I Have A Prescription For Hydrocodone And Been Taking It As Prescribed But Recently Took Urine Test Which Came Back Positive
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I have a prescription for Hydrocodone and have been taking it as prescribed. Recently I took a urine test which came back positive for not only Hydrocodone, but Oxycodone as well. I have only taken what has been prescribed to me, and do not take anything else. I do not know how Oxycodone showed up in this test. Any information, thoughts, theories would be greatly appriciated.

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the same thing happened to me. they have no sympathy at and it happened 2 times. I did not take the hydrocodone and it showed in 2 urine tests. if they didn't want to see me they could have just said that.

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PLEASE advise. I am prescribed 4 pills daily, of ten mg generic lortab. I ran out. I have to see my doctor next week. How much and when to take to be abled to pass the urine test. Im prescribed 4 every 24 hours....Please please tell me

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Tammy,

Scroll lower, and you'll see I went through about the same nightmare as you, recently, with the same commonality: we HONESTLY took NOTHING ELSE, nothing we were not prescribed!
I empathize with you: I, too, felt as if I were being criminalized, treated hideously, as if I were the dreaded, infamous 'recreational drug users' that I KNOW they deal with on a regular basis, but for Pete's Sake, they should also KNOW many of their patients are NOT of that character.
And if my saying that tees anyone off (painting them as a criminal for taking the 'one old pill' or 'something borrowed' from a friend), sorry: if the shoe fits, wear it.

The WHOLE PROBLEM in this specific situation is that there is a MISTRUST in the medical community, that they automatically ASSUME a patient is a casual drug-seeker first, an honest-to-gosh patient with a hugely-painful medical condition and not a dishonest bone in their body LAST. And this HURTS those who really do need and have to take narcotics on a regular basis, what with all the extra forms, having to personally pick up scrips for refills every single month of our lives (and when you're mobility-challenged and living alone, this is a horror to deal with), the rationing we have to do because Docs refuse to up our dosage to relieve the increasing pain (yes, we are 'dependant on our meds, but this is not the same as ADDICTED), having to reschedule every hour of our lives according to whether we just took our meds or we're in that grey fog of limbo pain an hour or two BEFORE we can take our next dose, etc. Were it not for those who flagrantly ABUSE prescription drugs for a 'high' or 'soft fuzzy feeling' (ijits), those of us who depend on these just to NOT be howling in excruciating pain 24/7 would not have to go through the misery of so much red-tape and suspicion.
The irony is, WE HATE IT, because we don't get (let alone go for) the 'buzz' the druggies seek, we just get (hopefully) SOME relief from our bone/cancer pain, that we *MIGHT* be able to make it through a day with 5 on a 10 scale pain (instead of the screaming 8 and 9 on a 10 scale) in order to accomplish the very few personal and household tasks we are still able to do).

Tammy, I hope you never have to go through this again, because it was not just a little old 'bump' in your day/week, it had to have made you feel incredibly frustrated and even betrayed. We have it hard enough, with our lives being the 'half-lives' they are, without having our docs and nursing staff think we are 'faking it' all 'just' to get drugs, on top of everything...


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Hello, I have a question. I am on MS contin 30mg 2/day, and Oxycodone 7.5 / 325 3 /day. Some times I fluctuate how I take the meds. 1-3 days before I go in for a UA test, I always go back to the prescribed amount / dose. Can they see this on the tests if I go back down to the required 48-72 hours before the test. Thanks,

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I was tested 2day for what i am percribed which is hydrocodone and my urine test showed positive for oxycodone. what can show up as oxycodone? i have not taken any of the oxycodone medication in years. how can this happen? I could loose my dr. and it will be on my record, I'm, looking at surgery and have been on hydrocodone for 11 years. This is terrible. I feel like I'm being treated like a criminal. I don't have insurance and can't just go anywhere. i wonder if they are trying to get rid of me? does anyone have any answers? What cvould it be? they are rechecking the same urine that showed up the oxycodone. They tested 2 different cups of urine. It can't be, I HAVE NOT taken anything like that. what can this be??

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are there any over the counter products that can cause a false positive for oxycodone?

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Susie, the Hydrocodone, which is the active narcotic in Lortab, can be detectable in a standard urine test for approximately 4 to 5 days, after last dosage.

However, this can vary from person to person, depending on certain individuating factors, such as your metabolism, overall health, activity levels, fluid intake and etc.

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Lortab&ad=true

Is there anything else I can help with?

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I took one loritab 5 'how long will it stay in you urine


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Angel, Diazepam is a Benzodiazepine and should show up as that on a drug test, they are usually detectable in urine tests for about 6 weeks, after last taking them.


http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Diazepam&ad=true

Is there anything else I can help with?

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I took an old pill from the past and looked it up, it was diazepam, would that show up?

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Angle, no neither of those should show up as anything different, since the active narcotics are the same as what you were already taking, Hydrocodone and Oxycodone.

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Vicodin&ad=true

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Percocet&ad=true

Did you take anything else, even over the counter products?

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I currently take hydrocodone 10mg-325 and oxycodone 5mg. My doctor said that my lab urine test came back showing something else in addition to these, but I am not sure what? I took a few 5mg hydrocodones and 3 of someone else's oxycodone 5mg/500 because I was out of town and forgot my prescriptions, would these show up as "something different" in my urine lab screen? Or maybe its one of those false positives? Please let me know if you have any info on this?

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Jipsi, I am very sorry about what you had to go through. The sad fact is that doctor's offices and other medical facilities that are just testing for their own internal reasons, such as making sure someone isn't abusing their medications, are not required to U.S. certified tests.

They can partner with whatever lab turns out to be the cheapest bidder for their business. There are about 1200, or so labs in the U.S. and less than 100 of them meet federal standards and are certified. This means that false positives can occur between 4 and 50% of the time.

Hydrocodone is a synthetic opiate and on these types of tests, it has been known to cause false positives for other synthetic and semi-synthetic opiates.

And the reason it might have happened this time and none of the others, is because they may have recently switched labs. This is just a guess, but they may have recently gotten a cheaper offer to switch to a different one.

These false positives have been occurring more and more often, you'll find many similar posts on our site about others that have gone through the same thing.



http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Hydrocodone&ad=true


http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Oxycodone&ad=true

Please post back and let us know how things go with the doctor?

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My situation (or NIGHTMARE, I should say) is similar. Yesterday I went to my doc's office for the quarterly urine test, refill of my meds (Cymbalta, Kadian and Hydrocodone). The nurse came to me in the lobby and, oud enough that the dozen or so other patients could hear every word, said they couldn't give me my full scrips, that I would have to come back next week and see the doc, after they've received the results from the lab they were sending my urine sample out to, as it came back showing OXYCONTIN! I was flabbergasted. I have never been prescribed/taken Oxycontin! I told her that they must have made a mistake, and that I wanted them to retest me, right there, so I could prove to them that this was a MISTAKE. I take it very, very seriously that ANYONE, especially my doc/his staff, would even THINK I was being dishonest/criminal about my pain meds (recreational drug use, are you kidding me? NOT ME), that I take EXACTLY as prescribed, and I even give them a list of the OTC ibuprofen, low-dose aspirin I sometimes take in addition to regular meds, for breakthrough back and joint pain, or toothache (this year I have had to have most of my upper teeth removed) which I take Ora-jel for when it flares up. They refused, and, worse, told me if I DID have them retest my urine, that I would have to pay them for the 'extra' test (in the hundreds of dollars) OUT-OF-POCKET. They did this knowing full well that THAT would stop me, as I am on SSDI for the back/spinal injury and have to subsist on a meager income. I was mortified and in tears. This is NOT a trivial thing to me. I have been a patient there for almost 6 years, and feel I was mistreated and disrespected. Next week, any test they 'retake' will have NO BEARING on this 'false positive'/mistake because if I WAS 'guilty of taking illegal drugs, it woud be long gone by then. My whole point, at thetime, was that they REDO the TEST then and there, to PROVE MY INNOCENCE and THEIR MISTAKE. ANyway... I need to know if and why a false positive for Oxycontin could happen... I see there is a correlation to Hydrocodone (Vicodin) which I DO take, so am wondering how 'close' this correlation is and if the Hydrocodone I take could have caused this error. and, If so, WHY HASN'T IT HAPPENED BEFORE, in the almost 5 years Ive been on the same pain meds????

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The same thing happened to me i'm prescribed Hydrocodone and oxycodone also showed up on my ua. If it can show up as oxycodone why check for that to?

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Pam, it depends on the type of test they do.

Some test just check for the presence of the relevant medication, to make sure you are taking it and not selling your prescriptions.

However, there are other tests that can be done that detect the levels of the medication. These levels should fall within a certain span, if the person has been taking them, as prescribed. If they are higher than they should be, then yes, they will know that you have been taking more than you should.

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Vicodin&ad=true

If your current dosage isn't handling your pain, you should talk to your doctor about it, rather than upping your dosage on your own.

Are there any other questions?



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I am scripted at 4 vicodin a day. If I take 5-6 a day can they tell that in a urine test?

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Sandy, in that respect you have nothing to worry about, these tests can't tell when you took the medication.

There are two different tests that can be done, the first type just looks for the presence of the relevant medication, to make sure you are taking it.

The second type looks for certain levels of the medication, which would be the amounts they would expect to see in someone that is taking it regularly, to make sure you aren't out selling your medication on the street.

But, neither one of them can tell them the time that you took it, so they have no way of knowing if you took it early or late. As long as the levels are there, you should be fine.

http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/drug_details.asp?title=Oxycodone&page=1001490&ad=true

Are there any other questions or comments?

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I am in serious pain all the time, some days worse than others. I am prescribed Oxycodone 10mg every 6hrs or as needed. Sometimes I take 1pill and 4hrs later I'm in severe pain and I take another, but then wait 12hrs to take another. Somedays, I only take 2-3 pills, because my pain level isn't as high and somedays I take more because I had to go somewhere and walk a lot, etc... My question is, I was given an Ameritox drug test yesterday and was wondering since I only take the amount of Oxycodone prescribed in a day, will it show that sometimes I take it an hour or so earlier and then wait 12hrs to take it? How sensitive is this test? I've visited their website, but it doesn't specifically answer my question. For those of you in REAL pain, know that sometimes you have to break the pain cycle to get the pain under control. I never run out of my Percocet and always bring at least 5-10 pills back into my doctor at every visit. Please someone answer this question that knows a thing or two about Ameritox Drug tests. Thanks for your time.

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Face it,the pain clinics have all the power when it come to who and how they want to prescribe too.Its all a big scam,welcome to pain care clinics.

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