What Can Cause False Positive For Valium (Top voted first)

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I am 60 yrs old and had a back injury that I was prescribed many opiods. I was dependant on them and a dr perscribed suboxone film for dependancy. I also take Xanax 0.5 mg, prozac 40mg, celebrex 20mg, premarin 0.9mg. lisinopril 40mg, chlorthaid 25mg., fluticasone propionate 50mcg, generic allergy relief w cetirizine 10mg, and diet tea with senna in it for contapation. I got 2 urine sreens that were positive for vallum and xanax. They were confirmed by a lab in Califonia I have not taken vallum, but cathe xanax and sn't prove otherwise. My Dr D/C suboxone and zanax immediatly. No tappering. I am in withdrawal. WHAT WOULD CAUSE A FALSE POSITIVE FOR VALIUM? I AM DESPERATE. PLEASE HELP.

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I'm having the same problem. I keep testing positive for oxazepam (a by product of valium) and I don't know what to do! It's been over a month since I took two 5 mg valium, because I ran out of Klonopin, and didn't take both together. I'm on suboxone, and my doctor doesn't seem to believe me, which is really frustrating.....once a doctor looks at me askance, I feel very threatened, probably due to my anxiety disorder. I also showed positive for cocaine metabolites, and it's been YEARS since I've touched that nasty stuff! What gives? Obviously, I'm not the only one with this problem. Plus, has anyone had their doctor berate them for testing positive for very small amounts of dextromethoraphan? I've had a few colds this winter, and I'll take 1 or 2 of the Nyquil gel caps, but I'm certainly not popping them like candy! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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nonprescription medications brompheniramine, bupropion, chlorpromazine, clomipramine, dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine, doxylamine, ibuprofen, naproxen, promethazine, quetiapine, quinolones (ofloxacin and gatifloxacin), ranitidine, sertraline, thioridazine, trazodone, venlafaxine, verapamil, and a nonprescription nasal inhaler. False-positive results for amphetamine and methamphetamine were the most commonly reported. False-positive results for methadone, opioids, phencyclidine, barbiturates, cannabinoids, and benzodiazepines were also reported in patients taking commonly used medications. The most commonly used tests to screen urine for drugs of abuse are immunoassays, even though false-positive results for drugs of abuse have been reported with a number of these rapid-screening products. Results from such tests should be confirmed using additional analytical methods, including gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. YOUR DOCTOR should NOT cut you off...he has to wean you off...if not it is malpractice and get an attorney!

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Piper, I cannot believe that a doctor would cut you off...but that is what medicine is becoming. If they only did a screen, with a cup, card, or even EIA on a machine, those are only SCREENING methods. The Xanax would come up as a positive Benzodiazepine, which is the same family of drugs that Valium is in. In order to call it Valium, they must run your urine on GC/MS or LC/MS/MS to confirm, the metabolites of Xanax are not the same as Diazepam. So, I would find an Attorney and demand that urine be confirmed. All positive urines should be kept for one year frozen in the laboratory. If they did not do that they are liable. Good luck.

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Piper,
You are most welcome! I hope that you have had better luck. As to the Codeine being in your urine, it MIGHT be possible IF the Morphine was a low quality because codeine breaks down into morphine....but with impure morphine, sometimes we will find codeine present. Best Wishes!
Dr. John

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I just got back from pain mgt with a warning she said this time. My urine was sent off and it came back there is Valium as well as my regular Xanax I do take and Percocet. She said the lab was 99.9 percent right all the time and that she was going to call my psychiatrist of 15 years and discuss my Xanax with him. Oh no she's not! I'll give up pain mgt first. I have to know what I have taken to show a false positive. It has scared me and upset me not to know where this Valium came from. I have never had one of those pills in my life. I'm going to search and any answers you have is appreciated!

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What can cause a false positive for Valium, I have never been on Valium except a procedure maybe years ago. At my new pain clinic my first test came up that I had Valium in my system when I absolutely did not take Valium. My current medications are Percocet, Time Released Morphine, Klonopin, DDAVP nasel spray for blood clotting, Flonase, Prednisone, Marinol, Albuterol, steroid back injections which I do not know what they put in them and I had had an injection within a day of the drug screen. Also had brain surgery a month ago in which I have been taking high doses of ibuprofen for pain to make up for less meds because of a screw up of my surgery meds due to the pharmacy.(long story) and waiting for a better pain clinic. Because of this I have not been given my pain meds and am suffering after a major brain surgery. I even went and made a police report just incase my drug screen I just did comes up with something in it and someone has drugged me. I even asked for a polygragh to prove my innocence but they would not do it. Please help. I did not take Valium.

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thank you for letting me know all tests are to be saved.I will go to a lawyer hoping to take my case...the only thing i did differently was take ibruprophen yet showed heroin and diloided?I don't even know how to spell it...

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Thank you Dr John I did not know that they have to keep the samples for a year, I had to finally switch Pain clinics because my second drug screen came up with codeine in my system which I did not take. My drug screen came back clean at my new clinic, I am pretty sure the problem was with that clinic. Thank you

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I want to speak with dr John.I am a chronic pain patient.Been on meds for years.Never had a problem,in over9 years.I am on 120 roxycodone a month,Ms contin,3 times daily...60 mg...10 m of valium..2x's daily at times.mobic and zannaflex to be able to sleep.recently put on ambien instead)After all these years,and knowing doc knows me very well, he and i were shocked!! My test showed for heroin use 24 hours before my apptment. The only thing i have done differently is as i am waiting arm replacement soon, I didn't want to up meds so the past month took Ibuprofen numerous times...My PA told me head Dr said he had to let me go...He looked sad confused as i cried telling him, I honestly never touched it! I have no desire to and my deceased husband and I spent 20 years evangelizing in the worse drug ridden neighbor hoods to help direct people off the street, drugs abuse & alcohol,My husband was a minister.We even worked with cops for christ. This was new office which nurse grabbed my urine just leaving it...not going over meds I take etc.had me sign name to a blank paper then left it and sent me to bathroom...old office had lady from Ameritrox right there,who took your urine through window attached to bathroom..never ever had a problem.She would ask ever med I took..I thought it odd that this office the girl only wanted to count my pain meds... never the other meds! (Yes, these dr's were very strict to point of counting meds.having to bring bottles to each appt. but the office he closed always counted all meds, valium too...Got home hysterical, hurt, confused, knowing the agonizing pain I am in without the meds.I couldn't drive when i asked to go off meds yrs back as a trial to see how I did, w/o meds...Hepc viral load shot up to 5million from 850,000! I felt disgusting tears would come for pain so bad.I have only one disc that's ok..,plus nerve damage in which nothing helps that pain but heat...this test my daughter noted at home, had weight of 146...5'2..I am 106 & 5'3 .This pain management never weighed me until the day I was being kicked out. I never in my life ,even pregnant only went to 128lbs. then she saw the date urine was taken was after I already had been to dr, and meds filled day before urine test that came back bad was taken...

I changed appt to earler to attend a funeral out of state.I was no where near their office,for date of that urine.whats strange is old family friend moved here,& started driving me to appts.told me dentist gave her viciodin,she couldn't take it .She asked me for my meds,which i hold tight to...I was very disturbed,telling her i take exactly as dr says & wont change.to go back to her dentist. told her i would get another ride as had to attend funeral and change original appt.to may 1st rather then 5th.i see she is a good actress,at this point....My brother knew her issues,told me stay away from her as she is a fiend when it comes to drugs.She pretended to still be a friend telling me a tale of a woman who was angry with her for not giving her meds,so called her dr.saying she is gving away her meds...then i have never seen her again.The people in this new office don't know my name to a face yet. Could she have taken my original appt?she happens to weigh 146lbs... could something have been manipulated? when my bro looked up all meds that came up,such as, opana, dilaudid, vicodin, klonopin...he and her cousin said... she is on all this stuff... i never ever touch! and who, even an addict who just wants a high, would take heroin 23 hours prior to a urine test! Then after thinking all this, my daughter see's date of test was the 5th, Originally that was my appointment... but i changed it to the first. The pharmacist looked up when scripts were written & confirms dr filled wrote my meds for the 1st,and they are sending record they delivered to my home on the 4th,so that urine done on the 5th may be the patient who took my place,& they forgot to delete me from the change in their system,and did I mention I had bad feelings as nurse took my urine and went off without me seeing my name on it or asking the drugs i am on...Amerertrox was in the office before this one and one stood there watching all that happened with your urine..The girls at office that closed begged me to not go to their marlboro office.the manager and I had great rapor...tried to tell me even though a shorter drive my head would be spinning...first urine test in that office which ameritrox was not there,i get a report that just cannot be mine!!

I called ameritox labs they found the test done on 5th,whe I was not in office,on 5th he said my last test showed 148lbs,and that I was only perscribed ms contin on that test which is not consistant with others meds on previous tests,not to mention he said, test before showed 99lbs and ms contin,roxycodone,valium,mobic and zannaflex//He told me just weight alone would alert him to seek further...Just for heck of it he checked the first when I questioned where my reeal urine was which was done on the first as I has changedd appt to 1st of May..Well a Terri J, showed up, but from a different facility, yet he told me it seems more consistent with my profile, also spelling of my name on wrong test taken on 5th was wrong, using one r...He felt something was wrong too, yet just so much he was allowed to go into...He is setting me up with a toxocologist today..How do I make my dr look at all this?I dont want this going on too long without dr seeing this stuff,Pharmacy even gave me paperwork showng script weitten on first,and delivered at 6 pm to my home on 4th...I obviously show up as not being there on 5th...Is this an honest mistake or was someone out to be vinditive...and did I mention the girl who I would not give meds to and ended our relationship just so happened to ask how i spelled my bame ,as she uses one r in hers? I started to answer saying yes like yours but (and almost told her two r's,but her child got into something so she had to run to him,before he fell downstairs ,,, she worked in pain management offices...Is this just a mix up as I changed my appt from 5th to the first?or is this girl really that revengeful?does she know that young mean nurse who wouldn't lable urine in front of me?told me i can leave now when I stood waiting to go through usual procedure,as always done when xlady was in other office...i feel i had a right to make sure all was well with my urine...it made her so angry I questioned her job there...i did quietly leave, as one never wants pain management people angry with you...Where do I go from here? My life is on the line. My 17 year old is so afraid as I am too with that on recor when she knows all the talks I have with her... she knows I would never do that particular drug,or any illicit drugs,or go against pain dr. I raved over him. He helped me so much I went to 106 from 99.looked healthier...please help!!!

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Goldie,
I read your diatribe, and I am not sure what I can do for you. What would you like me to help you with?

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I just took a 1324-9DSP/MEP/OXY/PHN PRE EMPLOYMENT Drug Screen. I'm 61 and I'm taking Cyclonenzaprine , Alprazolam, escitalopram, Norco, Ambien PRN, melatonin PRN, vitamin B stress tabs. I've also been drinking Valerian Root tea for some time. Getting s divorce /forclosure etc. lots of stress. My drug screen came back positive for Benzos/Oxazepam I told the nurse that called me that I what I was taking including the Xanax (didn't think about the Valerian root tea) and then she ask if I took Valium and I said no. I was then told I came back positive for Valium And that I needed to let her know in the next 3days and they would run the same urine again (for $150) I haven't taken any Valium. And I want a new drug screen with "new urine". If their tech was bad why use the same urine I have 3 days to plead my case or I will lose my contract. I'm a traveling nurse and will also be investigated by the BRN regarding my RN License. I'm a PP nurse and don't really work with very many drugs. Is there anything that I'm taking that will cause my positive result?? I feel angry. I have taken 5 drug screens in the last year and all have been find. Please help I feel like getting a lawyer. I'm devastated

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I'm in the same boat and suffer from chronic pain. I take natural supplements from the health food store and have been accused of taking valuim. What do I do?

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Hey I was blood tested by a officer after a car reck. Came back as a benzo. Never took them... Was on meds for a double sinus infection and i take Valeria root to help with anxiety attacks... What can cause this

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I was thrown out of a pain clinic for taking Valium, but I have never touched the stuff. Amytriptyline and Klonopin is all I take!

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I am prescribed xanax and my urine screen came back for valuim. I have never taken valium. I also take percocet, lexapro, xanax, omeprazole (gerd), gabapentin and lisinopril. What can cause valium to show up?

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