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About Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi
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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.

 
   

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Pharmacy - failing a drug test


Expert: Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi - 9/1/2009

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Here's my ordeal. i have been taking tramadol for several yes and have passed many drug tests.and here recently i have taken 2 drug tests an they have shown up positive for methodone.I have researched all over and have not found any forums about my situation.i am serious about my situation the only medicaton i have taken is tramadol and generic tylenol

Answer
Hi Jesse,
Dont despair, there are virtually thousands of people sufferng the same predicament. Every alternative letter I get is about a false positive test report. What I wonder is why dont people get together and demand accurate testing, better still freedom from tsting. US seems to be the only country testing its citizens so indiscriminately. You should file a report with Medwatch on the FDA site and demand details of the test used on you. Specifically ask for the following:
1. Incidence of false positives
2. Incidence of false negatives
3. LOD and LOQ for the different drugs screened
4. FDA permission for the test kit used
Generally create a racket and they will bow down and even change their results. Try out these things please.
Ravi Ghooi

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