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Can Taking Metformin Give A False Positive Drug Test Despite Discontinuing Marijuana?

I have stop smoking marijuana for almost a year now.And I took a drug test for my probation officer and got a positive reading. I wanted to know if the prescriptions that I'm taking which is metformin for my type 2 Diabetes and lovastatin would give me any false positive reading on my drug test that I have to take?
Thu, 28 Sep 2017
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That is not one of the usual drugs to test as cannabis. some aspirin like drugs and some ulcer drugs MIGHT test positive in SOME tests.
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Can Taking Metformin Give A False Positive Drug Test Despite Discontinuing Marijuana?

That is not one of the usual drugs to test as cannabis. some aspirin like drugs and some ulcer drugs MIGHT test positive in SOME tests.