Commonly prescribed medications and potential false-positive urine drug screens

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1344-1350

  Brahm, Nancy C ^a   Yeager, Lynn L ^a   Fox, Mark D ^a   Farmer, Kevin C ^a   Palmer, Tony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Drugs; Drugs, over the counter; False positive reactions; Tests, laboratory; Urine levels

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; FENOPROFEN; GATIFLOXACIN; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NAPROXEN; OFLOXACIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PROMETHAZINE; QUETIAPINE; RANITIDINE; SERTRALINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VERAPAMIL; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; STREET DRUG;

DRUG ABUSE; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINE;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 79952111304     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp090477     Document Type: Review

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