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Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

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Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters. Nearly 8% of these patients sometimes spike their urine by adding their treatment medicine, buprenorphine, to the samples. Such spiking may go unnoticed by doctors who use rapid tests instead of more sophisticated lab tests that can reveal who’s cheating. “These patients a…

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The Independent

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

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abc News

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction

1 year ago·United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters. Nearly 8% […]

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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San Diego Union Tribune

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

FILE - This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug used to control heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment, but a study published Wednesday, March 22, 2023, by JAMA Psychiatry suggests doctors may be missing some cheaters. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)(Elise Amendola / Associated Press) Doctors ma…

1 year ago·San Diego, United States

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