Did My Generic Adderall Cause Me To Test False Positive For Methamphetamine? (Page 3)
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I take d-amphetamine salt combos 20mg twice daily, and I recently had a hair drug test for pre-employment purposes. I tested positive for methamphetamine at a level of 570ng/mg, but I have never touched meth! They already did the GC/MS, and are now doing an isomer test, but they say that my adderall could NOT have cause a positive meth result! I've seen in other responses that this is possible, however I can't find any documentation to prove this. I've read over the Adderall and methamphetamine information profiles on this site, but still don't have the proof I need. Does anyone know where I can find this documentation? Please help!

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I take 30 mg amphetamine salts twice daily. My drug test showed positive for amphetamine AND methamphetamine. My prescription was all I needed to show to clear up the matter.

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No reason for the prescriber not to (with your premising to disclose) his diagnosis, (good to mention that pt,. wasn't responsive to dextraoamphetamine or Ritalin, etc.) and date the initially prescribed Adderall IR 30mg. It's a known fact that SANDOZ (via EON, which Sandoz owns) generic Adderall 30mg IR has been proven to produce false positives for methamphetamine HCl. If your doc isn't a Dr. Feelgood and the indications are legit, he'll have no problem writing this. I have a few times and got a voicemail or two to VERIFY I wrote and signed the letter.

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I recently began using Adderall XR 20mg and got a job offer. I didn't think about the Adderall use until later so I immediately panicked. LabCorp did the screening and no longer accepts scrips on site because of HIPAA. So she told me a physician (MRO) would call if I tested positive. Well 10 days later, I heard nothing. I thought for sure I had a positive test result given to my employer. So I am posting so that someone may be helped by this info that wasn't posted online while I was looking.

1.) Call the physician listed on your paperwork if you are not contacted in 3 business days. They will notify you that you had a positive amphetamine test and need to speak to a MRO.

2.) Provide the name of pharmacy and they can call and verify. They will also accept a pic of prescription bottle.
Once it is received they will post a negative to your employer.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE TO YOUR POTENTIAL EMPLOYER. You are only up s*** creek if you don't have a valid script.
No one can help you except the physician/MRO listed on your screening paperwork. Hang onto it because you may need your sample number when calling. So now I am on to my dream job.

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yes it will i take amphetamine salt and it always comes up positive . That is normal

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First off if the doctor/doctors office "puts that on your file for every other doctor to see" you can sue them... I was going to a doctor for years getting 30mg oxycodone and 2mg xanax.... They did a ua which I had fake pee for then they decided to do a mouth swab... the results came back positive for methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and molly... the doctors office said they would not be able to treat me any longer... I called the government and there is a thing called the hippa law.... look it up and sue the s*** out of the doctor that did that to you...

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The pharmaceutical companies that make it should be able to explain it for you. On behalf of you as well as possibly ensuring that you're hired. Considering you prescription is keeping them in business .

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Adderal will show up as AMphetamine, but not methamphetamines.

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I need an Md to help with this. Never had any drug use/abuse issues. Take current med prescribed but never abused, if anything I don't take as often/as much as I'm prescribed. Not much drug test exp so this is new. I need specific practical advice re the wildly conflicting reports I'm getting re: all neg in urine-then HFollicle test ok. Then abt 60 days later, urine test negative then levels that imply/prove abuse. Wouldn't that overlap the prev test and how can urine be negative & HF be over limits. I know what I put in my body, didn't need a test,happily comply at a moments notice but now I need an indepedant/true advice re these tests. I offered my fingernails for a 1 yr test, even a spinal tap (mom's RN of 40yrs)They declined, spinal tap too evasive. I agree but inaccurate/manufactured results are worse. If you would please help with some advice/direction.

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Witch Hunt, USA.

Whenever there is a witch hunt, witches will be found. That's what a witch hunt is.

Failure to vigorously participate in a witch hunt is the surest way to get oneself designated as a witch. It may be good to be the king, but it's no good to be a witch. Not in the US, anyway. The US has an illustrious history of witch hunting, a superstitious practice people would like to believe no longer occurs. Not so. One way the practice continues is presently called the War On Drugs, complete with a "needle test" to determine if someone may be a witch. So it shouldn't be a surprise that the "needle test" turns up witches. What good would a "needle test" be to a witch hunter, if it didn't? This is known as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Of course the "needle test" is crooked! They always have been.

Beginning from when Harry Anslinger ran the (now defunct) Federal Bureau Of Narcotics and continuing with the Drug Enforcement Agency's War on Drugs, said War on Drugs has been a war on people with narcolepsy and certain other neurological disorders such as ADD/ADHD. Originally, Anslinger asserted (or else!) that narcolepsy didn't exist, and instead was merely an excuse for addicts to procure amphetamine from medical doctors. Anslinger attempted to prosecute M.D.'s whenever he could for the crime of treating narcoleptics (aiding and abetting a witch). The stigma continues to this day, now including people with ADD/ADHD.

The above examples of unfair treatment illuminate a situation where certain medical doctors believe they will be okay, i.e., that they will escape suspicion or the attention of the witch police. That is, if said medical doctors demonstrate how well they are on the lookout. For witches. And find a witch they will, which is supposed to prove that said doctors are good people, on the right side, etc., i.e., with the hope they themselves will not be harmed. It's not unlike throwing a virgin into the volcano with the hope it will forestall the volcano from erupting.

Fear does that to people. And the physician has indeed much to fear from the witch police. Thus, patients, and in other cases employees, etc., are sacrificed on the slightest pretext, and there is little incentive to question things.

Who will come to the aid of the witch?

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Can noratin cause meth false testing

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Amphetamine is scientifically known as methylated phenylethylamine. Methamphetamine is double methylated phenylethylamine. The double process is the primary difference between amphetamine and methamphetamine in a laboratory or scientific instance. Otherwise, the two chemicals or drugs are almost identical in nature causing the same side effects, same dangers and same potential for overdose as well as the same risk of physical dependence and addiction.

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I do agree that, oftentimes, there are other motivations for pharmaceutical companies to push the production of a certain medication. Their life bread are those big sellers, such as Adderall, that ended up generating a lot of income. Really, a pharmaceutical company's goal is to create 3 or four of these drugs like this per year, so there is a lot of pressure for production of new medications. On the other side of that equation, the FDA can be very lenient about allowing for the testing, marketing, and distribution of such medications before they have proven themselves to be safe in their targeted population for several consecutive years. As far as Rockefeller and hemp goes, I can't attest to any specific facts, here, but like I said before, I believe you are correct in your assertion that there are reasons why certain substances are legal, and some illegal, that fall outside of whether or not they are healthy or beneficial to the overall population. That being said, however, I would like to point out that driving intoxicated, or to the point where you are a danger to yourself and others, is illegal regardless of whatever substance put you in that state. There was a woman, in California I believe, a few years back, that was arrested and charged with a DUI for driving after taking Benadryl; a widely used OTC medication. So prescription or no prescription, illegal or legal is really irrelevant in terms of whether or not you actually guilty of driving under the influence. I'd also like to point out, here, that a medication is never prescribed with the intent of producing intoxication. It's actually considered, by most prescribing practicioners, to be an overdose, or unwanted side effect. Medications are not good or bad. In fact, they're inanimate objects that are consumed or prescribed by people who have more of a tendency to be good or bad. There are medications that are people regard as "bad" that have a lot of therapeutic value when prescribed and administered correctly. Opiates, for example, can be effective at controlling intractable pain. I don't think many people realize that your brain chemistry is different when you are experiencing pain, and opiates are less likely to become addictive while you are in that state. Same thing goes for amphetamines. They have become the gold standard for dopamine deficient disorders, such as ADD, because of their unique ability to cross the blood brain barrier. If taken correctly, they can control symptoms and not render you intoxicated. Actually, the prescription dosage is exponentially lower than what you could purchase on the street. If you take your medications as prescribed, no matter what they might be, and you take them exactly for whatever it is they are being prescribed for, then you are certainly not an addict. I think the words "addiction" or "dependency" should be used to describe circumstances that fall outside of that situation. Is a diabetic "dependent" on insulin? Is a person who suffers from hypertension "addicted" to their blood pressure meds? Just because these ailments are physical in nature and can result in death if left untreated doesn't mean that they are the only conditions deserving of treatment and that the medications prescribed to prevent mortality are the only ones of viable use. Most medications are, in fact, prescribed to enhance a certain quality of life. I think regarding medications as substances solely to produce euphoria or prevent death is oversimplifying the matter

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I take 40 mg of Amphetamine salts daily. My Doctor took a urine test 8/13/2014 and said I failed it and that there was NO amphetamine salts in my system and wanted to know what was going on! I was shocked, b/c I had taken it just that morning! I had my thyroid removed 6/5/2014 and during the time I was to go into the hospital they had me not take it 10 days prior to surgery and after for a week due to the possibility of bleeding complications. So for July I started my regular dosage up again....as I have been adjusting to no thyroid some times I don't wake up till noon and only take half b/c it was too late in the day...why would my urine test show none in my system??? I do not understand why this would happen? Since it is summer and very hot outside I am always thirsty I constantly pee every 15-20 minutes is this possible?

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Well said my very well informed brother. I wish I could find a psy doc like you. 99% are purely pill pushers oblivious to the contribution they are making to rockafellers ultimate goal for the NWA (new world order for all of you who are unaware of our communist governments plans) we need more soldiers like you bother!

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Courtney, where did you find this information. I need to see the sources. Working on a case where a mother takes Adderall and has taken several different types of drug tests within minutes of each other. Some say she fails for amphetamines and methamphetamines. Some say she fails only for amphetamines. Some gc/ms tests show negative, but a hair follicles gcms showed positive. I need original sources that document what you are saying.

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My level came back at 96% I take 2 adderal ex 20 generic amphetamine salts a day. Never once touched meth and now I'm labeled an addict..... I think this is all bulls*** and adderal should be taken off the shelf if they can't get it eight for those of us who have NEVER EVEN TRIED METH, STILL WEIGH 200LBS AND HAVE A GOOD COMPLEXION...... NO SORES OR TWEEKER MARKS.... SORRY BUT I AM HIGHLY PISSED AT ALL THIS. LABCCORP HAS A WEBSITE TELLING U THAY ADDERAL IS MADE STRICTLY OF D ISOMERS...... AND THEY ARE A LAB!!!! SO WHO IS DOING THE LYING, THE DR OR THE LAB

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I just had this same thing happen... I have been prescribed Adderrall 30 mg 3 times a day for several years now. I just recently took a drug test, followed by a letter stating my drug test results were positive for Methamphetamine! I and am completely shocked and
outraged! I had even taken my bottle of adderrall with me and showed it to them prior to taking the drug test. I read on here somebody said that Sandoz/Eon Mfg Adderrall will cause the positive Methanphetamine result, and it turns out that is the exact brand I take. I called them trying to get some sort of clarification/ confirmation, but they claim to be unaware of such... I had spoken to several ramdom pharmacists in the phone book and every single one of them said the Adderrall would have caused a false positive for Methamphetamine however. I am at a complete loss, and don't know what to do. The test results came in a letter from my doctors office, and also said they would no longer be treating me, and that this will go into my permanent records for all physicians to see. I have attempted to call the doctors office multiple times leaving voicemails, and right after I received the letter with the results I sat down and wrote a 3 page letter to my doctor stating I would do anything that is necessary to prove this is incorrect.... Have yet to hear a word back though. I had an appointment scheduled with him for tomorrow, for refills on my medications and I tempted to show up anyway, since nobody seems to be willing to talk with me thus far about this nitemare! I feel so, so sorry for everyone on here that has been in this situation ESPECIALLY hearing about everything that was at stake (custody of children, careers,
freedom)! Nobody likes being accused of something they DID NOT do, and I am just hoping someone can offer some advice on what I need to do next! Thanks for reading...

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I take D-amphetamine Salt Combo 30mg 4 times a day and have for about 2 years.
I passed a urinalysis/ I took a 9 panel hair follicle test and I also used meth a little over 3 months ago will it show on a the hair follicle test. I am clean and never felt better.

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I am on short term disability. On the 16th of Oct, I was prescribed Adderall. After 2 days of taking the drug, I learned from someone that it could test positive for Meth. I have Never Done Meth, hell I don't even know what it is and I stopped the Adderall after hearing the news. When I return to work in 2 weeks, I will have a hair test that goes back 90 days. People in the past have failed drug test when they knew they the test were inaccurate and wound up having a second at the hospital to prove the co. wrong. The co. stood by their own lab against hospital results. Am I screwed?

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