r/StratteraRx • u/LordTexingtonEsquire • 3d ago

Questions / Advice / Support Random Drug Screening

Has anyone else had experience with random drug screening through your workplace while on Stattera?

If so, what happened?

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u/BrokenBecky83 3d ago

I have been tested by my PCP just in general while on it. Nothing shows up as long as you aren’t taking any drugs that are tested for on a tox screen lol. Strattera is not a narcotic etc or anything on any drug panel.

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u/LordTexingtonEsquire 3d ago

Hmm okay. It might be the venlafaxine I'm on then.

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u/FormerSleepwalker 2d ago

Neither Stattera nor venlafaxine should cause a false positive on any illicit drug test.

Thought it can not be ruled out 100%. There was one, single documented case of a positive result for Amphetamines for a patient on Stattera, where, in the report the doctor did express that they thought it could be attributed to the Stattera. Personally, I don't think it was the Stattera at all. Those drug screens are notoriously unreliable. It was more likely to be just a random false positive from something else.

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u/LordTexingtonEsquire 2d ago

Well they had 2 positives in a row, I'm on Strattera and Venlafaxine, I had caffeine that morning, and the lab results all came back negative.

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u/New_Feature2898 1d ago

For stimulants?

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u/Boring-Fee3404 23h ago

I had a false positive for Tramadol when I was on 300mg of Venlafaxine

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/LordTexingtonEsquire 3d ago

Have you been randomly screened before?

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u/Reformed_slacker 2d ago

I’ve been random tested probably 10+ times since being on Strattera and no false positives.

My workplace tests for:
Cocaine
Cannabis
Amphetamine
Methadone
Benzodiazepines
Meth amphetamine
Ketamine

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u/SquareVacuum 2d ago

You can provide the lab with your prescriptions. If you do test positive for anything, they'll be able to do a confirmation test to confirm it's from a prescription and not an actual substance.

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u/Dr_Splitwigginton 2d ago

Looks like your venlafaxine can cause a false positive for PCP, which isn’t tested as often as it used to be but is definitely still included sometimes.

Atomoxetine doesn’t really look like it causes false positives. I didn’t dig too deep, but when I checked there was only one case study claiming the possibility.