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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

my pt has a urine tox screen and it came up pos for benzos, and opiates and ampetamines..... she had a home medications for hydrocodone , xanax and she swears she only took a sudafed 30mg a day or so before....

huh?? has anyone ever heard of this? crazy...

she was in for acting like a crazy woman... she ran nude in a grocery store...

and i don't think it was caused by one sudafed...

tell me what youu think....

has anyone ever heard of sudafed showing up as a amphetamine?

thank you all in advance

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Running nude in a grocery store? She must have been feeling very good.

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

yeah those sudafed are better than they advertise...lol

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

Silly lady.....lol

I know drugs like Adipex will show pos but not sure about the sudafed.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

contact poison control center or the lab.

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i called the lab and they just laughed... silly people

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Actually, I have heard of sudafed (or something similair) causing a false postive for amphetemines. It was a while ago, a doc told me. Something about "that's why they changed the ingredients because sudafed and other OTC meds were showing up in meth labs"???

I've personally never seen it, but I guess it's not above the realm of possibilty. That being said, if ol' girl was streaking through the produce section, I'd say there was more involved than a sudafed...."boogity boogity...don't look Ethel.." :yeah:

*I'm going to be really hurt if I'm the only one old enough to remember that Ray Stevens song...LOL!*

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

geez louise. They should know! Sorry about that. Maybe the poison center can help.

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

maybe i will call the poison control center when i get on shift tommrow... she was also on robaxin, which i hear shows up occasionally as amphetamines...

i know she has some major mental problems.... she still was stripping nude when i left work last night...

she just wants to streak and run.... free and easy....

maybe she was a nudist in a former life...

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Specializes in Critical Care.
Actually, I have heard of sudafed (or something similair) causing a false postive for amphetemines. It was a while ago, a doc told me. Something about "that's why they changed the ingredients because sudafed and other OTC meds were showing up in meth labs"???

I've personally never seen it, but I guess it's not above the realm of possibilty. That being said, if ol' girl was streaking through the produce section, I'd say there was more involved than a sudafed...."boogity boogity...don't look Ethel.." :yeah:

*I'm going to be really hurt if I'm the only one old enough to remember that Ray Stevens song...LOL!*

I remember that song too, so you are not the only one. :yeah:

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Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

lol..I'm 24 and I remember that song :yeah:

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

"Don't look Ethelllllllllllllll....."

We had a guy come in about 2 months ago, tested positive for opiates, and swore up and down it was a false positive from the protonix he was taking....

Of course, he didn't have a valid script for protonix, either....and it didn't explain his ETOH and THC levels being what they were. Perhaps they were false positives from his Cheetos....

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