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Hi i'm on Effexor, Inderal La, zantac, synthroid, norco, zanaflex, asprin, niacin, and a mulitvitamin and i came up positive for Meth on a drug screen. And i recently had a procedure done where they gave me diprivan. Is there anyway i could come up with a false positive??? Worried!!!

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Dear Lucas, I am giving below a list of drugs which may cause a false positive. Just match it with the medications you are taking.

Benzphetamine
Bupropion
Cyclohexylamine
Dimethylamphetamine
DOM
Famprofazone
Fencamine   
Fenfluramine
Fluoxetine
Furfenorex
Isometheptene
Isoxsuprine
Labetalol
MDA
MDE
MDMA  
Mephentennine
Methoxyphenamine
5-methoxytryptamine
Metoprolol
Mexiletine
Nicotine
Nylidrin
Ofloxacin
Pefloxacin
Phenethylamine
Phenmetrazine
Phentermine
Phenyltoloxamine
Propylhexedrine
Ranitidine
Selegiline
Sertraline
Timolol
Tryptamine
Tyramine  

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Teaching and training of undergraduate medical, dental and pharmacy students, supervision of Pharmacology residents and research in the fields of Herbal drugs, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Utilization studies.

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JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India and Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, India

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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, JK Science, Natural Product Radiance,Hippocratic Journal of Unani Medicine,Indian Journal for the Practicing Doctor and Unimed Kulliyat.

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