honest! Oxycodone, like Methadone, would show positive for MORPHINE. The pos for OXY result was probably an error caused by the low quality of the test! Ask your doc or clinic about WHAT TESTS THEY USE? ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATIVES? I've had my share of opiate-addicted patients, often "accidentally addicted" but always choose a sufficiently sensitive test. Unfortunately, this assembly-line approach goes to the CHEAPEST TEST adding rule. Don't these jerks realize that they're playing with human lives — and the life of an addict who started heroin at 13 is just as valuable as that of a 50-y/o doctor who woke up one morning and realized that he takes 1-1/2x the max dose of Xanax.

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