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Can Adderall Affect HCG Levels In A Blood Test?
Hi doctor Ajith, I was dating a girl for a few months and we had sex one time with a condom. The condom did not break I do know that things can happen even with a condom and it not busting. We had sex about 1 week before she was supposed to have her period. She usually has her period on around the 4th or 5th of every month. She has been under a great amount of stress lately. Her aunt has been going in and out of a coma along with other factors besides her thinking that she is pregnant. She also takes Adderall for her ADHD. She had a blood test done a week ago to see if she was pregnant her doctor told her that the test came back negative but that she needed to come back in 2 weeks to have an ultrasound done because Adderall can cause false negatives to appear. I was wondering if Adderall could possibly affect the HCG levels in a woman's blood to cause a blood test to return a false negative. Thank you for you help.
Thu, 6 Oct 2016
Hello, and i hope i can help you today.
Adderall does not have any effect on pregnancy hormone levels. Therefore, if your girlfriend had a negative serum pregnancy test, even though her cycle may be late and she feels pregnant, she is not pregnant.
The only way the pregnancy test could be a false negative is if it was done too early since your act of intercourse. It takes about 10 days to 2 weeks from conception to detect an adequate level of pregnancy hormone on a test.
The best way to proceed is to repeat the blood test (not an ultrasound, which can only see a pregnancy at 5-6 weeks gestation) in 2 weeks and if that test is negative, then she is definitely not pregnant.
Many women can miss a menstrual cycle due to stress, hormone imbalances, or even worrying about pregnancy. Furthermore, if you wore a condom teh whole time you had intercourse and it did not break, your chance of pregnancy is only about 5 percent.
So in summary, Adderal has no effect on HCG levels and would not cause a negative pregnancy test.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that this information is reassuring.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brown
Adderall does not have any effect on pregnancy hormone levels. Therefore, if your girlfriend had a negative serum pregnancy test, even though her cycle may be late and she feels pregnant, she is not pregnant.
The only way the pregnancy test could be a false negative is if it was done too early since your act of intercourse. It takes about 10 days to 2 weeks from conception to detect an adequate level of pregnancy hormone on a test.
The best way to proceed is to repeat the blood test (not an ultrasound, which can only see a pregnancy at 5-6 weeks gestation) in 2 weeks and if that test is negative, then she is definitely not pregnant.
Many women can miss a menstrual cycle due to stress, hormone imbalances, or even worrying about pregnancy. Furthermore, if you wore a condom teh whole time you had intercourse and it did not break, your chance of pregnancy is only about 5 percent.
So in summary, Adderal has no effect on HCG levels and would not cause a negative pregnancy test.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that this information is reassuring.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brown
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