False Positive On Hair Follicle Drug Test For Methamphetamines (Page 4)

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I have custody of my two oldest children and their mother has a problem with methamphetamines. I know this for a fact because that's why we separated, but she is claiming that the positive hair follicles that she has taken and failed are all because of her asthma medicine. Are there any asthma medications that cause a false positive on both methamphetamines and amphetamines on a hair follicle test??

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I had cps come and request hair follicle tests for me, my husband and my 1 yr old daughter due to testing positive threw out my pregnancy for Methamphetamine. I did a shot 2 weeks before my due date with my now 2 month old. My hair came out negative for everything and my 1 yr old daughters came out positive for Methamphetamine. She has never ever been around it and I've made great sure of that. Is it possible for the lab to have gotten our hair mixed up??? I did not see the man seal our hair in the foil individually and place them in the bags with the correct seals. He had all 3 of our samples lined up on his desk. So im retesting myself and my daughter if that was the case is it possible to sue? My well being has been off the wall with cps harassing and having counseling every week mandatory 2 hrs each session plus dealing with post partum. Can I get advice? I feel the labs and as well as cps should hear the trauma they have caused me and my family..

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yes I have very low iron and I am a vegan so that doesn't help.With all the stress it's hard to eat healthy.

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My daughters were both tested for methamphetamine after I was arrested for trafficking. My oldest passed and my youngest didn't, however she takes medication for ADD/ADHD. Wouldn't this medication cause a false positive? My children have never been exposed to any drugs and share a bedroom, bathroom and household. They have both been taken from me because of this positive test result.
Ive been charged with child neglect. I love my children more than anything in this world. I feel lost without them. I am to have absolutely no contact with my youngest daughter and I feel like I am dying inside. Please help me. Tell me what can I do?

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All you people posting on this blog who have done some kind of uncontrolled substance within the last three days are foolish to even ask the question. First of all don't you know anything about the drugs that you are taking? Do you not feel the effects of it the very next day? Whether it be still high or feel like you've been hit by a Mac truck? If you don't know that it takes a minimum of at least 3 days to get any drug out of your system; well then, you should just say no to drugs! Especially with a hair follicle test.....really? It can determine the exact day and possibly hour that you took your last drug. Instead of asking the question maybe you should consider trying to Google "Will the hair follicle test I take today come out positive for the Cocaine or Methamphetamine I did last night?" Should have put some thought into that one. You may think I'm being rude but you need a reality check.

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Yes, your Methamphetamine use will show up and with a hair follicle test it will show that you only used it once and how rarely it was.

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Actually you sound like the foolish one. These people are asking about a hair follicle test not a urine analysis, drug metabolites show up in urine within hours of consumption. A hair follicle is a little different, your hair trends to grow about 1/2 inch every month, so when the hair is cut from your scalp, in order to test positive fire something, it would take 3 days to show up at all, though most labs will tell you 7-10 days. Its really comin sense that your hair would need time to grow out to test positive....

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I have never used drugs what so ever. I dont even smoke or drink alcohol. I do take a thyroid pill and a diet pill both prescribed by my doctor and I had to take a hair strand test for dss and i did test positive for methamphetamine and its because of the diet pill. It will cause a false positive for methamphetamine. Now social services want me to take my 3 kids that I have custody of in for a hair test.

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Yes, ADHD medication will most definitely cause a false positive foe methamphetamine,depending on the medication of course. Most meds for that condition contain amphetamine of some sort, and adderall, the most popular drug given to people with ADHD is actually pure amphetamine salts. Do you have a lawyer? If not I would request one at the next court date & get a letter from your daughters doctor showing what medication she was on. They should know that particular medication shows up amphetamine but just in case I would get a letter from your doctor if you can.

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I have taken over 15 ua and 4 hair follicle tests. I have never tested positive, until recently. My urine was negative but hair Folic tested at 6.7 mlb on a scale of 2.0 to 10.0 for cocaine. I dont do drugs at all. I paid again to have it retested at another clinic. Whether they actually sent it to another clinic i have no idea. The thing is the same number from the first call was the number from the second call i got. Have a lawyer friend that told me hair folic are not 100% accurate. I went on the FDA website and was amazed the medications that will give false positives on hair folic. but now i am at a standstill on this matter. The mro said take it in 2-3 months again, but would it not be better to go myself and have it done because i am in shock and my family that is in law enforcement cant believe it.

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No he absolutely should not get another haircut.drugs can stay in your hair from ur body even longer......up to a year. Use cuts his hair they may choose to pull body hair and you don't want that. However, he could do trimming of his hair and take some toxin cleans from drug store then some vitamins that promote hair growth. Hairfolicle testing generally gives results for throat 90 days. Hopethiswas helpful.

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Does amitriptyline and citalopram cause a false positive hair test for meth

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Did u do anything to your hair

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Tell here to shave from head to toe and unbent

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DJ, yes you are being rude. You say - "First of all don't you know anything about the drugs that you are taking? Do you not feel the effects of it the very next day? If you don't know that it takes a minimum of at least 3 days to get any drug out of your system; well then, you should just say no to drugs!" That's being a rude smart ass and I would guess you're in late teen or early twenties since you think insulting people who have asked for help makes you seem intelligent. Even if you were correct when you quote "facts", which you aren't, your arrogant insults would make it impossible to think that you're wise, even if you may be intelligent you haven't gotten into it.
Further you state - "Especially with a hair follicle test.....really? It can determine the exact day and possibly hour that you took your last drug."

Completely incorrect. Hair tests can not determine when there drug use occurred with any useful degree of accuracy. Only that it occurred within the guesstimated time frame of about ninety days, give out take. Then you so ignorantly suggest that "Instead of asking the question maybe you should consider trying to Google "Will the hair follicle test I take today come out positive for the Cocaine or Methamphetamine I did last night?" Should have put some thought into that one." Yes, you should have put enough thought into Googleing your own useless, incorrect, and insulting comments before you used a help forum to stroke your own pathetic ego and then validated your ignorance by suggesting that "You may think I'm being rude" So, yeah, "you need a reality check."

It is possible, but rare to get a false positive on a hair stand test. Check all medications against list of known possible causes of false positives. And is you can afford it (about $100-$200), hey your own independent test done. If its for cps, hey they'll take your kids for a few months and if you go to the classes and stay clean, they come home to you. Try to enjoy the break. It passes, kids still love you, and you can get some useful resources to help with being a parent after there home. Unless they terminate your rights, it'll work out fine. Good luck and try not to worry to much.

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Did anyone answer your question? In a similar situation needing answers ty

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I feel for you my daughter is going through something similar because I made someone angry,he called cps,and they came out and drug tested my daughter and are saying she tested positive and they are saying her significant other( who has never done a drug in his life tested positive) but the kids are very well cared for regardless of what these drug tests say and it is my belief when the report is coming from a male cious place and everyone they talk to including teachers,neighbors and even a couple of people who don't particularly like my daughter are telling these people that the kids are very well cared for maybe a little further investigation may be required these things can not be a one size fits all thing its absolutely crazy

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I am still fighting to get my baby girl back! The case worker said there is no such thing as a false positive but false negative hair results can be...WTH I have had 6 negative screens since the one in July.I don't understand. My case worker wants me to get a written statement from an export saying intact it was a false positive but how I have tried. I even went and paid 180 dollars for a new hair test and that was no Mrs. Then a week or two later... What more do they want! They have ruind a family ripped my baby from me and I did everything they asked and then some .Still my only child is no a number of the state! What do I do??

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No I was wondering how to get proof that indeed the adhd meds or my low iron or whatever meds I'm prescribed to can indeed cause a false positive ! My case worker says that's impossible, and I need proof but, how? Please my daughters in foster care over there mistake at this point anyways! I did everything in a short amount of time as far as clean screens and classes ext,
Thanks nevergivinup

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I take adderall and had a false negative for methamphetamine and cps will out you and your kids through hell over it, there should be some kind of law in place that they can't do this to families, it tears kids apart and the parents.

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Blood and urine are much shorter term. May not have been exposed to much in late.

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