What Could Cause A Positive Test For Methadone
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a random drug test yielded a positive test for methadone. If you are not taking methadone, how could that be?

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Re: Sharron (# 1) Expand Referenced Message

Sharon, get a blood test specifically to find Methadone. If your blood work shows negative results on this site they have a list of OTC that will show many false positives. Make a copy for your doctor with all the OTC's that can change urine test. Then ask that you want your file to show this was a false positive.

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I'm on compliance. I've been on suboxone now for 3 weeks. 6 weeks ago I took methadone to come off of heroin and didn't take very much. I'm a heavy person, I weigh 249lbs. I took a urine test for compliance and tested positive for methadone. Is that at all possible? I really need to know. I can go to jail if it comes back positive because I don't have a script for methadone, but I do for suboxone. Please help. I'm so worried.

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I am in pain management taking oxymorphone and oxycodon I am also a diabetic on insulin sms trasadome for sleep i just found out that I tested positive for methadone I have never taken this drug in my life. Can any of my prescription drugs cause a false positive for methadone?? Please help me figure this out. I am also on probation and get drug tested by them but did not fail that test 2 days after the pain management one. Any answers for what could cause this false positive. TY MICKY

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Chinky

Do some research that's a ridiculous statement to make. Read post #61 by "recovery now" that fairly Depicts issues involving false positives in a fair and unbiased perspective.Post's like that serves this forum community best.
MANY THANKS "RECOVERY NOW" For sharing such an insightful fair minded submission.

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Sometimes this labs test with the same instruments because some are too cheap to use new ones,you can test in another place that you trust but take your test the same day your taking the other the one there sending you to take and then when you get your results you will see the place there sending you to take the test is wrong.

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Hopefully this information will provide helpful information on this subject... I’m the office manager at a doctor's office. He specializes in helping people with substance abuse (his specialty is ADDICTIONOLOGY). We do urine drug screens on our patients at every visit, for many reasons; we need to be sure that the patients aren't taking anything besides is prescribed, to be sure they aren't putting themselves into danger. The DEA generally flags patients getting Suboxone and Opiates at the same time (as do the insurance companies). Also, we need to know EXACTLY what our patients are taking, so we can make sure we are giving them the correct treatment plan.

REGARDING "FALSE POSITIVES" (a substance showing up as positive on the office urine drug test that you are absolutely sure you didn't take)... Request that they send the test into the lab to "confirm" the results. The tests used in the office are usually pretty accurate, but some things may cause them to show positive incorrectly. The equipment used, when the test is sent to the lab, is MUCH more sophisticated, and MUCH more accurate. There is usually an additional charge for this (insurance will pay for it, if you have it). False positives almost NEVER happen, when tested at the lab. It’s worth the extra cost. Medical records are permanent, legal documents. They might be sent to other doctors, insurance companies, etc. They follow you where you go. I, personally, would not want a test result in my medical records that shows positive for a substance I did not take. I would like it shown that I was telling the truth when I said that no matter what the doctor's test shows, I did not take what is says I took.

One last thing (sorry, I know this is long). To be fair, doctors hear, "I didn't take _____ (whatever substance is showing up), I have no idea why it shows up positive", all day long. The tests used in their office are generally accurate, and sadly many of the people are not as truthful as they could be about their drug use. It isn't right, and I am not defending it. They are often cynical and/or don't believe you. Unfortunately, the people telling the truth are vastly outnumbered by those who are not. Doctors (the doctor I work for, at least) are not mean, are not trying to "catch you" doing something wrong, and don't mean to challenge your integrity when they seem to disbelieve you. At our office, our goal and intent is to help, support, and protect our patients.

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Promethazine... usually given for nausea. I attend a suboxone clinic and I repeatedly kept failing for methadone. My doctor sent it away for a retest and it always came back as a false positive. You can not mix methadone and suboxone as they will cancel each other out and make you very very sick. After doing my own research I started recording everything I was taking for medicines that was over the counter or prescribed after failing twice. After failing 5 times for methadone I went through my notes and the only thing I had in common the time I had failed was the promethazine. Hope this helps.

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From my internet searches, it seems that common sleep aids such as Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and Unisom (doxylamine succinate) and a list of other medications can create a false positive for methadone. I've never taken methadone in my life and don't even know what it looks like, but I tested positive TWICE, consecutively. I have chronic pain and terrible insomnia and especially the night before an appointment, so I was taking 1 Benadryl, 1 Unisom and a 10 mg. Melatonin tablet at bedtime. At my pain management doctor's office I had a urinalysis, but wasn't given the results until my next month's appointment. At that time I was told that I had failed, so right away was handed a cup to pee in. Since I didn't know what was going on yet and had taken those sleep meds the night before again, naturally I failed that test too. This is when I began looking for this vitally important information.

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Today I went to my doctor my pain management and I take Percocet I expected when my doctor gave me my urine test that it would come back Percocet but he comes in and tells me it came back positive for Methadone I don't take methadone never have took methadone I looked it up online and see what it look like and never have seen anything like that before in my house what in the world could have caused my urine test to come out methadone instead of Oxycodone I work at a place that's really dusty and so I do take sinus medication from over the counter today is December 12th 2016 and on December 1st 2016 I took a urine test for work and it came back negative except for the oxycodone was in it like it should be where in the world did this methadone come from I have no idea I've never took it never seen it until today looking it up online if anyone has any idea I would really be interested in an answer thank you very much

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Im so pissed i tested positive for methadoneI took a drug test i take adderal and 2 percocets 5 s and buspire transadone seraquil all legalky as perscriped and a depressant and a mood stabilizer!iam missing out a an extermely goodpaying job because of this!!i left a job i hated and made less money but as of now i cant get because i tested poitive for methadobe!!this is unfair drug tests areb.d.and unreliable!!!

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U could test positive for up to 50 hours is what my research has shown me. I took my last one on tuesday and it showed up today in a ua which is thursday and i also took a low dose.

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I took drug test. I take norco 10 5 times a day then tested that I had Methadone . I take phenergan, gabapentin , flexeril, water pill , klorcon, bood preasure pill, would any of those things make me test positive for methadone?

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Stephanie

Ummm well. Unisom is an OTC sleep aid and methadone is a powerful cds mixing up those two will put you to sleep forever

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Hey I don't do drugs but take unisom and mine says methadone I've never took it

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When you say 12-14 pills a night, do you actually mean 12-14 milligrams a night? Benadryl (diphenhydramine) comes in a standard 10 milligram pill, so if you're taking more than 2 or 3, you're putting your life at risk. Please be careful?

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There are other meds that can cause a false positive, in my case it's benadryl to try and sleep, started out with 4 (25mg) pills a night now I've gradually increased it and am at 12-14 pills a night and now i often get restless legs short breaths fuzzy vision noises that don't sound right uncoordinated as hell

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Very strange I just done one myself and methadone came up. I'm on tramadol and amitriptiline?
Tramadol must have a similar compound in it?

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Cycleman thanks for the reply. But i am still completely confused on how this could happen. Im severely allergic to methadone. But they fired me anyway. And ive just been diagnosed with a cancerous tumer in my pancreaus.and im deeling with this with no pain meds cuz of a false positive.

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My meds are hydrocodine, Phenergan, sinequan, lithium, klonopin, prednisone, restasis

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I had taken Alka Seltzer, Cold & Cough and Alieve and I tested positive for Methadone & I don't know what it is or looks like. I take prescription drugs from this doctor and I had nothing to hide. I felt like a criminal! They put a copy in my record and everything! I am so upset about this. What can I do to get this out or get it corrected? It is Not Right!

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