I Have A Prescription For Hydrocodone And Been Taking It As Prescribed But Recently Took Urine Test Which Came Back Positive (Page 2)

I have a prescription for Hydrocodone and have been taking it as prescribed. Recently I took a urine test which came back positive for not only Hydrocodone, but Oxycodone as well. I have only taken what has been prescribed to me, and do not take anything else. I do not know how Oxycodone showed up in this test. Any information, thoughts, theories would be greatly appriciated.

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are there any over the counter products that can cause a false positive for oxycodone?

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I was tested 2day for what i am percribed which is hydrocodone and my urine test showed positive for oxycodone. what can show up as oxycodone? i have not taken any of the oxycodone medication in years. how can this happen? I could loose my dr. and it will be on my record, I'm, looking at surgery and have been on hydrocodone for 11 years. This is terrible. I feel like I'm being treated like a criminal. I don't have insurance and can't just go anywhere. i wonder if they are trying to get rid of me? does anyone have any answers? What cvould it be? they are rechecking the same urine that showed up the oxycodone. They tested 2 different cups of urine. It can't be, I HAVE NOT taken anything like that. what can this be??

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Hello, I have a question. I am on MS contin 30mg 2/day, and Oxycodone 7.5 / 325 3 /day. Some times I fluctuate how I take the meds. 1-3 days before I go in for a UA test, I always go back to the prescribed amount / dose. Can they see this on the tests if I go back down to the required 48-72 hours before the test. Thanks,

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Tammy,

Scroll lower, and you'll see I went through about the same nightmare as you, recently, with the same commonality: we HONESTLY took NOTHING ELSE, nothing we were not prescribed!
I empathize with you: I, too, felt as if I were being criminalized, treated hideously, as if I were the dreaded, infamous 'recreational drug users' that I KNOW they deal with on a regular basis, but for Pete's Sake, they should also KNOW many of their patients are NOT of that character.
And if my saying that tees anyone off (painting them as a criminal for taking the 'one old pill' or 'something borrowed' from a friend), sorry: if the shoe fits, wear it.

The WHOLE PROBLEM in this specific situation is that there is a MISTRUST in the medical community, that they automatically ASSUME a patient is a casual drug-seeker first, an honest-to-gosh patient with a hugely-painful medical condition and not a dishonest bone in their body LAST. And this HURTS those who really do need and have to take narcotics on a regular basis, what with all the extra forms, having to personally pick up scrips for refills every single month of our lives (and when you're mobility-challenged and living alone, this is a horror to deal with), the rationing we have to do because Docs refuse to up our dosage to relieve the increasing pain (yes, we are 'dependant on our meds, but this is not the same as ADDICTED), having to reschedule every hour of our lives according to whether we just took our meds or we're in that grey fog of limbo pain an hour or two BEFORE we can take our next dose, etc. Were it not for those who flagrantly ABUSE prescription drugs for a 'high' or 'soft fuzzy feeling' (ijits), those of us who depend on these just to NOT be howling in excruciating pain 24/7 would not have to go through the misery of so much red-tape and suspicion.
The irony is, WE HATE IT, because we don't get (let alone go for) the 'buzz' the druggies seek, we just get (hopefully) SOME relief from our bone/cancer pain, that we *MIGHT* be able to make it through a day with 5 on a 10 scale pain (instead of the screaming 8 and 9 on a 10 scale) in order to accomplish the very few personal and household tasks we are still able to do).

Tammy, I hope you never have to go through this again, because it was not just a little old 'bump' in your day/week, it had to have made you feel incredibly frustrated and even betrayed. We have it hard enough, with our lives being the 'half-lives' they are, without having our docs and nursing staff think we are 'faking it' all 'just' to get drugs, on top of everything...

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PLEASE advise. I am prescribed 4 pills daily, of ten mg generic lortab. I ran out. I have to see my doctor next week. How much and when to take to be abled to pass the urine test. Im prescribed 4 every 24 hours....Please please tell me

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the same thing happened to me. they have no sympathy at and it happened 2 times. I did not take the hydrocodone and it showed in 2 urine tests. if they didn't want to see me they could have just said that.

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This just happened to me today. Now I have to wait til next Tuesday to find out what happens next. This is a bunch of bs if ya ask me. If they can't do their job properly then THEY are the ones who need to move on. Don't penalize someone for doing nothing wrong.

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Take as many as your body can maximally take each day and night until the 16th - regardless of pain at this point. You will not overdose because your post reveals how careful and aware you seem regarding the drug's effects. Now, it is catch up time if there is any concern you will be dropped or dosage minimized by the physician. It's not worth the risk of losing your normal script. Best of luck.

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Why does Vicodin show up as positive for herion, on drug screen?

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I have just had the same thing happen to me. I have been prescribed 10/325 Norco every 6 hrs/as needed not to exceed 4. I take my meds as prescribed, yet sometimes I take all 4, sometimes 3, sometimes 5 hours apart. I just took a UA and there was NO trace of meds in my test. So, I was dropped as a patient and told that since I didn't have enough in my system, I must be giving them away or selling them. I was in tears for hours feeling like I've been treated as a criminal. I have a genetic defect in my spine and severe nerve impingement. I was going next week to begin more epidural injections but now I don't want to go to a dr. that will look at me like a criminal. I was told that if I want pain meds I have to follow up with my PCP. I asked if they could at least offer some kind of treatment to take me off without having to go through severe withdrawals, since they have had no prob with my becoming dependent on those meds, and I was told just to follow up with my PCP. I'm not a criminal, i don't take these meds for fun-I would prefer not to be in constant pain! I prefer to be able to do the things I love to do but can't because of severe pain! Those that take these meds recreational are causing drs. to be suspicious of everyone and it's wrong!!

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I'm so confused today I did my normal every 2 weeks drug screening, I'm on norco 10/325 2 pills every 8hrs. & most days I still last in bed in tears but will not take more than perscribed. Today, my dr comes in & starts yelling at me, b/c I had a very "faint" line showing OXYCOTIN! I'm not even sure what that is.. & when I said to him "whats that?" He told me "you're not stupid" & never even answered me!! I have never taken this or know one person who does! Now my dr is having a nurse come to my home once a week to "counsel" me! I've been on these meds for over 2 years, every drug test normal... Now I'm confused & lost, & I didn't do ANYTHING OR TAKE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I'M PERSCRIBED! I don't understand, I've never taken anything of anyone elses... Does anyone have insight on what I can do??

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My question is similar, I took 4, 0.5mg. Xanax, then 6 days later my pain mgmt. Sent my urine to Ameritox twice a year for 5 years. I have always passed, I only took them because I was at my moms and took wrong meds.I am rx Valium,oxycodone,methodone I am worried this will show the Xanax 1 time use. Please help. I don't want to lose my doctor I took my test almost a month ago I go back in a few days. I called the office to confirm appt. But I don't know if that's a good sign hope and pray I know I will always be very careful from now on.

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Opana, Klonopin and Xanax killed my mom, be careful.

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Iam prescribed roxycodone 15 mg x5 a day. I never run out but this time i think i will be 1or 2 days short, because i have a kidney stone. If i took some 750 vicodin, #1- would i get into trouble? (pain management) #2- would it show up on my urine test? Please let me know before the 20th. Thank you so much. God bless.

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i go to a pain clinic and am prescribed percocet and ran out over a week early and took loratabs that i had at the house and then was completely out for a week and they tested my urine, i told them i had run out early and the last pill i took was a week ago. So can they tell that it was loratab and not perc?
And I had taken sudafed cause of my allergies for a few days including the day of the pee test but didnt mention that i was taking it. I googled it and it said that it will show up as meth cause its the one with the sudafedrine in it. Please Help and tell me what to think, my next appt. is in 3 weeks and im so nervous

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I have been on pain meds opana and vicodin for 3 years with a pain clinic! I go by the book on everything, the sobs at ameritox reported I am negative not taking pills at all. now my doc thinks I am selling!!!!!!!! I would never ever do that kind of thing. I take them every day cause of severe pain from rsd! I am now being threatened by np to be discharged from pain management! I am not the liar, ameritox is and I will proove it! they are messing with the wrong patient. I will expose them!!!!!!!!! In constant pain from ny

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polypharmacy abuse usually does, very rarely does someone OD on one drug.

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Crush half of a pill & stir it into your urine until it dissolves. Then you should have plenty show up in the urine test. I know a guy in severe pain & he takes his meds only when he truly needs them & sometimes he drinks so he never takes pain meds while drinking & he said that he bought a pill crusher & crushes 1/2 a pill every trip to the DR & it's worked for him every time. I have a malabsorption problem & I've never crushed any pills in my urine & my urine test come back fine. I went to the ER for a random drug test & tested positive for lyme disease & then was tested by a specialist & luckily it was a false positive!

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Re:GARY, I too had this happen to me last month & I was freaking out that my Dr. was trying not to give me my lortab bc he said oxycodone was also detected & I knew I hadn't taken anything other than the meds I was prescribed(lortab,coumiden,prozac,prilosec & phenergan)! I demanded to be sent to the lab. The test they do there(urine also) is more detailed & more costly but I was able to prove there were only opiates(my lortab) present. So no worries if you know ur being honest...they will get it straight for you! GOOD LUCK ;)

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I just got a false negative - they said that I added something to my urine to make it look like I was taking anything. #1 WHY in the heck would I do that when they are the ones prescribing pain meds #2 HOW would I do that. They are dropping me as a patient and my PCP won't scribe pain meds cause I was honest and told him I was seeing pain management clinic and about the test

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