I have been able to locate a list of all over the counter medications that will cause a false positive urinalysis for methamphetamines. I need to find a complete list of all prescription drugs, and any other household of farm products that can cause such results if they get into a persons system. This data may be the only thing that saves me from loosing custody of my son for something I have not done.
2006-07-08 12:22:23 · 5 answers · asked by Desperate_Single_Mom 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Just for those who have left accusatory answers, allow me to reiterate. I have not done drugs. I am asking this question because a false positive ua caused my son to go into Foster Care, and I'm trying to prove my innocence so he can come home. This bullshit caused me to miss his first b-day. So if you know of anything that may cause a false positive, let me know. I'm trying to compile a list of anything I may have come in contact with so the lab can cross check and prove my innocence.
2006-07-09 07:08:04 · update #1
Well, there's more than one test for drugs in urine... The one that gets fooled routinely (by over-the-counter medications, among other things) is the quick screening test: sometimes it is an immunochemical thing; sometimes an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; there are a couple of others. Those of us who have to handle positive drug screens have nicknamed those "Shake 'n' Bake" drug screens. Quickly done, easily fooled.
Most drug screens that are going to be used in regulated areas--and I should hope they would be used for any testing that would involve taking someone's kids away--have to be confirmed by gas chromatography with mass spectroscopy. This one is virtually impossible to fool, frankly. Vicks inhaler will fool it; it's the l-isomer of methamphetamine (which is the d-isomer). Simple testing (looking at the d/l isomerization, which should be something that the lab will do on request) will, however, differentiate them.
Drugs that will (legitimately) trip the test: Adderal, benzidrine, biphetamine, dexedrine, durophet, obetrol, desoxyn,gradumet, benzphetamine, didrex, dimethlamphetamine, famprofazone, fencamine, furfenorex, seligiline, amphetaminil, cobenzored, dinitel, fineda, ethylamphetamine, fenthyline, captagon, fenoproporen, mefenorex, gegisec, pondinil, mesocarb, & preyamine. Add Vicks Inhaler, and that's the lot. You will have to document legitimate access to these; and if you claim it's Vicks, you'll have to let them do d/l isomer studies to test your claim.
You have to understand, however, that from the testing standpoint, and from the legal one, it is not possible to tell how the drug got on board: it could be from personal choice, or some idiot spiking your food or beverage. From the standpoint of the law, and the standpoint of most places that require testing for whatever reason, if it's there, and there is no legitimate reason, they're not concerned whether it was your choice to take the stuff, or your choice to hang around morons who think it is funny to spike someone's food or drink with an illegally procured substance. Either way, you hang on that one.
2006-07-08 14:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by gandalf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ammonia or anything containing ammonium phosphates or nitrates. That's just a guess but it's about the only household item that correlates with farms (fertilizers) and meth. Meth is made using an ammonia product although I can't recall the specifics.
2006-07-08 12:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Winter Wolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit doing drugs!
2006-07-08 13:02:45 · answer #3 · answered by Diane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poppy seeds...do you eat poppy seed bread/bagels? poppy seeds will cause a false positive for at least 48 hours after ingestion.
check out: http://www.libertydrugtest.com/false-positives.htm
2006-07-08 13:30:18 · answer #4 · answered by lemonlimeemt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why on earth are you asking this question on yahoo?
2006-07-08 12:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by nonyerbusiness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋