Wiil Ranitidine Produce A False Positive For Methamphetimines In Hair Follicle Test And Where Is The Proof? (Page 3)

While I was pregnant I was prescribed to take ranitidine for heartburn. After my child was born I took a urine test that came up negative. Cps sent these sample off and said I tested positive for meth. I submitted to a hair test on my child and a nail test on myself. The results were positive for meth. The Metabolites were very low in both of us but the amphetimine levels were high, but I had ephedrine during the c section. Will ranitidine cause a false positive in a hair test and where is the documented proof? They have taken my newborn away from me its five days now without touching or seeing her. I am desperate to get my baby back. If a doctor responds please be willing to submit documentation in writing. Thank you to anyone with the answer.

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Cost is nothing if you get to prove your innocence! Good luck, I hope you get your job back.

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Hi there I am so sorry to hear your story I truly can relate on a certain level . I lost my job of 15 years due to Zantac . But lose a child is unbearable ! And this needs to be solved! I am willing to also go public about this .

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if your drug screen had a confirmation test done on it (2 different screens, an initial test which would show a potential positive it should have gone on for confirmation testing) Confirmation testing eliminates ALL possibilities of false-positives (which is why a pharmacist or doctor will NOT say Zantac will test positive for meth because on a confirmation test, it won't)...check with the testing people, if they did a confirmation test or not.

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I think I'm having the same problem yall are having except I used to take pain pills an xanax that's why I'm on probation but I got in trouble 7yrs ago iv been drug free going on about 6yrs now I lack 500$ from completely paying my fine I haven't got in anymore trouble the other day I got transfered an the first thing they did was test me I wasn't worried about it cuz I knew I was clean but the test came back positive for meth I couldn't believe it I actually thought they were joking but they wasn't so I told them it must have been something simple that iv took that triggered a false positive so I offered to take a blood test to prove my innocence so they sent me to a hospital I sat in there 3hrs only to find out after they drawn blood that it couldn't be tested because he never sent a chain of custody with me I had no idea what they meant an they also said he never should of sent me to the hospital in the first place but I should of been sent to a lab so the nxt morning I explained to him they couldn't take the test an gave him a slip proving I was there so he sent me to a lab they drew blood it was about 10days later I gets a email from the lab my test was negative for meth so I contacts him tells him I got the results an see's him a few days later well I thought I tested positive in the urine test for meth was because I drank a red bull energy drink the morning of the test so I stopped drinking red bulls an they did a urine test on me again an again I tested positive for meth it was a crazy situation cuz I'm standing in a room with blood results saying there's no meth in my system an my probation officer is standing on the other end saying I'm positive to make a long story short I was offered drug classes or go back to my old probation I said I'll go back the next morning my old probation officer tested me and I was clean but that's because I stopped taking zantac 150 unisom BC headache powders so I know its one of those 3 that caused the false positive not sure which one from what iv learned so far I'm leaning more towards the zantac being the unusual suspect

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I had a friend just tell me about this today
She has been getting treatment for her horrible back issues. The Dr started her on pain mgmnt. She came up positive for meth as well after taking 150mg twice daily of ranitidine. She was very upset because she us no way a drug user. Very upsetting

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hey childless in tn back when I made that post I was still on probation iv been completely drug free for over 6yrs except a few over the counter drugs "BC GOODYS HEADACHE POWDERS" "OVER THE COUNTER ZANTAC AKA RANITIDINE" "UNISOM SLEEP GELS" an from time to time I drink a red bull energy drink so to make a long story short I got transferred to another probation an they did a urine test I came up positive for meth I told them it was a mistake iv never did meth so I offered a blood test they said ok an sent me to the hospital only to wait in line 3hrs let them draw blood then find out they couldn't send my blood off without a chain of custody an it was late night by then probation was closed an doc said my officer sud of sent me to a lab so I shows up nxt morning explained what happened an they sent me to a lab my results came back negative for meth the other woman officer said it must have had time to leave my system an she said I was guilty so what did I do? I said that's it I'm getting a hair test an I did the whole hair test came back 100% clean so I gets a call the other day from my officer he said ur fine is paid u dnt have to report anymore so the hair test cleared me idk why. it didn't do the same for you have you been around anybody smoking? not 100% sure but I think it can get in ur system like that an if that's the case ur screwed cuz there's no way of actually proving you didn't do it

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an also zantac aka RANITIDINE will definitely give you a false positive for meth I'm living proof of that not sure about the ephedrine but where things are really messed up in your particular case is you failed the hair test that's a big strike against you unless there's a such thing as the person who handled your test in the lab didn't half know what they were doing an got ur results mixed up with somebody else's I really don't see how you can argue against a hair test except take another hair test if ain't to much time done passed by

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The hair result tests are pretty hard to fool. I got mine interpreted and it does say if you're around people who smoke it can cause a positive result. I sued the hospital who made this mistake with the initial test and got a small victory. The fact they've admitted any fault is more than a lot of people who have been done wrong by these corporation/institutions can get. It's been a hella scary ride and I don't wish this upon any new parent ever. These drug companies and the doctors are Obvi in cahoots and neither will talk bad about the other. So the only LOGICAL reason is that the patient is a hard hard drug user with NO history of doing so. Logical eh? Do your research before having your baby taken from you. I wish we would've and not missed those precious first days. Good luck if you are Still going through this

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Same thing happened to me I take ranitidine 300 for my stomach problems and I came up positive for methamphetamine in a urine test ,,, I've never touched that junk in my life and now the doctor stopped my pain prescriptions I need desperate for my scholliousis ( curvature of the spine ) .... If there is a doctor or anyone with proof out there that can help my situation please reply what to do ....thank you

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I take 300 mg Ranitadine twice daily and EVERY single time I have to go in for a drug test for potential employers, if they use the "rapid response" cups, the ones that have the result strips built in....it always gives a positive for methamphetamines, but then they send it to the lab and it comes back negative. The problem is that some companies refuse to spend money sending to a lab and rather just assume you are a dopehead and so no job. I think they need to change or get rid of these cups. People loosing jobs and BABIES !!! This is ridiculous!!

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I just had my son in july due to an emergency c section & I ended up having marijuana in my system but it wasn't in my babys instead my baby came back positive for meth, when the nurse told me I was shocked cuz I haven't used meth ever . She came back later on & asked if I was taking any medicine, I said yeah Zantac because my heartburn was so horrible I would eat cake & get heartburn & tums wasn't working . She told me Zantac can give you a positive false . They still had to call cps on me , I had to do a hair follicle & haven't heard anything since. I thought they were testing me for the marijuana but now I'm pretty sure it was for the meth.

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sorry to hear of your situation childless in tn I failed 2 urine test for meth the first test I thought it was because I drank a red bull energy drink just minutes prior to the test so the second test I never had a red bull and I still failed come to find out I was getting the false positives for meth because of the zantac aka ranitidine my blood test came back clean but that wasn't good enough for them they said it had time to leave my blood. so what I end up doing was having a hair analysis performed an my hair test came back 100% clean not a trace of any illegal drugs so that cleared me immediately I ain't on probation anymore. all I can go by is my own experience the hair test I know for a fact was 100% accurate because no major drug was in my system or had been in my system the best I can tell ya is take another hair test because human error might be to blame for your results but if it has been longer than 90days since you last failed test then another hair test won't do you any good because the test goes back 90 days an they can still say you was guilty the first time and if it has been over 90 days just do your research there might be the possibility of the hair test getting it wrong good luck

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I've been on zantac since 2006, went to the hospital in 2007 was told that I was a "meth head" by the ER's PA on staff. Never in my life ever have I used Meth. My children were taken due to this. I was working my service plan and random drug drops every week, the drug tests were still comming back positive for Meth. After fighting this battle for many years I was forced to sign my children over to my family, years later I gave birth to my daughter who was taken immediately into protective custody, because I was once accused of doing meth, still i'd never done Meth. I was still on the Zantac. My daughter was adopted. By my family. Last year I gave birth in florida insstead of Illinois where i'd had my. Other children, this time, I took my hansome adorable healthy baby boy home with me. I was not on the Zantac, because I'd been put on phenogren and viisteril due to severe hyper emasis all through this pregnancy being hospitalized through the majority of it. To rap this up. My mother died last June 11th 2013 in her sleep at 56 yrs old & @ this past Christmas my husband & I got a call from his mother, who'd been in the hospital very sick & she just received newsthat the dr'ssaid she wasn't going to make it another 6 months. So we packed all our house up & put our belongs into storage in Florida not knowing what was ahead & cmae back to Illinois to be here for his mothers care (with our new baby boy) BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER! We took our son into the health department to get his shots that were due and instead of him getting shots a "Dcfs" worker was there & took our son into protective custody for "past history" I am devestated,but once again, more then willing to work my service plan. Cooperative with all requests. Only get to see my baby boy 2hrs on tues & 2hrs on Thursday, supervised by a social service worker. Now this last court hearing I've been court ordered to random drug drops every week. Only to find out that once again imm back on the Zantac 300mg twice a day and now testing positive for Meth again! I am so upset, but so happy to see these posts, I've taken the time to reserch this on the internet now and ive spoken to pharmacists, doctors, hospital staff, and noone is willing to back up that Zantac is the reason for these false positives & accusations that I'm on Meth. I love all my children with all of my heart and this is killing me that this is going on. I need help fighting this and would be so greatful for any and all knowledge that anyone could share with me to help me prove this. Please share any info anyone can. Thanks to all and God Bless!

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I have a letter from Scott Haycocks, senior case manager of Keiser Permanente, " Your concern in its entirety was forewarned to the patient coordinator of Dameron Hospital. A response was received from the manager on behalf of the coordinator on September 29, 2014. In response the manager shared that the positive result was from the substrate of Zantac". {edited for privacy}. Also, I called Zantac on Oct. 23, and their phone number is 1-888-285-9159. I talked to a nurse named Nancy, she told me three times that yes, Zantac causes false positives. This information is free to anyone who calls. The FDA, under the interference section, ranitidine, which is the trade name for Zantac, shows that it is an interference drug that can cause false positives. If you can prove that you were prescribed Zantac, I would go back and sue them.

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yes ranitidine aka zantac will definitely cause a false positive for meth but what's strange about you're story is the urine test came back clean and you're hair test came back positive for meth I had the opposite to happen to me I failed urine test for meth then I took a blood test an my blood test came back clean but to make a long story short they said the meth had time to leave my system so I took a panel 5 hair test an passed it with flying colors wasn't a trace of meth nor any other drugs an the reason I failed the urine test is because I had been taking OTC ranitidine, I'm not sure how accurate the hair test is but all I know is it was 100% right on the money with me the blood test was accurate also so idk what to tell you, it's hard to argue against a hair analysis maybe there was human error involved an they got you're results mixed up with somebody else's if you know you are 100% clean I would do more research an request another hair test because the hair test is really the gold standard in drug testing an do it while you still got time because if it's passed 90 days since you're last hair test then you're new hair test will be irrelevant and they can use that time span against you the way they used it against me when I took the blood test an they said it had time to leave my system an ultimately the hair test cleared me beyond the shadow of a doubt, so good luck to you I hope you get things straightened out

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If you live in the state of California, and you have proven that your drug test was a result of a false positive from Zantac, and CPS has taken your newborn away, you need to check out State Senate Bill 2669, Presley Law, 1990, Penal Code 11165.13 Ca. Welfare and Institutions Code, section 305. House and Safety code Section 123605 and Voluntary Service Plan Committee. These laws were all broken by whoever called CPS.

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Please post your 3 studies u found

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Isaboo, like I said already I tested positive for methamphetamine and I don't do drugs. I went to my Pcp and she said that indeed ranitidine can cause a false positive. I then had her give me a drug test cause I was still upset about the positive drug test that I took at my pain clinic. She said she knew I wasn't on drugs and indeed ranitidine can cause a false positive for methamphetamine. So she took my urine and sent it to the lab and it didn't show any signs of anything other than what I take.I came up negative for the drug so now I asked her to send that results to my other doctor so he can believe me when I tell him I do not and never will do drugs.

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I had the same thing happend to me so I called Zantac and she comforted that us indeed it does give a false positive report

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Where do you live? CPS has been doing these things to me also.

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