AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question i just took a drug test at my pain clinic and tested positive for oxy and opi. i have a script for hydrocodone and have never taken oxy anything...i know they are both opiates but why would i have tested positive for oxy? my dr didnt say anything about the test i just looked at it when i got home...
Answer Hi Anne,
Since both drugs are related, probably the lab has made an error, another possibility is that the test does not distinguish between two closely related compounds. When your doctor is not bothered about it, I guess you too need not worry.
Ravi Ghooi
