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Drug screen false positive: Which Medications Cause It? (1,586 Reports Across 119 Drugs)

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Drug screen false positive has been reported as an adverse event with 119 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,586 total reports. 26 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug screen false positive are RANITIDINE, NALTREXONE, and BUPROPION.

1,586
Total Reports
119
Drugs Involved
26
Deaths
143
Hospitalizations
40.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
52.7% / 47.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug screen false positive Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
RANITIDINE 104 0.0% 0 1 0
NALTREXONE 91 0.4% 0 1 1
BUPROPION 63 0.2% 0 9 7
SERTRALINE 58 0.1% 1 10 0
VENLAFAXINE 50 0.1% 0 16 11
LAMOTRIGINE 48 0.1% 0 22 0
PANTOPRAZOLE 44 0.1% 0 3 0
QUETIAPINE 44 0.1% 17 19 17
IBUPROFEN 37 0.0% 12 14 11
PREGABALIN 37 0.0% 0 2 1
OLANZAPINE\SAMIDORPHAN L-MALATE 36 2.8% 0 0 0
OXYCODONE 36 0.0% 5 6 3
MORPHINE 33 0.0% 9 5 4
LORAZEPAM 31 0.1% 0 13 12
ARIPIPRAZOLE 30 0.1% 0 21 2
DIAZEPAM 29 0.1% 8 15 13
AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE\AMPHETAMINE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE 27 0.2% 0 1 0
TRAMADOL 27 0.0% 8 7 6
GABAPENTIN 26 0.0% 0 7 7
ACETAMINOPHEN\HYDROCODONE 25 0.0% 0 0 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug screen false positive

104 reports
91 reports
63 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)