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2016728 tn?1328358841

is there anything otc that can hinder a drug test

i suffer from fibromyalgia and i am on hydrocodone and methadone.hydrocodone is used for break through pain.i am also on cymbalta,neurotin.My question is i also take otc zantac can you tell me if any of these can hinder a drug test.once every 6 months i have to have a pee test to make sure i am using the drugs being prescribed. Can ony of these otc's zantac for instance can it alter  the results which i have to have it be positive.

sincere thanks
may God bless
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Hello and hope you are doing well.

Chronic pain is responsive to hydrocodone and to provide a concrete evidence that you are using this medication you can have a urine drug screen done. In regular users this screen should remain positive for two days. Also please ask your doctor or enquire at the lab, if they are using a hydrocodone specific product for screening, as the more common opiod screening for morphiods does not detect hydrocodone presence. Emphasize for the specific test.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
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i had to be drug tested for a job and i was told that meds like those for pain diagnosis for fibromyalgia they dnt consider to be an issue when doing test unless its of a elevated amount......i was concerned about this as well
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2016728 tn?1328358841
not really all together so a number of years ago the craziest things happen i had been taking the meds,however i was using some herbs to for working out and took urine test and even when i had been takine the meds the test turned out negative.so thats why i was asking i am not taking any of those herbs anymore but was just wondering anyway
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553995 tn?1332018840
If you have taken the medicine, they will show up on he urine test. The only way the test will be.....negative,  is if you do not take the meds.

Good luck
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