On Suboxone, haven't taken a roxy in over a yr. Drug test shows a faint line though?

[Sissy1982]

I am currently on Suboxone and have been for over a year now.  Every time my doctor does a drug test on me there is a faint line showing me positive for roxy use.  I haven’t taken roxys in over a year.  Why is this line showing testing me positive for roxys even though I am not taking them anymore?  

[Sissy1982]

I am prescribed Suboxone.  The kind of test she uses tests for everything.  If there is something in your system a line will come up under that category.  What happens is a faint line keeps showing up under the “roxy category”.  When this happens she does a separate test just for roxys, and it still had a faint line (lighter than in the 1st test).  I don’t understand why this is happening.  I honestly don’t use anymore.  

I have asked around and a friend of mine (also prescribed Suboxone) would use someone else’s urine, place a small piece of Suboxone in the urine, and let it dissolve (she didn’t want marijuana showing up).  She told me when she did that she had the same problem; a faint line would show up on both types of tests as well.  

I am afraid I will get dropped from my doctor.  I don’t understand and if anyone does, please explain how this is happening.  Thank you

[weaver71]

It could be that it shows positive for opiate's in general. I'm not sure what text show's Roxy's specifically. Bupenorphine, the active med in suboxone, is a synthetic opiate. It is a partial agonist, so reacts in the brain much differently than full agonist opiates, but it is an opiate. If you are prescribe subs, you can show the script to the person testing you. If you are not prescribed subs, I'm not sure what to say, try to get one. Good luck.