False Positive Benzodiazepines (Page 8)

I have been taking suboxone for almost a year and had to move to a new doc. They drug tested me and said I tested positive for benzos. The funny thing is I have not taken ANY benzos. I have to go take another test today at 5 and I am scared s**tless cuz they said if benzos are still in my system then they can not see me. Knowing that I haven't taken any benzos makes me wonder if I might still test positive for it again. I did take some cough syrup and some percs but that is it. What could cause this?

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Ambien can sow up as a benzo. It is I've, just won't get you high. I was taking them and my drug test facility told me they were in fact a benzo and i never got in trouble for it

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did you find out what it could be? i also failed for benzo's and have not done that in over a year, i did take aleve and benadryl , could that be it? please help i have to take another test on monday and im scared!!!! i need proof to show my doctor!!

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Im not sure, but benydryl might show a benzo positive test. I found out you can buy your own test in stores, i'd do the the same time you do a urine test. I truety bealieve you didnt, because the same thing happened to me and I took nothing.

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Nancy I am going through the same situation with positive benzo drug screens and have taken no medication or drugs at all. I can't sleep or think clear either. It is really hindering me. I feel your pain

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My husband tested positive for benlzodiazepines on a pre employment drug screen and the man has never done any type of illegal drugs. He does take Aleve and Ibuprofen and is on Brentellix for his anxiety as well as a barbiturate for migraines. What could have caused a positive for benzodiazepines? Any help would be great!

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I went to methadone clinic for first time today. same thing happened to me. I don't take nothing but opiates but before I went I took mucinex. That's all I took in over a month. opiates only. It upsets me too cause tgey told me I was lying or didn't know where my drugs were coming from. I argued from cvs only. lol

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I'm very confused and nervous because a month ago I had to take my very first urine test or drug test and im 31 years old and I have 3 daughters. Something happened and I had to take a test for cps and it came up positive for benzodiazepines and I dont take those only ibuprofen so I asked her to send it to a lab and she said yes. So after a month she came back to my home and asked if I would be willing to do another test because they don't send them out anymore so I said sure because I know im clean. I have only took ibuprofen and Zantac. Im very scared and I need some answers.

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What over the counter meds will make u have a false positive for benzodiazepines

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Nervous Wreck... I have worked with and been investigated by cps and I can help you with advice...... Please do respond as I have the experience and resources to help you with this.

{edited for privacy}.... hope to hear from you.

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Benadryl is a known cause. If you haven't done anything demand a HAIR FOLLICLE.

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i am in a drug court program-i have been clean for 55days-yesterday i had a false positive for benzos-two weeks ago EVERYONE tested positive for benzos-i was the only one whovtested positive yesterday-the only thingvi can think of thatvi did different was i ate a greek gyro with homemade greek dressing-could it have been something in the dressing?

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I just went to a suboxone dr with friend and boyfriend. All 3 of us failed for benzos. No way either. I also just read that out of 100 dipsticks tests. 8-10 are false positive. I used to b on methadone. Best of luck

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I know this is an old post but wanted to comment for future reference. I'm also in MMT and have been clean for 5 years. I've also had several benzo positives. There IS a follow up test refered to as a GMass (GMCS- gas mass spec) which will tell EXACTLY what is in your system. I always run one and always prove i'm clean that way... hope this helps someone in the future.

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hello. I've had several similar problems as of late with false positive drug testing. see, I've been in opiate addiction treatment for very nearly an entire year with two relapses. I take suboxone, adderal, lyrica, propananol,lisinipril, tenex, welbutrin, prevastatin, and prilosec. I don't know what policies are about this are, but my doctor seemed okay when I listed them, but I also sometimes take citocoline, a multivitamin, pseudoephedrine, a force factor supplement called testx180, nootropics; noopept, phenibut, and sometimes adrafinil or phenylparacetam. Cycling between the nootropics. which aren't needed so much anymore. I have taken some kratom and kava kava from time to time. I have constantly been coming up as positive for benzodiazepines. And I used to be on them, horribly addicted to them and got myself into lots of trouble. I have been clean off of those for a minimum of 3 yrs. So I've come up as positive and for the first time in my life I trust my dr and he actually trusts me. well, last month I came up positive for benzos again and he asked me if I had been using them. I of course laughed and told him how I wasn't. he believed me. but he sent the test to a lab to see what was going on. this month I come back and he sits me down to inform me that those lab results came back as positive, with extremely high concentrations of hydromorphone, morphine, lortab, and tramadol. and I had a breakdown in his office telling him how wrong the test is and was. now, I've been in pain managment for nearly six yrs for my back and various other pain related problems and got addicted and have lied and done lots to pass a drug test. I know the game. I was an addict. But I haven't taken any of those things in such a long time, years even. and even in my relapse I didn't take thosw things. really. he has given me a "second" chance and I am to see him this tuesday after seeing this past tuesday. now, this program has really changed my life. even after all of these yrs I've discovered what my real problems are and were. this treatment has even got me to the point of getting off of disability and public assistance. and while I know that's A LOT of different crap I take and think what you might, it works for me. and it's better than the junkie hell I've dwelled in for 18 yrs. I couldn't have done this without his help and my family's, who are both still somehow here with me, and for me. and now my last week's test is positive for benzos again. I probably will be kicked out and this worry is ruining the new curent life I've strived so hard to start. my father, mother, wife, and kids are finally becoming proud of me. the freaking lab results came back as what used to be the ultimate cocktail of a great high to me. but not anymore. and I feel like maybe no one believes me and idk what to do. I also sometimes have taken something called focus formula. my wife likes to bake lots of stuff with poppy seeds??? I simply don't know and can't afford to lose this last and only opportunity and it simply isn't fair. I have had so many mental problems and they now seem nearly fine. I didn't take those things like hydromorphone, lortab, tramadol, and morphine. could it be the poppy seeds?? i have read they contain morphine compounds and crap related to percocet but come on!! if anyone could help me in the slightest I would be endlessly grateful and appreciative.,because he is sending the test back to be retested and says he's giving me a second chance when he usually just dismisses people. sorry for the long comment but I haven't really found anyone else to ask about all of this that will listen and might know anything. thanks everyone that helps or is supportive. it's a hard struggle that those that haven't been through it rarely understand. and addiction is everywhere in everything and doesn't always come in the form of drug abuse. and the drug abusers aren't always or even are rarely those people asleeo at the wheel with a needle hanging out of their veins. it can happen to all of us. so please be kind. have a great day.

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Well ive been clean going on five years and I take suboxone and it seems like I test positive for benzos every month, I dont even like benzos. Its crazy, im beginning to think theres something im doing or eating. I dont know, I dont worry about it, cause I know. But its hard trying to explain it to someone who dont believe you.

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I take a drug test every month because im prescribed xanax and i take 4mg a day and for two months it hasnt been showing up in my system. What could be causing this. I have been taking them like im supposed to

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can macrobid cause a false positive in a urine drug test or any antibiotic for that matter because I have tested slightly positive for benzo use and have not used benzos for over a year now and that was prescribed

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Hi. Bezos take an awfully long time to be totally clear of your system. If you used a drug which wasn't a benzo per say, they could [dealers and all] have used Diazepam 2mg as base to cut it with. That said I had a patient come to me whom I know very well. He had not taken a single bento since his withdrawal. After 3 years, we did an random test which he was very happy to do and was positive for bentos. So either a cut/base product if not legit maintained [though these days so many pills are counterfiet meds they can get into the supply chain, but also can take ages to get out of your sysrem - I believed my patient , Ive know him for 15 years. Try a good 1.5 litres of water per day, over say 6 hours - helps to flush through. so it seems we never quite get rid of it unless reversal. it does compete for recepors in the brain , namely opiate based receptors. So, if a small amount of codeine was used , should cause displacement, however then you will have codeine in you!

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I'm on 150 milligrams of methadone daily I have earned 4 take homes working on five and six in a month I take diclofenac and gabapentin. .i havent ever tested positive for benzos..but i tested positive so a conformation test waa done that tested negative for ALL benzos .they are still trying to take my takehomes...i am about to exploded from anger bc i. havent done anything please help!!!!!! .

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Dear msjanuary,

As you contested your drug screen results, and were found to be negative for benzos, your clinic has NO RIGHT to revoke your takehomes!! The first thing that you should do is file a written grievance. Some clinics have specific forms for this, but if yours does not, then just put your complaint in writing and give a copy to your counselor and to an administrator...but make sure that you keep a copy for yourself, and make sure that the date of the grievance is on each page. You should request a fair hearing-which you have the right to, and your clinic must comply within a timely manner. Then, contact NAMA and request a patient advocate to attend the hearing with you, by phone or Skype, if necessary. Advise your clinic that you have contacted NAMA, and that your patient advocate will be attending the hearing with you. I doubt that it will go any further, or that you will lose your takehome privileges. These clinics, for the most part, count on the patients to be ignorant of their rights and options for recourse should those rights be violated!! Also, you should visit the SAMHSA website, where you can order tons of informational literature at no cost-you do not even pay shipping. The first thing that you should order is the TIP (Treatment Improvement Protocol) 43, which is what almost every clinic in the U.S. must adhere to. EDUCATE YOURSELF!!! Your clinic will be MUCH LESS LIKELY to try to take advantage of their position of "power", which is what most of them are all about!!!

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