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What Causes Negative Hydrocodone Traces In Urine Test Depite Consumint It Daily?

Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2014

Question: I am taking Hydrocodone through a pain management clinic. I have had several urine tests that show negative??? I do not sell, or give away any of these pills, I am the only person taking them. How can this be? I take one 7.5mg pill per day. I take them several days before the test, and even the morning of the test, and I keep coming up negative? What is wrong and what can I do? Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (40 hours later)

Brief Answer: Do not worry about this. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for your query. You are taking a very low dose of hydrocodone and we all metabolize medications slightly different. There might be possibility that your levels fall below the threshold of the test. So do not worry about this. I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Saurabh Gupta (3 hours later)

How do I explain this to my pain clinic? They want verification that I'm taking my pills not selling them?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (22 hours later)

Brief Answer: You can explain to your pain clinic that- Detailed Answer: Hi, You can explain to your pain clinic that this is because hydromorphone is the metabolite of hydrocodone and the liver produces these metabolites in trace amounts and depending on the the threshold of the urine test, false positives of these opioids may occur.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar