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Originally Posted by eskielover
Yes, the poppy seed thing is very true.....I also found out that over the counter sleeping pills show up as amphetimines......when I was in outpatient treatment at the local psych hospital....they did drug testing every day.....& I was taking over the counter sleeping meds.....showed up & they wanted to know what it was.....wierd.
Debbie
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Debbie, thank you for sharing this here!
I found out the hard way that the decongestant I was using also tested as speed. In talking with my pharmacist about it, he said that it differs with everyone, but OTC meds will test positive. Add in prescription drugs and you can have some weird things show on your blood panel.
Veering off here a bit, but when I had the osteotomy done, I required more transfusions than expected and the surgeon was stumped...turned out it was the ginkgo and Vitamin E I was taking...it thinned my blood. Since then I've had to stop my supplements and vitamins at least two weeks before any surgery.
Catherine