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Hi I Am Having A Problem With My Drug Screens

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Posted on Sat, 18 Jul 2020
Question: Hi I am having a problem with my drug screens and I need help because there is something seriously wrong but no one will listen because I’m automatically guilty and I’m lying because they said the tests don’t lie but they do! I have been going to a clinic for 1yr now, and about 2 months into going to this clinic my counselor started telling me my drug screens were coming back with high PH levels and that I may have a UTI ( I have had a history of chronic UTI and one time I had a kidney stone the size of a quarter causing them) but then about 3 1/2 months into going to this clinic I failed for cocaine metabolite.... I was devastated and confused and couldn’t understand why because I do not do cocaine. It started getting more frequent to where I’m failing for cocaine metabolite ALMOST EVERY time and if I don’t fail for the cocaine metabolite, I am coming back with high PH levels and they are saying that means that I’m “tampering” with the urine specimen... I’m telling you that I AM NOT and I need someone to help me with this. I need someone to tell me what I need to have tested and all of that. I also have went from 153lbs to 198lbs in less than 2 WEEKS! Something isn’t right and I need help please
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Hi I am having a problem with my drug screens and I need help because there is something seriously wrong but no one will listen because I’m automatically guilty and I’m lying because they said the tests don’t lie but they do! I have been going to a clinic for 1yr now, and about 2 months into going to this clinic my counselor started telling me my drug screens were coming back with high PH levels and that I may have a UTI ( I have had a history of chronic UTI and one time I had a kidney stone the size of a quarter causing them) but then about 3 1/2 months into going to this clinic I failed for cocaine metabolite.... I was devastated and confused and couldn’t understand why because I do not do cocaine. It started getting more frequent to where I’m failing for cocaine metabolite ALMOST EVERY time and if I don’t fail for the cocaine metabolite, I am coming back with high PH levels and they are saying that means that I’m “tampering” with the urine specimen... I’m telling you that I AM NOT and I need someone to help me with this. I need someone to tell me what I need to have tested and all of that. I also have went from 153lbs to 198lbs in less than 2 WEEKS! Something isn’t right and I need help please
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (5 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Do you take any medicine?

Detailed Answer:
Hi Happymother79,

I am sorry to hear about your troubles. Do you take any prescription medicine? Legal prescription drugs can interfere with drug screenings. Also, you could hear if there is any possibility of getting tested by a blood sample, as any chronic UTI would not affect such a test result. Do you have chronic kidney failure, heart disease, or any other preexisting medical condition?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
Do you take any medicine?

Detailed Answer:
Hi Happymother79,

I am sorry to hear about your troubles. Do you take any prescription medicine? Legal prescription drugs can interfere with drug screenings. Also, you could hear if there is any possibility of getting tested by a blood sample, as any chronic UTI would not affect such a test result. Do you have chronic kidney failure, heart disease, or any other preexisting medical condition?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (6 hours later)
Hi, I just take the methadone and I’m just recently on adapex because of the sudden weight gain. But I was having these issues way before the adapex. Unfortunately they won’t test by blood sample. It’s a methadone clinic and if I fail for narcotics in my urine then I’m automatically guilty and did them because I was once addicted to pain pills because of the chronic back pain since I can remember. I haven’t been tested for kidney failure or anything and I was wanting to see if you may know what tests I should try to see about getting done so I can see what the bigger issue that is going on, I am not using any drugs at all so I shouldn’t be failing for the cocaine metabolite. Benzoylecgonine is the name of the cocaine metabolite they keep finding in my urine. But I am not doing cocaine so what else could make me show up with that metabolite? I need help. My family doctor has been so rude and basically told me she don’t have time for me. I have that in a couple of messages from her. She honestly tells me she don’t have time and I have so many issues with my health that I need help with but as of right now this one is the most important to me at the moment.
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Hi, I just take the methadone and I’m just recently on adapex because of the sudden weight gain. But I was having these issues way before the adapex. Unfortunately they won’t test by blood sample. It’s a methadone clinic and if I fail for narcotics in my urine then I’m automatically guilty and did them because I was once addicted to pain pills because of the chronic back pain since I can remember. I haven’t been tested for kidney failure or anything and I was wanting to see if you may know what tests I should try to see about getting done so I can see what the bigger issue that is going on, I am not using any drugs at all so I shouldn’t be failing for the cocaine metabolite. Benzoylecgonine is the name of the cocaine metabolite they keep finding in my urine. But I am not doing cocaine so what else could make me show up with that metabolite? I need help. My family doctor has been so rude and basically told me she don’t have time for me. I have that in a couple of messages from her. She honestly tells me she don’t have time and I have so many issues with my health that I need help with but as of right now this one is the most important to me at the moment.
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (27 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Have you been around people doing drugs?

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

The metabolite you are referring to is indeed from cocaine. If you have been in the company of people who smoke crack cocaine, you could passively inhale the fumes?

Looking forward to hearing from you.


Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
Have you been around people doing drugs?

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

The metabolite you are referring to is indeed from cocaine. If you have been in the company of people who smoke crack cocaine, you could passively inhale the fumes?

Looking forward to hearing from you.


Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (47 minutes later)
I’m not around no one at all that’s doing any drugs. That’s why I don’t understand it at all. It’s so crazy. I honestly don’t do cocaine, I’m not around anyone at all that does it and it’s so baffling to me because that’s what I’ve been told, that I am coming in contact with it but I don’t associate with anyone that does. It’s just me and my 9 an 11 yr old. I’ll go to my moms once and a while, but most of the time I’m working 45-50 hrs a week at a tattoo shop. It’s a clean and respectable shop and I don’t touch none of the customers with bare hands, and I know my boss doesn’t do anything or the other girl here. I just don’t get it or understand it.
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
I’m not around no one at all that’s doing any drugs. That’s why I don’t understand it at all. It’s so crazy. I honestly don’t do cocaine, I’m not around anyone at all that does it and it’s so baffling to me because that’s what I’ve been told, that I am coming in contact with it but I don’t associate with anyone that does. It’s just me and my 9 an 11 yr old. I’ll go to my moms once and a while, but most of the time I’m working 45-50 hrs a week at a tattoo shop. It’s a clean and respectable shop and I don’t touch none of the customers with bare hands, and I know my boss doesn’t do anything or the other girl here. I just don’t get it or understand it.
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (36 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Is it positive on all tests

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

Yes it certainly is strange. Is it always positive for cocaine or just occasionally? Have they tried alternative tests, e.g. from hair?
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
Is it positive on all tests

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

Yes it certainly is strange. Is it always positive for cocaine or just occasionally? Have they tried alternative tests, e.g. from hair?
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (4 hours later)
Hi I replied and I don’t know if it sent to you. I don’t want to reply again if it did send. It’s not showing on my page though...
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Hi I replied and I don’t know if it sent to you. I don’t want to reply again if it did send. It’s not showing on my page though...
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (44 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
I did not receive a reply

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

I did not receive a reply to my previous question which I sent previously today.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
I did not receive a reply

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

I did not receive a reply to my previous question which I sent previously today.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (29 minutes later)
Hi,
It’s positive every 3rd or 4th test and the ones that isn’t positive is showing a high PH. Before the false positives the tests I was showing high PH every 3rd or 4th test. My counselor would tell me that I needed to be tested for a UTI when they would have the high PH. Now when I don’t have the false positive I have a high PH and they are saying that that means I’m trying to “manipulate” the drug test, by drinking a lot of water before the drug test or I’m trying to use a flush or something. I don’t know what a flush is, but they said if I am doing this, my methadone levels are exactly where They are supposed to be though. So that doesn’t make sense either. My urine is dark yellow to almost orange and it has a very very strong odor. I have a history of chronic UTI’s. I have had a kidney stone the size of a quarter that they found doing some xrays of my screws and rods in my back for my neurologist. I wish they would give me a different drug screen but urine is the only one they will do. I’ve asked if they would do a drug screen blood test and they said they don’t do that. I have medicaid so the clinic send my urine specimens all the way to XXXXXXX to have it analyzed and the patients that don’t have the state/government insurance, the clinic sends their urine specimens to their lab. In Tennessee I think? I’ve even offered to pay for them to be sent to the other lab and they wouldn’t let me. They were supposed to start doing the dip tests before they had it sent off but I haven’t heard nothing and haven’t been told nothing. When they told me that they were going to start doing that, it gave me the idea to buy some myself that is a 5 panel dip test that does Test for cocaine. That way when they would do a drug screen on me, I would use one of mine and have proof that I didn’t fail on my tests.... I’ve taken them every time too and I haven’t had a positive for NOTHING on them but my counselor would call me between 8-10 days later and tell me that I have failed. It’s crazy and there is something that’s not right. I have tried to find something on the internet that might could help or point me in the right direction to at least give me somewhere to test first like my kidneys or something. I did read one thing online and I have the link but it says something went wrong and to come back later. It’s the nbc-2 website so it’s a credible site. It said kidney disease can cause a false positive for cocaine and it said a couple of other things. This is the link for when or if they upload the content again. I have screenshots of those paragraphs.
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/0000/can-disease-or-illness-show-a-false-positive-on-drug-tests
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Hi,
It’s positive every 3rd or 4th test and the ones that isn’t positive is showing a high PH. Before the false positives the tests I was showing high PH every 3rd or 4th test. My counselor would tell me that I needed to be tested for a UTI when they would have the high PH. Now when I don’t have the false positive I have a high PH and they are saying that that means I’m trying to “manipulate” the drug test, by drinking a lot of water before the drug test or I’m trying to use a flush or something. I don’t know what a flush is, but they said if I am doing this, my methadone levels are exactly where They are supposed to be though. So that doesn’t make sense either. My urine is dark yellow to almost orange and it has a very very strong odor. I have a history of chronic UTI’s. I have had a kidney stone the size of a quarter that they found doing some xrays of my screws and rods in my back for my neurologist. I wish they would give me a different drug screen but urine is the only one they will do. I’ve asked if they would do a drug screen blood test and they said they don’t do that. I have medicaid so the clinic send my urine specimens all the way to XXXXXXX to have it analyzed and the patients that don’t have the state/government insurance, the clinic sends their urine specimens to their lab. In Tennessee I think? I’ve even offered to pay for them to be sent to the other lab and they wouldn’t let me. They were supposed to start doing the dip tests before they had it sent off but I haven’t heard nothing and haven’t been told nothing. When they told me that they were going to start doing that, it gave me the idea to buy some myself that is a 5 panel dip test that does Test for cocaine. That way when they would do a drug screen on me, I would use one of mine and have proof that I didn’t fail on my tests.... I’ve taken them every time too and I haven’t had a positive for NOTHING on them but my counselor would call me between 8-10 days later and tell me that I have failed. It’s crazy and there is something that’s not right. I have tried to find something on the internet that might could help or point me in the right direction to at least give me somewhere to test first like my kidneys or something. I did read one thing online and I have the link but it says something went wrong and to come back later. It’s the nbc-2 website so it’s a credible site. It said kidney disease can cause a false positive for cocaine and it said a couple of other things. This is the link for when or if they upload the content again. I have screenshots of those paragraphs.
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/0000/can-disease-or-illness-show-a-false-positive-on-drug-tests
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (2 days later)
Brief Answer:
You should make an appeal

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

It all seems very plausible and I believe that you do not do drugs. I suggest you find a local physician or health care lawyer to speak your case and make an appeal.

Regards



Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
You should make an appeal

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,

It all seems very plausible and I believe that you do not do drugs. I suggest you find a local physician or health care lawyer to speak your case and make an appeal.

Regards



Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (16 hours later)
Thank you so much for your time. Have a blessed week :)
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Follow up: Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Thank you so much for your time. Have a blessed week :)
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (44 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Thanks

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for consulting me online.
You too have a nice time.

Take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Answered by Dr. Anders Mark Christensen (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
Thanks

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for consulting me online.
You too have a nice time.

Take care
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Hi I Am Having A Problem With My Drug Screens

Hi I am having a problem with my drug screens and I need help because there is something seriously wrong but no one will listen because I’m automatically guilty and I’m lying because they said the tests don’t lie but they do! I have been going to a clinic for 1yr now, and about 2 months into going to this clinic my counselor started telling me my drug screens were coming back with high PH levels and that I may have a UTI ( I have had a history of chronic UTI and one time I had a kidney stone the size of a quarter causing them) but then about 3 1/2 months into going to this clinic I failed for cocaine metabolite.... I was devastated and confused and couldn’t understand why because I do not do cocaine. It started getting more frequent to where I’m failing for cocaine metabolite ALMOST EVERY time and if I don’t fail for the cocaine metabolite, I am coming back with high PH levels and they are saying that means that I’m “tampering” with the urine specimen... I’m telling you that I AM NOT and I need someone to help me with this. I need someone to tell me what I need to have tested and all of that. I also have went from 153lbs to 198lbs in less than 2 WEEKS! Something isn’t right and I need help please