False Positive For Benzodiazepines (Page 3)

I have been testing positive for benzos and i cant figure out why. I have been taking suboxone & Ondansetron & promethazine. Thats it. If i fail another drug test, then my doctor is gonna kick me out. If anybody knows of any common substances, prescription or over the counter medications please inform me. Thanks

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I feel so very sorry for you! You're not alone!! Valium has the longest half life and can take up to OVER A MONTH to get out of your system! I'm in Mental Health Court in Lockport, New York. In May of 2013 I was in ICU and was given Valium through my IV. The day after my hospital stay I was in court and was told I couldn't take any benzos in the program, which was fine with me. However- the judge, who doesn't have any medical training had put me into jail TWICE in the month of June because I tested positive for benzos. I get urine tests from Quest but the judge doesn't get them until three weeks after I've given the sample. On June 21 he put me in jail again (the second time) and I missed my daughter's high school graduation- where she was Valedictiorian! I've not been out of jail long enough to prove my innocence so I'm going to submit a urine sample EVERY SINGLE DAY via Quest. I stopped taking Zoloft because it can cause false positives- it's even on the FDS's wesbite stating that! You need to see your doctor ASAP and get confirmation that you were at one point given Valium and have your doctor confirm that we are not cookie cutters and one size doesn't fit all. We metabolize meds differently and there's no such thing as taking a pill and by 1400 hours the next day everything is out of our system. We don't work that way!

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I have been a patient of a pain clinic for 17 years, I have several medical conditions. My current treatment plan, (for the past 8 years has been Methadone & Percocet) I just received a letter from my pain doctor, I was so devistated .I don't mess around, I don't even drink (nothing, not even a beer!!!) I am a very straight laced 56 yr old woman in extreme pain. The letter stated i WAS being released, due to a failed urine drug test. I immediately went to the office to question this. I was Never so embarrassed!! & humiliated in my entire life. My doctor whom I've know for at least 11 yrs. & concider a true friend,He was so rude & dismissive, He told me I had him fooled for so many yrs. & how dissapointed he was in me. I still didn't know why, after he was done degrading me, he said my recent urine screen came back POS. for Suboxone!!! I didn't even know what that was.I told him that wasn't true & to redo the test, he refused, saying he uses the best labs & they don't make mistakes. I asked if there was anything I was taking that could cause this, He said absolutely NOT. He told me to leave & he never wanted to see me again. Can anybody help me understand this? PLEASE!!!!

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Urine tests aren't accurate. Only accurate tests are blood tests, and any professional doctor should know that. Mistakes and false positives happen all the time with urine tests, even with "best equipment". Suboxine is opiate, so if your doctor says that i don't know what to say? It's elementary that they can give false positive to your medication

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This issue definitely needs to be addressed... I just tested positive for benzos and I haven't taken a Valium in over a month. And even then, I took maybe two of them. It was probably the only drug category that I didn't abuse so maybe this is Gods way of punishing me. But, I know for certain, my urine is clean and something is not right. I am currently taking Suboxone and Lexapro. Also, I have a cold so I've been taking Dayquil... that's it! I am going to Quest this afternoon on my own dime to have a certified drug screen performed. I want to know what is going on here. Does anyone know if the certified test can hold up in court if I decide to take legal action? I've had enough with this clinic

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Pat benzos can show 2 months if youve taken them regulary. Any doctor should know this, too

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Hi banana, thank you for your reply. Yes, that was told to me by the doctor, but again, I never took them regularly. I took two of them about 5 weeks ago and prior to that, I can't even remember the last one(s) I took. I did just call the clinic and requested levels. They said that they are very low and actually agreed to retest me today. I'm hoping that this one will come back negative.

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stop taking everything but your medicine.

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I am 72 years old and was given a low dose of benzos for many years along with a hormone estrogen and progesterone. I switched over to Valium because it was easier to get off benzos with Valium because of long lasting effect of drug. After 15 yrs on low dose of Valium daily and daily hormones, I decided to join an on-line group to get off and slowly over 2 year period got off Valium but stayed on hormones (Prempro). I was fine off Valium for about 5 yrs, but then doctor said I should stop taking hormones. I went off hormones and after about 10th day off, I went into full benzo withdrawal even though I had not taken any benzos at all for 5 yrs. My doctor said one would have nothing to do with other, but w/d got so bad I had to reinstate benzos because I got to point where I felt like I was going to have a seizure. I looked up on internet benzodiazepines and hormone w/d and several articles came up that stated that progesterone would give you w/d same as benzos. My doctor didnt believe it, and I took several articles in and showed him. I am now taking 2 Valium a day (after 5 yrs off) and one hormone every 4 days to keep from having bad benzo w/d. The progesterone in the hormone acts the same as a benzo does and that is why as long as I was taking the benzos and the hormones together, I was ok, but once I stopped taking the hormones, (5 yrs later) I went back into full-blown benzo w/d. Hard to believe, but it happened to me. They both work the same for me. I believe they work on same receptors in brain.

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Did you ever get the result from the lab?

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Check out herbal meds like valerian root I've heard can give false positives

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I just got kicked out of treatment because I tested positive for benzos even though I haven't taken any since dec 26th since I was in detox I used it to come off alcohol. I've been reading all the false positive stuff and it doesn't make sense. The only thing I have taken since I started residential treatment is Prozac, Seroquel, pariet, Portia (birth control) and advil ( regular), is there any foods that can cause a false positive ...pumpkin seeds??? - that' the only thing unusual I ate that is not normal for me. Is it possible for someone to put something in my food or drink that I didn't know I was there that would cause a benzo to show up in a pee test. I'm totally unsure what is going on. I am devastated I put so much effort into recovery of this program and to get kicked out is horrible, ended up drinking because of it because well I already got kicked out and no one believes me that I didn't take the benzos. ( well no one at the treatment center), my parents believe me and my therapist does. It's really bothering me because well I'm afraid to apply for treatment anywhere else even though this place said I could re apply in two weeks, but honestly if there's a chance I could get kicked out again for something I didn't take why even go. The other residents have been mean to me recently and it's like they wanted me to leave so I am seriously thinking that one of them stuck something in something to mess my piss test up but I don't even know if that is possible. I am so confused.

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I went to the doctor and had a drug test done, and it showed up positive for benzos! And the ONLY thing i have taken is my suboxone & store bought equate brand tylonol! I am really freaking out over this! Which they told me that the lab test is really what counts, which i have not recieved back yet! But im just really nervous about it showing up too with a false positive! They told me sometimes that them office tests sometimes do that! But i am really innocent this time, i have NOT touched any benzos what so ever! What could have caused this??? Please help!!

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The same thing happened to me.. apparently valium (unlike xanax) can stay in your system for a period of 6 weeks! Possibly longer depending on the amount taken and if taken over a period of time.

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No not yet! My doctors office either wasn't in today, or they left early! But i really need to know cause i can get this behind me! it really scares me too cause i get tested for the social workers too, and i really have not taken anything (benzo) so idk how this could have happened! I just want to see what the lab test showed, and if it shows up the same thing, i'm going to request for blood work!!!

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I attend a methadone clinic and in a year have failed NO DRUG SCREENS except ONE!! Which was about 6 months into my treatmeng and i failed for AMPHETAMINE ( sorry for spelling if wrong but i didnt even know what it was yet alone how to spell it) well my counselor the nurses all treated me horribly like i was trash a liar etc and i kept denying the use of any other then methadone!! I even asked my counselor what amphetamine was because i didnt know i think she thought i was just playing!! I requested a confirmation and they had it retested and i came home sooooo upset bc i was innocent!!! Well i had been taking CLARITIN-D (spelling) due to bad allergies and sinus infections i had beeen experiencing!! Come to find out when my confirmation came back it was a false positive and psuediphedrine(spelling sorry) had made me fail!!! So avoid claritin-D or ANY MEDICIATIONS WITH PSUEDIPHEDRINE!!! Also to avoid false positives review all ingrediants on all meds u take OTC or prescribed and if you do take something OTC inform your DR counselor nurse whatever so atleast theres some sort of warning!! Since then all i take is claritin no claritin D and i meticulously check anything i take!!! Good luck everyone

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Its the seroquel

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Its the Seroquel? How do you know this? Just worried because planning on applying to go back to treatment and if the Seroquel really is having a false positive than if I go back again the same thing will happen which freaks me out. The only other thing I can think of doing is trying to convince my doctor to prescribe me benzos so that if it shows up in my system its ok. Talk to doctor on Monday. If you have any evidence like an article or something that Seroquel brings up a false positive let me know so I can use it as evidence because if I go back to treatment and get kicked out again for a false positive I don't know what I will do.

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I got kicked out of treatment for benzos and was absolutly not taking anything other then seroquel liciniprol htzt paxil and zocor my doctor said that it was the seroquel and im no longer takin it and im clean now the only things i was able to find on the internet was that it did for alot of people

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Your doctor or your program is trying to kill you, the side effect is coming big time. slowly get off. do not take your life with this "professional"

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I do not understand what you mean by this post

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