Can Tramadol Cause A False Positive For Methadone On A Urine Drug Screen? (Page 3) (Top voted first)

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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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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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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The most common cause of lab error is switched samples. That would be a higher risk than cross reactivity. Medical staff are aware of this and that was the reason for retesting. Labs take extra precautions to avoid switched samples, but you have to take the sample out of the labeled container at some point and these things are done in batches of multiple samples. It is just a reality.

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Will tramadol hydrochloride 50 mg come back positive for methadone and other narcotics on a 7 panel urine drug test?

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It will come as methadone. order a 7 panel test, and use it. I ordered my test on Amazon for under $10. I promise I'm correct

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Re: Verwon (# 2)

You have no idea what you're talking about in regards to oxycodone and methadone, completely separate chemical structure and metabolites.

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Re: Ricky (# 3)

I had a seizure due to tramadol and they accused me of being on methadone too .trying to get it off my record at charlotte Presbyterian.

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Tramadol is a synthetic opioid so it will show up as opioids

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Tramadol does not test as Methadone.

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