What common substances can cause false positive on urine screens for drugs of abuse?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Vincent, E Chris ^a   Zebelman, Arthur ^b   Goodwin, Cheryl ^a  

^a Laboratory Corporation of America ^*  (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABINOID; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHAMPHETAMINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; OPIATE; OXAPROZIN; PHENCYCLIDINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SELEGILINE; VENLAFAXINE;

CROSS REACTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE; ADDICTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33750324875     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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