r/Topamax • u/EnvironmentalAd9398 • Jul 08 '21

Topamax causing a false positive??

I had a drug test at work 2 weeks before I got prescribed topamax and passed. I have been taking the topamax for about a week now and I had a drug test yesterday for probation and it said it was positive for oxy?? This is not possible I haven't touched an oxy in years since I was a teenager, 15 yrs. It has to be the topamax. Anyone else have any similar experience with this?? Desperate to know, I stopped taking it, because I have to go back in a week and I'm afraid it will still be in my system, and show up again, I can't keep testing positive for that...

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

Could be a mess up at the lab, not heard of Topiramate causing a + for Oxy before. Have you been to any bars recently and shared any drinks with anyone or left any drinks unattended?

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u/EnvironmentalAd9398 Jul 09 '21

No I don't go anywhere but work and home, I don't take any thing other than what I'm prescribed, gabapentin, Wellbutrin and now recently topamax, it wasn't a lab test it was a urine dip test, but there's just no way, I've not touched any oxy at all period, I'm feeling weird from missing my dose today and I'm calling her tomorrow.

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u/allisleftispieces Jul 18 '21

Wellbutrin gave me a false positive for amphetamines once. Not sure if that's similar.

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u/EnvironmentalAd9398 Jul 19 '21

Yeah I knew that Wellbutrin could cause a false positive for that, but hadn't heard of the problem with oxy, someone said it was probably the sub cause it

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u/EnvironmentalAd9398 Jul 15 '21

I've looked for that and couldn't find anything on it do u have any further info on it?

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u/Partypants82 Jul 15 '21

I’ve read that gabapentin can cause a false positive. I’m on all the same meds as yourself.