SSRI

[buddymyfriend]

CITALOPRAM is an anti depressant, a SSRI I believe. I was wondering if anyone could tell if one was taking these and had to have a drug test for opiates and cocaine could it give a false reading of 'positive'. I'm aware that quite a few antibiotics can produce false readings, Amoxicillin for example. Have had a look through Erowid and googled but to no avail. Any info would be appreciated!

Chars guys n gals!

Buddy

[buddymyfriend]

*bump*

[lemonboy]

How exactly are SSRIs and antibiotics alike?

[buddymyfriend]

How exactly are SSRIs and antibiotics alike?

I'm not saying they are but anitbiotics can cause false readings. I was inquering whether CITALOPRAM could produce the same false reading. Any info would be appreciated.

Peace

Buddy

[buddymyfriend]

I should've explained the situation a lil better. I have a friend who's in a spot of bother with the Po. With certain cases they do a drug tests. Now my mate NEVER touched cocaine before, but yet they tested positive for it. Which really aint gonna help there case! My friend is on alot of meds at present and after a bit of research I discovered that one of the antibiotics, Amoxicillin can induce a false result. So I was wondering if any other of the meds they're on could do the same. I was hoping someone here may know a little more about SSRI' than I. The drug in question is CITALOPRAM. Thankx for your time!

Peace

Buddy

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no why would u think that they're totally different drugs

[flamingskullballs]

CITALOPRAM, SSRI, Amoxicillin
i dont know what those things are...

[buddymyfriend]

Amoxicillin is an anitbiotic. This is one of the meds my mate is on. Upon research I discovered that this antibiotic can give a positive result when doing a drug test for cocaine. Some I'm thinking that this could be why they psoitive for cocaine having never taken coke before.

CITALOPRAM is a 'Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors'. It is a form of anti depressant. I was wondering if anyone knew about CITALOPRAM as I can't find much info on it.

Peace

Concerned Buddy

[FunkyMonkey]

I googled CITALOPRAM then refined it with the terms 'false positive' then 'drug screening' and saw several articles mentioning that the margin for error is approx 8.4%. However the most indepth articles required either purchase or membership in a group. The info is there if you care to dig a bit.

have fun.

[flamingskullballs]

yes, i also googled a few words...

too bad id didnt have shit to do with this thread...oh, i am such a tease

[buddymyfriend]

I googled CITALOPRAM then refined it with the terms 'false positive' then 'drug screening' and saw several articles mentioning that the margin for error is approx 8.4%. However the most indepth articles required either purchase or membership in a group. The info is there if you care to dig a bit.

have fun.

Thankx for looking mate I'll ahve to keep digging. This joints for you!

Peace

Buddy

[FunkyMonkey]

This joints for you!



Buddy


Thanks I needed one hehe.
Im still lookin'
As a newly single man Ive got time on my hands!

[flamingskullballs]

hahaha, hands...oh the irony of it all

[BaseRSX]

SSRIs are drugs like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft. MILLIONS of people take these drugs in America alone. I have never heard of them giving a false positive and due to the enormous volume of people that take these drugs, if one did it would be CNN headline type news AND all the drug testing companies would immediately have to adjust their tests so it would not happen.

Given all that I find it VERY hard to believe that the SSRI would have anything to do with a false positive. It would most certainly have to be something else your friend eats or takes that is causing it.

[FunkyMonkey]

I have found multiple sites that apparently discuss this phenomenon however I cant pinpoint the exact information. It appears to be there but I cant find it in the heap of info I see before me.
Ill keep manipulating the search terms and see what I get.

[BaseRSX]

I should've explained the situation a lil better. I have a friend who's in a spot of bother with the Po. With certain cases they do a drug tests. Now my mate NEVER touched cocaine before, but yet they tested positive for it. Which really aint gonna help there case! My friend is on alot of meds at present and after a bit of research I discovered that one of the antibiotics, Amoxicillin can induce a false result. So I was wondering if any other of the meds they're on could do the same. I was hoping someone here may know a little more about SSRI' than I. The drug in question is CITALOPRAM. Thankx for your time!

Peace

Buddy

I have a question. Why doesnâ??t your friend just say to the company that is giving the test "hey I have a prescription for CITALOPRAM, please make sure you account for it in the tests"?? Seems like that is the best way to handle it.

[lemonboy]

I have a question. Why doesnâ??t your friend just say to the company that is giving the test "hey I have a prescription for CITALOPRAM, please make sure you account for it in the tests"?? Seems like that is the best way to handle it.Yeah. Police officers are always glad to make life easier for you if you just ask nicely. :rolleyes:

[BaseRSX]

Yeah. Police officers are always glad to make life easier for you if you just ask nicely. :rolleyes:

I have never heard of a "Police officer" giving a drug test. As far as I know they have to be giving by a professional, legally certified company and the police can only use the info that that company gives them.

Its not like the cop is asking the guy to piss in a bottle in the back of a squad car, adding some powder to it, shaking it up and saying, oh dude you are busted! :rolleyes:

[flamingskullballs]

using all of the letters of CITALOPRAM, and only those letters, you can create: clit paroma

[FunkyMonkey]

my eyes are bleeding from all this small font medical text !
pizza break.