Kennedy Says:
Did My Generic Adderall Cause Me To Test False Positive For Methamphetamine? (Page 2)
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Adeline Says:
I take d-amphetamine salt combos 20mg twice daily, and I recently had a hair drug test for pre-employment purposes. I tested positive for methamphetamine at a level of 570ng/mg, but I have never touched meth! They already did the GC/MS, and are now doing an isomer test, but they say that my adderall could NOT have cause a positive meth result! I've seen in other responses that this is possible, however I can't find any documentation to prove this. I've read over the Adderall and methamphetamine information profiles on this site, but still don't have the proof I need. Does anyone know where I can find this documentation? Please help!
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I need an Md to help with this. Never had any drug use/abuse issues. Take current med prescribed but never abused, if anything I don't take as often/as much as I'm prescribed. Not much drug test exp so this is new. I need specific practical advice re the wildly conflicting reports I'm getting re: all neg in urine-then HFollicle test ok. Then abt 60 days later, urine test negative then levels that imply/prove abuse. Wouldn't that overlap the prev test and how can urine be negative & HF be over limits. I know what I put in my body, didn't need a test,happily comply at a moments notice but now I need an indepedant/true advice re these tests. I offered my fingernails for a 1 yr test, even a spinal tap (mom's RN of 40yrs)They declined, spinal tap too evasive. I agree but inaccurate/manufactured results are worse. If you would please help with some advice/direction.
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Rebecca Olson Says:
The pharmaceutical companies that make it should be able to explain it for you. On behalf of you as well as possibly ensuring that you're hired. Considering you prescription is keeping them in business .
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chris Says:
First off if the doctor/doctors office "puts that on your file for every other doctor to see" you can sue them... I was going to a doctor for years getting 30mg oxycodone and 2mg xanax.... They did a ua which I had fake pee for then they decided to do a mouth swab... the results came back positive for methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and molly... the doctors office said they would not be able to treat me any longer... I called the government and there is a thing called the hippa law.... look it up and sue the s*** out of the doctor that did that to you...
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cindi Says:
yes it will i take amphetamine salt and it always comes up positive . That is normal
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Hopes This Helps Says:
I recently began using Adderall XR 20mg and got a job offer. I didn't think about the Adderall use until later so I immediately panicked. LabCorp did the screening and no longer accepts scrips on site because of HIPAA. So she told me a physician (MRO) would call if I tested positive. Well 10 days later, I heard nothing. I thought for sure I had a positive test result given to my employer. So I am posting so that someone may be helped by this info that wasn't posted online while I was looking.
1.) Call the physician listed on your paperwork if you are not contacted in 3 business days. They will notify you that you had a positive amphetamine test and need to speak to a MRO.
2.) Provide the name of pharmacy and they can call and verify. They will also accept a pic of prescription bottle.
Once it is received they will post a negative to your employer.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE TO YOUR POTENTIAL EMPLOYER. You are only up s*** creek if you don't have a valid script.
No one can help you except the physician/MRO listed on your screening paperwork. Hang onto it because you may need your sample number when calling. So now I am on to my dream job.
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
No reason for the prescriber not to (with your premising to disclose) his diagnosis, (good to mention that pt,. wasn't responsive to dextraoamphetamine or Ritalin, etc.) and date the initially prescribed Adderall IR 30mg. It's a known fact that SANDOZ (via EON, which Sandoz owns) generic Adderall 30mg IR has been proven to produce false positives for methamphetamine HCl. If your doc isn't a Dr. Feelgood and the indications are legit, he'll have no problem writing this. I have a few times and got a voicemail or two to VERIFY I wrote and signed the letter.
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Rogerraj Says:
I take 30 mg amphetamine salts twice daily. My drug test showed positive for amphetamine AND methamphetamine. My prescription was all I needed to show to clear up the matter.
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
You're taking 20mg of d- and dl-AMPHET COMBO SALTS. D-amphetamine was originally known as Dexedrine and dl-amphetamine as BENZEDRINE. Address is a combination of the two salts. It seems that the dl-amphetamnes causes the pos methamphetamine results...we think.
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
Excellent site. Sure, we could all go to the PDR, but if you're a careful researcher, it could take hours.
SANDOZ's Adderall 30mg IR has been known to show positive for methamphetamine. It's happened to one or two of my pts.
Inscription is EOE. Made by EON, which Sandoz had purchased a while back.
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Jill Says:
How can it be proven that I have never done methamphetamine in spite of a drug test showing positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine while prescribed Adderall?
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
Sandoz [a venerable drug company that developed d-LSD-25 and trademarked it DELYSID-25 and gave us the first drugs that were effective against migraine and tension headache (DHE, CAFERGOT, CAFERGOT-B, FIORINAL #3, SANEST, close relative to) owns EON, company that makes ADDERALL 30mg IR. The pill is married EON 303. It's notorious for causing false positives for methamaphetamine. Oddly enough this seems to be the only strength of AdderalI IR manufactured by EON that has this effect. I don't know if ADDERALL-XL 30h test pos for meth, bt. We shrinks knew about this for a while btw, but only if our patients were drug-tested.
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
Adderall is a mixture of d- and dl- isomers. Period. And I'll sign my PhD in Pharmacology behind that and you won't find a lab tech with those creds! The is,res are of, course of AMPHETAMINE.
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Joseph Says:
This person is in a serious incredibly stressful situation here. So there's no reason for you to be a d*** about it to them! Saying, "you're screwed" and "say goodbye to that job". Plus on a cheap office test many things can go wrong.
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
And the Eon Lab's (owned by Sandoz, a very reputable and established pharm manufacturer) 30mg IR tab very often tests positive for methamphetamine. I'm not sure about the XR. Besides. I'm betting these drug tests are U/A only and the lowest bidder got the sale. You have other alternatives, Don't let the bastards get to you. I'm an MD qwth a PhD in Pharmacology. I know my s**t. I'd never accept a bottom of the heap cheap commercial "drug test" as proof or not proof of anything. Good luck, bro! First, you ask for a redo and that can be on the original s***ty text and if you get a pos, have your union rep insist on a generally accepted as PASSABLE drug test. More money; some blood, but this will clear it up. Methamphetamine has a short half-life, relatively speaking.. IF YOU WERE DOING methamphetamine, YOU'D STOP FASTER THAN FAST & ASK FOR A DO OVER. If you're taking your Adderall daily (and the 30mg IR tab is given BID or TID; I've never written for more), you'll get a positive. There's plenty of research on this. Google Scholar is a good place, but medical research is a pain in the ass, even for me, However, more expensive drug tests can calcify the issue once and for all.
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DrJoeyMDPhD Says:
You don't get immunity from working under the influence of street drugs under HIPPA. You have some skewed notion of the confidentiality provided by this law. Is I had hired neurosurgeon and we had to do an all-out tox screen because of some false positive along the way. If the screen showed bootleg meth, non-prescribe opiates and tons of benzes, I'd be violating the law hiring this guy to join our surgical staff— and no Court would void our decision to withdraw the job offer on the grounds of HIPPA. I don't know where you get your legal information, but my kid sister is Admitted to Practice Before the Supreme Court as well as every other Court down the line. If you don't mine, Id take her $800/hour advice over that of your Public Defender.
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tamtam Says:
The same thing just happened to me!! Did u ever find any factual documentation since your post was March? Im looking now and will let u know if i find anything!
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Libra Says:
I failed a drug test for methamphetamine while taking my Adderall. They sent it off to the lab and it come back as amphetamines.
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He Bram And you Rew Says:
My God. After reading the above post, I am literally speechless. I don't know whether to be disgusted or amused. Actually, I'm pretty amused.
Some feedback: Amphetamine and methamphetamine are damn near the exact same thing. In rat studies, adderall has a "liking" rating and abuse potential effect either the same as or greater than cocaine. And, by the way, this is in doses similar to those described by quite a few of this forum posters. Also, check out the National Institute of Healths report on the long term effects of amphetamine us in doses equivalent to those prescribed to the average adhd children. Neurological, physical, and psychological effects consistent with Cocaine use. Poster number 9, Courtney I believe, said something kind of like this, "I am outraged by my false positive for methamphetamine, it could of caused alot of problems for my children and husband with a secret clearance." ummm, Im pretty sure discussing your husband's credentials on the internet will be more disturbing to his employer than your false positive on a drug tests.
When I read these above posts, I see some signs of normalcy, but alot of signs of borderline-delusional, grandiose bs shot at the screen as if from an uninhibited, over-focused, off-range machine gun. This is a negative side effect of excessive stimulant use.
PS-A particular, legitimate brand of adderall is not associated with an increased frequency of false positives on a drug test compared with another legitimate brand. I know what some of ya'll are thinking. "Your wrong, Rockerfeller owns this particular brand of adderall, and they put methamphetamine in it to make it more addictive so they can take the profit and use it to build the satellites for the illuminate peoples republic so they can....." No-just...no. Get help.
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Casey Says:
I also had a false positive test for meth. I am a retired cop and honest as the day is long. I pleaded with them to do a confirmation test but they said it had been to long of a time frame, 2 weeks, for it to make a difference. Now on the report from the lab, it did differinciate between the adderall and the meth. But it stated that the positive could be an illicit drug OR, certain nasal decongestion sprays. I have been using one for years, and the rest they gave me that day was a saliva test. They wwouldn't even consider that might be the cause. It took me almost a year to find a new pain Dr. But I did, and actually that first Dr did me a favor cause my new Dr is just incredible.
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