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False Positive for Opiates
DXM & Drug Testing
Citation:   Abakua81. "False Positive for Opiates: An Experience with DXM & Drug Testing (exp76423)". Erowid.org. Jan 21, 2009. erowid.org/exp/76423

 
DOSE:
200 mg oral DXM
BODY WEIGHT: 220 lb
I tested positive for opiates the day after taking a DXM containing product. I took about 200mg of Dextromethorphan HBr over a 24 hour period for a cold and an EMIT test was positive for opiates the next morning. I had heard of it causing false positives when taken in recreational doses. What I took was hardly recreational and it still caused the positive. I am on probation so they sent the urine to a lab for a GC/MS confirmation. After 10 days of stressing out about going back to jail the test came back negative.

Exp Year: 2009ExpID: 76423
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Jan 21, 2009Views: 8,489
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Drug Testing (59) : General (1), Not Applicable (38)

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