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Suggest Suitable Therapy For Depression

My wife was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with severe depression. She opted to try the ECT treatment. During the work-ups to ensure she was medically okay with the treatment, they discovered Soboxone in her system. She has never taken drugs and we have nothing of the like in our house. 10 days after being admitted, and 2nd and 3rd tests, she is still coming up positive for Suboxone. I had myself tested as a precaution, by my GP, and the results were negative. The hospital staff is basically accusing her of hiding it with her somewhere but she and I (and hopefully the hospital staff) are certain that she is not taking Soboxone (hell, she hates even taking Tylenol). How can this happen, especially for such a long period of time inpatient at the hospital. We are left believing that somehow, someone with access to our house is lacing her food/drink... it s the ONLY rational (however sickening to even consider) option we can determine. Can anyone explain? I asked the hospital to do a hair follicle test to maybe get an idea of how long she s been exposed... I assume the longer you re on it, the longer it would be detectable (I could be wrong though). I understand that Soboxone is very hard to get and is fairly expensive so I can t understand where it came from, how it got in my wife s system, etc... Any info/feedback/pointers? Please?
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
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hello user , suboxone (buprenorphine+naloxone ) found in such manner is really surprising and unexplained - the only possible explanation may be a lab error - as your test done outside was negative - suoxone is not a drug whom someone with evil intentions would normally put in food - cause it would be detected easily and non lethal in such dosages .
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Suggest Suitable Therapy For Depression

hello user , suboxone (buprenorphine+naloxone ) found in such manner is really surprising and unexplained - the only possible explanation may be a lab error - as your test done outside was negative - suoxone is not a drug whom someone with evil intentions would normally put in food - cause it would be detected easily and non lethal in such dosages .