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Drug screen positive: Which Medications Cause It? (4,178 Reports Across 198 Drugs)

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Drug screen positive has been reported as an adverse event with 198 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 4,178 total reports. 388 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Drug screen positive are NALTREXONE, AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE\AMPHETAMINE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE, and BUPRENORPHINE.

4,178
Total Reports
198
Drugs Involved
388
Deaths
590
Hospitalizations
39.1 yrs
Average Patient Age
45.7% / 54.3%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Drug screen positive Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
NALTREXONE 381 1.5% 11 33 2
AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE\AMPHETAMINE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE\DEXTROAMPHETAMINE 302 1.9% 72 29 1
BUPRENORPHINE 242 0.3% 25 46 10
OXYCODONE 212 0.1% 56 51 17
METHAMPHETAMINE 206 2.4% 56 26 0
FENTANYL 188 0.2% 56 34 7
RANITIDINE 177 0.0% 0 3 0
MORPHINE 158 0.1% 64 30 12
BUPRENORPHINE\NALOXONE 146 0.7% 12 24 5
DRONABINOL 137 7.9% 51 17 1
CANNABIS SATIVA SUBSP. INDICA TOP 126 1.5% 18 21 2
COCAINE 119 0.8% 41 19 3
ALPRAZOLAM 115 0.2% 34 24 7
DIAZEPAM 108 0.3% 17 33 19
ALCOHOL 104 0.5% 35 15 3
METHADONE 100 0.4% 36 25 11
QUETIAPINE 90 0.1% 35 19 6
DULOXETINE 80 0.2% 0 8 5
TRAMADOL 79 0.1% 19 25 0
LORAZEPAM 65 0.2% 7 28 10

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Drug screen positive

381 reports
242 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)