False Positive For Oxycodone While Taking Suboxone

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Will labs identify the presence of suboxone or just prove there's no oxycodone?

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Been on suboxone for 3 years ! Using a new dr this was my 3rd visit to him and he said my urine screen came back positive for OxyContin ? How is this possible never taken that before ?i have been clean for 3 years besides suboxone ! Only meds I have taken in the past month is benedryl, Advil and Zegrid which is prescribed ! Please Help !

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People- I need help. I have been in Suboxone treatment for about 15 months now. I've had urine tests weekly for 3 months at first, then bi-weekly since. When I hit the one year mark, my doc told me I would soon be a candidate for monthly prescriptions and testing, once their hair follicle testing was up and going. I have never had a dirty urinalysis. EVER. So, out of the blue, he tells me last week that I tested positive for oxycodone, at a very, very small level. I HAVE NOT USED. The ONLY other medications I have taken are Zoloft, Benadryl, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen, an antibiotic for a staph infection in my armpit lymph node, and liquid Anbesol on a broken tooth.

He has now brought me back to weekly visits and urinalysis testing, and says I have to wait the 2 months until the hair testing is underway for him to have any definitive answers. Usually, if you do not ADMIT to using and you're positive, you're kicked out of the clinic. If you DO admit to using, it's a three-strikes-you're-out policy. So, he COULD have kicked me out, but said since I had done so well for so long, he was going to give me this chance, and wait to see what the hair test says. I offered to pay for and take a polygraph. He said no. I offered blood. He said no. Is there ANYTHING I can do to prove to my doctor that I haven't used, INSTEAD of having to wait 2 more months, and be punished for something I didn't do? I tried to explain to him that taking any opiate while on Suboxone would be pointless, since I wouldn't feel a thing- he did verify that my buprenorphine and naloxone levels were as they always were.

And how on earth did this happen?? I have come so far- why would I risk my sobriety, the custody of my baby, my marriage, and the help I'm getting from the clinic, by taking a itty-bitty little bit of a medication that I wouldn't even be able to feel?! I'm angry that I'm being called a liar, especially when I have EARNED his trust, which he says is a "HUGE part" of his program, and the doubt that my husband has un his eyes when he looks at me.......it's unbearable! How did this happen, and how can I prove to him that I did not pickup?! PLEASE help!

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I took urine test for corrections I tested pos.for oxycodone now I know I haven't took any all I've done is my suboxone and I have them lab it still comes back 1589 ml of oxy.dam it I no what I've took.and oxy I have not but no one believes me probably going get violated over this bull..I've always been honest if I can't pass test I say so up front I don't let it go to lab dam well knowing its hot.I'm not stupid its so frustrating cause I'm being told over n over it can't happen sub's will not test pos.for oxy dam it I no it can cause it is.

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I INSISTED on a hair sample. Sure enough, just like I had said from the beginning, I was NEGATIVE for oxycodone. "A mistake at the lab", it was called. I got a "sorry, it happens sometimes" and that was it. After MONTHS of being looked upon as a liar, I at LEAST wanted a letter of apology from the lab. Couldn't even get that. Losing 12 pounds (TWELVE POUNDS, people), the nausea, panic, and debilitating stress evidently didn't warrant an apology from the lab. My doctor, however, has a whole new trust in me and I've gained much respect at my clinic for my long clean time, honesty, and dedication, which are all good things. If you are falsely accused, DEMAND A HAIR FOLLICLE TEST. Thanks to all. Best of luck to everyone in their recovery.

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IF YOU ARE FALSELY ACCUSED, DEMAND A HAIR FOLLICLE TEST.

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Find a clinic that just does drug testing, go do it and do a full panel + suboxone test. It will work. I have been clean for 6 years on suboxone and just the other day my doctor stopped doing tests there, so I had to buy one from Walgreens and it came back positive for oxy. Mind you, I have never touched oxy my whole life. Luckily my doctor is cool and sent me to a clinic which cleared me. Hope this helps.

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I went to my probation officer and he told me I came up positive for oxycodone, but there's no way. I take Suboxone and haven't used any pain meds. What could be the reason for this? And they send my urine off to a lab...

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