Can Tramadol Cause A False Positive For Methadone On A Urine Drug Screen? (Page 2)

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I was taken to the ER by ambulance this week because I had a seizure and fell, hitting my head on concrete & was unconscious for about 10 min. Luckily I was in our parking lot & someone witnessed the whole event, so I got help right away! When I came to I had no idea where I was (I thought I was in our living room even tho I was actually laying outside in 4in of fresh snow & it was raining). In the ER they told me my urine was positive for methadone & asked me where I got the pill from, told me this is why I had a seizure & could go home. I was speechless!!! Talk about shocked! I've never seen methodone let alone taken it & I've never had a seizure before so I was scared by this event & wanted them to figure out what really caused it! I asked them to test another sample while I was still there (thought they mixed up samples or something), again was positive for methodone. My daily meds are Tramadol, Yasmin, Clonazepam, Ibuprofen & I had taken 2 of my Percocet for pain the day before, but don't take that everyday. Could any of these have caused the false-positive on the urine test? I am really upset about this-I don't want to have that in my medical record because it's inaccurate & I don't want my doc to become suspiscious of me in any way, plus I work for my dr's office. I also want to know what caused it so I don't have problems with future pre-employment tests. I called the ER the next day to asked them to send my urine for gas chromatography, but I'm not sure whether they'll do this since they don't feel this is medically necessary even if the result was inaccurate. The ER doc thinks it may have been the tramadol that caused the false positive because tramadol & methadone one are both synthetic opiates & I take a high dose: I've taken 400mg daily x 4 years. I would greatly appreciate any insight anyone could provide me about this false positive!!! Thank you!

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JT and others: Please read my other posts concerning false positives on methadone caused by tramadol (Ultram). NO screening test can be used to determine positive drugs...cups, cards, and even EIA testing is screening NOT Definitive, IT must be CONFIRMED by GC/MS or LC/MS/MS. Doctor's offices, clinics. etc use "rapid tests" which are ONLY A SCREEN and they cannot determine your actual drug without a confimatory test. Observed urine collections can be illegal in some situations.

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I'm on felony probation and I took tramadal not knowing it's a narcotic now! Does anyone know if it will be on a 10 panel drug test for Saginaw County!! Please help!!!

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if it isn't prescribed to you, don't take it and then you don't have to worry if you are on probation or drug court. It does not stay long in the urine, and if it was only one pill you will not be positive.

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Is tramadal on dip stick drug test now? I understand it causes false results just curious if they are now on drug test!

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Not yet, but they may come out with it.

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Hi Tracey i'm not sure about tramadol causing a false positive but I am 35next month&just had my first seizure ever almost 3weeks ago,driving down a busy highway, fortunately my husband was with me and able to stop the truck and put it in park,it was a bad seizure, he said it lasted about10-15minutes,I was very shocked to find out I had one, I started investigating what could have caused it,I also have been on 300mg of tramadol for a year and a half or so,I was in awe when I read online tramadol can&has been known to cause seizures even if you have been on them for any length of time it is still possible. I was getting the weird feeling in my head as I had before and after my seizure so after reading that I haven't taken the tramadol in a few days and I haven't been having the feeling in my head! This is scary to me and makes me worried about taking anything now!! Has anyone else had a seizure that could have been linked to tramadol or any other medicine? Please reply if so, I'm just curious. Thanks

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Dear Tired of Haters...Sorry for your seizure. You are well over the limits on Tramadol at 300mg! Check youself on that before you seize and don't come back. Be careful.

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Hi Doc John,thanks for your reply, what do you mean I'm well over my limits? I don't get much relief even when I take the full 300mg a day dose, with out anything for pain I can't even function normal,like today I haven't been able to get out of bed much due to the pain in my back&legs but I'm too scared to take my tramadol. I was on 30mg of percocet a day for several years but about a year ago my Dr told me she had to take me off them& could only write me tramadol, it was something to do with a letter from cms,she said something like they said I was on too many narcotics, I don't know why, the only other narcotic I receive is adderal. Anyways it's hard to believe they want to take me off something that helped my pain for so long to put me on some b.s like tramadol which ends up basically UNSAFE to take, stupid to take one off a safe narcotic to put them on a potentially dangerous NON NARCOTIC which doesn't help half as much as the half the pill dose of percocet did&in the long run caused a life threatening seizure that almost cost my life, my babies & my husbands life,not to mention other people on the road, THANK GOD for my husband being very quick to respond when I all of a sudden started spazzing out doing 45 coming up on a red light!! Why is a medicine that has such a dangerous side effect even allowed to be on the market?

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Oh yes Tramadol does cause a false positive for methadone in a urine test. I've never taken methadone before in my life but I've taken Tramadol for yrs and my urine test turned up positive for methadone twice but the tramadol didn't show up on the drug test at all. It happened again this morning to me in a urine drug test. It tested positive for methadone and nothing for tramadol. So the test are causing problems for people taking tramadol and some of the doctors don't seem to have a clue that tis is happening. even the company that makes tramadol said 4 out of 10 people taking tramadol will have a false positive on a drug urine test when taking tramadol.

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I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT ALL MY PAIN MEDS WERE DISCONTINUIED DUE TO MORPHINE BEING IN MY URINE TEST. I JUST STARTED TAKING METHADONE AND I HAVE BEEN ON TRAMADOL FOR 5 YEARS. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE I DON.T TAKE MORPHINE. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

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Yes, it does. I've never taken recreational, illegal, drugs in my life and Ultram has shown up in my urine test as Methadone.

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Please READ my post 16 it will answer a lot of your questions.

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Dr. John,
I am doing personal research for a friend who is testing positive for several opiates he has not taken. His security clearance is on the line and I need data. I have the credentials and letters to understand, but not the mobility to get to a professional library. Can you give me a few references on the false positives for tramadol such as you listed in post #16? I would give you an email, but this is too public a forum. TIA

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I recently took a drug test at home because i have been abstaining from smoking pot, 25 days and still faint line but thats not the problem. I have been taking tramadol for a week because of pain and i am utterly gobsmacked at reading the results of the test. I have tested a big positive for methadone wtf i would just like to make one aware of this just incase you believe other wise. I have pics but dont know how to upload them

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Tramadol does show a positive and negative in urine it happened to me and I called my pharmacy and he said it can

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Yes you can.. I had two test come back postive for methadone while on tramadol. I had my urine sent out and analyzedo by lab core and it came back negative. Do not let anyone falsely accuse you.

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I am on Trazadone Methadone Xanax and Cymbalta. 2 I took a urine for DC&P it came up positive for PCP. They had me retake the test the next day and set my urine to the lab. The retakes came back negative and so did the labs. What meds that I take cause this!

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Did you take any OTC or cold meds? Sometimes those cam cause a false positive. I am on methadone as well and have had two (one saliva and one urine) false positives on drug screens. One was for benzos. I haven't taken any benzos since I started the methadone program over a yr ago. I was on .5 mg xanex twice daily but weaned off. That was in Jan of 2015. And that was a urine test. Then the saliva test was negative for methadone even though I haven't missed a dose. And it was positive for oxycodone, which I didn't take. Since those are the only dirty tests I've had in over a year, my nurses and counselors believe me. I have no idea what caused it.

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I failed a test thru probation for methadone and I take tramadol. They sent it to the lab and it came back negative. So yes tramadol shows up as methadone.

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Yes it will, show as Methadone and an antidepressant, but everybody is different so it depends on what drug test is being used and what exactly is being tested for!

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