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Can taking Trazodone, Gabapentin and Duloxetine create a false positive for Lorazepam?
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Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh
General & Family Physician
Practicing since :1991
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Hello XXXXXXX
With increased urine testing, these false positives are becoming an increasing problem, because the basic test is not that accurate as you see.
I looked up several scientific articles on what can cause a false positive urine screen for benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines are the class of medication that lorazepam is in.
The only thing that came up repeatedly as giving a false positive was the SSRI antidepressant sertraline, and also a particular NSAId (similar to ibuprofen).
So what to do: If the urine screen is inaccurate, the next step would be to get the more accurate GC-MS test done. I recommend you ask them to do this.
I'm sorry I couldn't pin point one of your medications with a research article to take to your doctor to back it up, but I can say that standard urine screens have their limitations and the next step is GC-MS.
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| Drug/Medication | Lorazepam, Duloxetine, Gabapentin, Sertraline |
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| Medical Topics | Drug test |
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