False Negative Test For Methadone
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I am taking 80mg of Methadone daily for pain control. For the past two months it is not showing up in my urine or blood when it always had in the past. I am frightened because now I question what the pharmacy has been giving me. I have felt less relief of my pain over the past two months, but I would have gone into withdrawal if the medicine was not Methadone. help, I need answers. If it isn't showing up it looks as if I am not taking it, which I am. I truly cannot without pain control. Thanks, hoping for some insight.

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I've been going to a methadone clinic for almost three years. I took a mouth swab drug test for a job last week and the methadone didn't show up in the test. Is this normal?

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I take my methadone exactly as prescribed for chronic pain. I have never missed a dose and yet my urine tests come back negative. The pain is not relieved either. Any idea why it disappears in my system?

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I'm in a liquid methadone clinic. I've been there for 2 weeks and my last two drug tests have been negative. And the crazy thing is, I dose everyday in font of a nurse and camera, except for Sunday I get my take home and take it at 5 am. I don't understand...

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Isn't the DEA monitoring peoples use of pain medications and obstruction of our privacy? Medical information is highly sensitive and NO one has a right to your information besides you and your dr. We should all sue them under a class action law suit. This monitoring system they set up to see what we get, when we get it and watching to see if we dr. shop. Listen to this one, I had a serious abscessed tooth and went to the emergency rm. This was during the time my dr. of 2 yrs. suddenly dropped me telling me he no longer was taking my ins. I even offered to pay cash but the S.O.B. still wouldn't. I think when they do this they are being investigated so they weed out their patients! Anyway this b***** dr. lady at the E.R. comes in and looks at my tooth and then say's I'll be right back, she comes back screaming as loud as she could "YOU'RE a Pain Med seeker!! You're already ON Oxycontin & Hydrocodone!! The ER was packed, I could hear her telling the nurses, she gets 150 Roxys and 120 Hydrocodone EVERY MONTH, I mean as LOUD as she could!! I walked out and stopped at the counter she was at and said " I didn't ask for those meds, My dr. prescribed those meds because I have spondolothesis, a fracture, stenosis, scoliosis and arthritus!! I said I don't EVEN TAKE them anymore!! I mean I seriously was in the worst pain, you can't get any help anymore because of the effing government, may as well just throw in the towel. This b**** definitely infringed upon my medical privacy and I did call the hosp. and report her, I was so upset I was sobbing on the phone, so hurt and felt like a piece of dirt. No one would ever believe all the crap I've been through in my life. NO one would believe half of it, it's too much for any human to endure the crap I have. I don't want pity I try to remain strong but sometimes I just breakdown and don't even know why I'm here anymore. My children are what keep me going. Thank God for them.

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It could be the pharmacy is getting the meds off the black market! I notice with my meds some months it doesn't even touch my pain and all it'll do is knock me right out and I fall asleep, like I've been sedated then the next mo. they'll be normal, which is kind of help my pain but not much and they give me a little energy instead of knocking me out. It's Hydrocodone 10 mg. I think I remember something about someone I knew that took something and had a drug test and it didn't show up, we were thinking that the antidepressant he was taking caused the pain medication not to show up on the test. I think it's the antidepressants that do this. I'd definitely change pharmacies, something is up w/ that crap, they are prob getting it super cheap from some far off country and it's got a bunch of junk filler w/ hardly any methadone in it. I know mine vary a LOT.

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Who's administering the test, ur Dr? Who's giving u the meds, ur Dr.? Methadone only shows up on 10 panel tests. A probation officer doesn't know the facts cause they do a 6-8 panel and not all drug tests show up positive unless sent to a lab and they do a 10 panel test. If all would do it there be some screwed up people.

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I have taken oxycodone for 10 years w/ out fail, 10 mgs 6 times a day. My urine test (as I was told and denied any more from my family Dr.) states that I have never taken them, and my Dr. has accused me of "diverting" my pills ....(selling?). I have an MRI on file showing massive spine deterioration and painful nerve damage. HELP!!!

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I have to take exception to the offering to give your annual ua at your request? To skilled professionals who face deceptive drug seekers daily that's the oldest trick in the book . It's like a drunk driver offering to take a test thinking the officer would think we'll why would he offer if he was drinking? It happens all the time. I BY NO MEANS AM IMPLYING THATS THE CASE WITH YOU I'm just playing devils advocate.The second scenario you requested well according to a standard pain contract a urine should be done randomly not at the patients request. These kinds of interactions with your provider may be indeed sending red flags for possible issues with misuse. LOGICALLY it's far easier to believe a lab error occurred but I'm not the suspicious type just playing devils advocate.I sincerely hope you work this out and continue receiving relief for a very painful condition as I suffer from an auto immune disorder as well. God speed.

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I am a TN with autoimmune disease which is very painful. I've been with the same pain control specialist and after six years they tell me my last urine screen showed no methadone and no Norco. First, the Norco is a as needed for migraines, obviously I didn't have a migraine that week. When I walked into the office, I asked for the urine test as I knew it needed to be done prior to years end. Now if I was pulling a fast one, why would I suggest and insist on the urine that day and if I was pulling a fast one I have the education and knowledge that I would take a dose 30 min prior. So here I am an educated medical professional with a painful and rare disease being treated like I'm being sent to the principals office. Come to think of it, in between tests I switched to a different pharmacy who uses a different manufacturer. Could that have an effect? Something to Google next. So I'm being put through all this stress and what ever happened to advocating for your patient? Rather than making accusations simply run another test. Pain patients receive very little respect. Even by the specialist you put the quality of your life, or what's left of it, in their hands are quick to turn on you rather then admit there may have been another explanaton. In one evenings search I have found many documented reasons and same scenario. Help. Any other suggestions as to why.

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Possibly you have been blind dosed or given a placebo, as if the body is given what you believe to be the real drug can trick the body into believing, however not everyone is fooled completely, I hate the idea of being given a placebo when I'm paying for a real med.....this could be a possibility...ap.

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Just curious why is the pharmacy drug testing you? is that even legal? If you think the pharm is somehow diluting your meds or buying an illegal brand why would they do the testing? Something is fishy........

I always suggest looking at the numbers and packaging and look it up on the internet, I do this with aspirin. not that they can't fake logos and imprint but I wouldn't put much against big pharma. you can always send away the med or a part of it to an independent lab or the FDA to be tested.

Labs make errors all the time, find another lab.

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Ultra/tramadol helps with breakthrough pain a lot. I have two slipped disks and take 8mg subtext/bupe/suboxone daily and it holds me all day. At times.I can't handle.it so I take 150_200 mg tramadol. It takes like 85-99% of the pain away. Makes my stomach feel funny so I take it with toast,crackers, ginger ale.

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Joanna I saw what you wrote about false things on urine test I went to my ptc and gave a urine test and it came back that I had methodone in my system and I do not take it but I do have the fentyln patch and take perocet 10 three times a day the pa came into the room and told me that I had methodone in my system and I do not take anything except what they give me but she said she had seen me before which I never seen the lady ever and she said nothing that they prescribed me was in my system and I raised my sleeve up to show her my patch and asked her how can that be when I just changed my patch the way it was prescribed and I wear them religiously what do you mean that it can come back false pisitive when I have the patch on and show her and took my perocet at 7:am when my appt. was at 8am I am so hurt that she was calling me a liar when I was proving to her I had my patch on took my bottle with me with the right amount of meds left in them but they still told me they had to let me go and
I have been going to them for over a year and never had a problem it is because I have Wellcare for insurance or what I am in shock because I took a second test and you really do not know if they test it or not or say they do and the reason I have to go to a ptc is lung and breast cancer and two failed back surgeries with the second being fusion with dead ppl bones and plates and screws holding my back together.I have never felt so bad about myself until today 4-4-2014 and I am so scared cause I had questioned my pharmacy about my meds before because there were some gone and it went from their hand to mine no one else and they got mad and then last month they wanted to change my appt. and I told them no and now this problem arises because I was going to be out of my meds for three days she said do they have the right to change or even say they will call my ptc I do not know if they called and tried or not now I am in pain and having to try to find myself anorher ptc if I can so desparate if you have any suggestions please let me know.Scared,Hurting and feel so bad being called a liar.Thank You.

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I have the same thing that happens to me I can never get caught failing a drug test because I have an over active metabolism and it wipes out everything overnight so my clinic does not believe I am taking it even tho every morning of my life for 2 years I drink it in front of them. It was only after telling them about my condition they tested me and found out I was not lying. So dont worry you probably should be tested for an over active metabolism.

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Will methadone show up in a DOT drug test ?

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Well Doc, if you read my letter then why after 16 years would this doctor do this without retesting me or giving me the benefit of the doubt! Do you have any idea of the pain and agony this doctor has caused me? and I am still going through it! I feel worthless and am depressed all the time now, I still am not getting proper care and the expense I have endured since this started.. well put it this way I have never been in the hole so bad since this has happened, if this doctor drug tested me with out my knowledge and did an in proper test causing false results why shouldn't he be responsible for my loss! HE WAS MY DOCTOR FOR 16 YEARS! and he just kicked me to the curb! This has nothing to do with what your saying it is a moral issue and that doctor should pay for what he is doing to me! although I have not got legal help yet because I do not like the idea of suing a doctor and to be honest with you I don't know if I have the strength to go through it but if I don't start getting proper treatment soon I will have no choice.

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There is nothing you can do... Wait yea there is tell the doctors to quit giving pills to just anyone!!!

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Did you know that it is illegal to drug test you without your permission!!! you can go after the doctor for that. Unless you signed a consent when you first started going to the clinic stating that they can drug test you at any time without your knowledge.

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At the risk of repeating, Methadone is a synthetic (man made) opioid and requires a special test. So long as the proper test is performed it is seldom missed as it remains in your system above the level of detection for a prolonged period of time.

Failure to detect, false negative, is usually a lab error or failure of the physician to order proper test. It does not register on standard opiate panels.

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I AGREE COMPLETELY. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THE DEA OUT OF MY MD'S AND PHARMACISTS BUSINESS?

I can understand, in view of long-forgotten abuses in the field, that there should be some agency overlooking quality assurance, but there are MULTIPLE agencies at MULTIPLE levels doing far too much minding of other people's business. Any ideas will be appreciated. Maybe we can get some energy directed this way.

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