False Positives And Opiates

I recentely had a doctors drug screen and I am only using vicodin 10mg and dilaudid came up in drug screen, I found information on another link that it can break down into a percent of dilaudid and norcodiene and a few others can you explain? My only meds prescribed and taken are xanax, vicodin, paxil.

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It's really not what it breaks down into the causes this problem, it is the reliability of the test and the medications themselves, such as the Hydrocodone in the Vicodin.

On cheaper, more unreliable tests, false positives can occur anywhere from 4 to 50% of the time and doctors are not required to use the more expensive, certified tests.

At one time or another, most synthetic and semi-synthetic opiates have caused false positives for others on these types of tests.

Have you discussed the issue with your doctor?

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