Took A Drug Test At My Doctors For Suboxone And It Showed Negative - Please Help
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I had a drug test with my suboxone doctor the other day and he called and kicked me off the program because the suboxone did not show up on my drug test, but i have been taking suboxone for 3 years and cannot go without it and i took suboxone the morning of the drug test. How is it possible it would not show up?

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Any info or advice PLEASE!!! I have been on Suboxone for 4 years. I can't get off it because I do need something to help with pain. Here's my problem: About a year ago my doctor started giving me mouth swab tests because the laws have changed here in the state of Tennessee where Suboxone could no longer be written for pain, only for opioid dependency, which I was cool with. My problem is the mouth swab test I take every month shows up negative now. My doctor believes me that I am taking it but my insurance is gonna start to give me a hassle thinking I am selling it (says my Dr). I am on three 8mg strips a day. Last month I took one 10 minutes before the test and it was still negative. The few medical problems that I do have that I don't know if they could affect this are gastric bypass and my lower jaw was rebuilt so I wear a bottom denture which is where the test goes. I'm not really sure how the body processes Suboxone but this is going to be a problem for me in the next few months. I took videos of me taking my Suboxone with the timestamp of a newspaper behind my f****** head with the day's date. Well, you know how insurance companies are. Anybody ever heard of anything like this?

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Re: Kim (# 44) Expand Referenced Message

Ask if you can take it in front of a nurse and then return the next day to be tested. I did that and they saw that it didn't show up, so I wasn't kicked off. Good luck.

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Re: Shelby Harmon (# 6) Expand Referenced Message

The same thing is happening to me!! Help what do I Do? I go back next week after they send it to a lab. I can't go without my meds. Suboxone saved my life

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Re: Me (# 42) Expand Referenced Message

I wish I didn't need pain management. I will need it for the rest of my life. I'm allergic to so many other medications and that's why they put me on methadone to begin with. Once I started getting treated like a drug addict I asked my doctor what was an alternative and the only alternative for me was the suboxone. I still get looked at differently when I go into the pharmacy to pick it up because I have lots of tattoos, piercings and colored hair. But the crazy thing is I've never done a drug in my life. I don't even smoke cigarettes or drink. I'm the perfect example for that saying "never judge a book by its cover". If you really want to get off, I suggest you take a little less every few days to wing yourself off. I hope it all works out for you.

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Re: Angel (# 41) Expand Referenced Message

What's crazy is it has only not showed up recently. I asked them if I could do that and they treated me poorly so I left. I have left over meds but i want to try to get off this curse. This is no life

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Re: Damon (# 40) Expand Referenced Message

I was on methadone for 8 years but once I started the Suboxone, it's never showed up in my system. So I asked my doctor if I could come in and take a Suboxone in front of someone, then the next day go back and do a urine test and they let me do it. It's still came up negative for suboxone in my system and they said it's because I metabolize it differently. Thank God that I was on Methadone for pain management and not a drug addiction so my doctor believed me what I was saying and they did not stop by Suboxone prescription. I think you should ask your doctor if you could come in take a Suboxone and then come back the next day to do a urine test to prove that you're not lying.

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I've taken two 8mg subutex a day for about a year. I have never had a dirty drug screen since i started the program, and my levels have never been mentioned. Then i was at the doctor last week and a nurse said my levels had dropped a lot. From 800mg to 167mg. But i am taking the exact same amount. She implied i had not been taking my meds and just took one the day before and selling the rest. It really pissed me off. Never had a failed test. High levels every month. And all of a sudden i stopped taking them and decided to be scarface and sell drugs. I found this thread looking for answers on how this happened.

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Mine has never shown up not one single time. So I asked my doctor if I could come in take the suboxin in front of him then come back the next day and do what urine test. He agreed to that and was shocked to see that it's still was negative. He said my body metabolizes a different. I drink a lot of caffeine and I have a slow metabolism.

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Suboxone has a half life too so 3years being on it then it should definitely show but then again I've heard of this situation happening with people who have fast metabolism

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If they sent the "diluted sample off to a lab, will that fix the issue? So crazy it wouldn't show but I drink like 36 oz of fluid which contains vitamins, caffeine, taurine, etc... It's the only thing I can think of. I'm waiting for lab results which I'm sure are pricey and it's not fair. I'm more than compliant.

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I was on methadone for over 7 years for pain management and I decided to take myself off of it. I've never done a street drug, I don't smoke cigarettes and I don't drink alcohol. So my doctor tends to listen to me more than a recovering addict which is sad but true. From day one the suboxone has came up negative in my system even though they saw me take 8mg the very 1st time which btw was waaay too much. I now cut it in half and take 4mg every 12-20hrs. I've NEVER had a positive reading with the Suboxone so finally I asked the doctor if can I come in and take it in front of you or a nurse so that you see that I am taking it and then you can see it comes up negative still. So they let me do that. I received an email saying it came back neg and that my body must metabolize it differently. So I think that you should tell your doctor "let me take it in front of you and show you that I'm taking it" then you can prove that it's not showing up in your system.

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I've been on Suboxone for a month now and every single urine test has came up negative and now my dr thinks I'm not taking it. I was on Methadone for 7-8yrs, there is no way I could just stop and not take the suboxone so i don't know what to do to prove to my dr that i take it.

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I've taken suboxone films 8mg two daily for the past 6 years. I only take my medication. No in-between opiate use, etc. I get oral swabs at dr. and my results have shown an abnormal result negative for suboxone. There is ABSOLUTELY NO POSSIBILITY I DON'T HAVE SUBOXONE in my system. 6 years daily. I may take only one at times instead of two but still take it daily. Does anyone know why I am getting this negative result? I have tried to get a script for blood work but was told I had to see the main doctor at another office for that. I asked for urine and they said the same thing. Help please, I want to be able to PROVE THE SWAB TEST IS UNRELIABLE AND INCORRECT. I think my dr.'s office doesn't care or believe me when I tell them there is no way I have none in my system.

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I'm taking 8mg suboxone tablets under tongue twice a day an there trying say that is not showing on my drug screens I have no way to prove that I'm taking it but if I don't get to keep going not only will I b back on kinds of stuff but I'm going to lose my children over something I'm not doing I take it every day even offered to take in front of them so scared there gonna kick me out I wished they would figure what's going on w us its got to b our metabolism or something I don't no I'm no doctor someone please help

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If your doctor takes urine from you and your testing for cancer will they test you for opiods while doing so and if you've been been taking suboxone will it show up in your blood work or urine testing?

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I just had the same thing happen today at my suboxone doctor although I HAVE to take it or I will become very ill with withdrawal symptoms. I read some posts that suggest maybe heavy sweating or a high metabolism may be to blame. Not sure if I even would believe that if I were the doctor. And now they are saying that I faked the test with like some fake urine or something. This office has changed companies that do their drug screens for them numerous times. They are thinking about dropping me now so I am pissed, confused, angry and confused again WTF!?

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I'm trying to find a suboxone dr for my fiancé. He was off opiates for years and kicked the habit with suboxone. Although he had a legitimate back injury the suboxone was manageable where opiates were not. Anyway, he's had a lot more work stress and pain the last few weeks and has taken opiates twice. He also consumed marijuana a couple of times but can't do that consistently bc of his job. If I'm able to locate a suboxone dr will they still prescribe for him if he tests positive for thc his first time?

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You should be ok. I took 1mg xanax on Saturday and had my test Thursday and I was good. But do not push it. I thought I could keep getting away with it but I did it again but I took the zanax on Sunday and I failed. But I was honest with my doctor and he kept me in the program. I don't know how many strikes you get there but it just isn't worth getting kicked out for.

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Sorry this was a reply to another post. But you should be fine.

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Probably not. I took 1mg Saturday and had a test Thursday and was fine.

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