false pos oxy

[imrprod]

I just took one of those home drug tests and it is positive for benzo which I have a prescription for in the form of Lorazepam and oxy which I have not taken in months and then only  a few.  The opiate was negative and everything else what is up with the false positive on the oxycontin??
Help I may be getting a test this week.  I am only taking sub's, prevacid, and tylenol pm. I did have a clonidine patch on for a couple of days.

[SableZen]

You definitely aren't the first person on Suboxone that has had a false positive for oxycodone! Theoretically, Suboxone should definitely not cause a positive for oxycodone on a panel test... so there is no official recognition that this is possible.

Chemically, Suboxone contains two opiates that chemically differ from most of the other opiates as being semi-synthetically derived from thebaine (a minor chemical constituent of opium). Oxycodone is the only other opiate that is also semi-synthetically derived from thebaine. Which would be my guess as to why we keep seeing false positives for it on those panel tests...

[Mikeinthesouth]

I hear that those test can test pos for opiates even from poppy seeds. They also have a way to diferentuate between the poppy seed pos compared to the pain killer pos.

[worried878]

Most test for narcotics in general...not like for each specific drug...if you know the type of drug screen they will give you...12 panel shows sub but you have a script for that i would think so that would be ok...  if it tests positive for narcotics then i would ask for a blood test....

[cathy5841]

you can probably find out the answer to this by googling.  although i dont know for sure, i am thinking that maybe the sub.  is what is causing you to be positive for oxy.  but that is just a guess.  good luck
cathy