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Atripla and false positives for marijuana

In the September 7th issue of "Hot Topics" you stated Atripla is well known to give false positives for marijuana on drug screenings. As someone who is on Atripla and potentially going to be looking for other employment in the near...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

In my experience, though worrisome, use of Atripla has essentially never directly resulted in either not getting hired or loss of a job due to the false positive drug test issues. The risk for false positive tests for marijuana is low/modest--I... Read more »

Atripla & drug screening

I have been taking Atripla daily for the past year recently accepted a position with a company who... Read more »

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Drug screening and Atripla

I am currently on Atripla and need to have a drug screening for my job. I have heard that I could... Read more »

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postive drug screen

Posted by JavierNYC, 4 Replies

hello everyone, i was started on atripla 6 months ago and i'm going to start a new job which i have to take a urine drug test. i have read that sometimes atripla causes a false positive for canabus(marijuana)(weed), how true is this. i really need... Read more »

initial screening positive but no antibodies?

Posted by dmvcc99, 1 Reply

Forgive me if this has already been addressed. A week and a half ago I had a regular HIV screening. Not sure if this was ELISA or not, but my guess would be yes as it was through my general physician. From what my Dr. told me, the initial... Read more »

pre employment drug screen

Posted by chrgd71, 2 Replies

i am going for a new job. its one i REALLY want. i have been on meds for 7 months now, sustiva/truvada. all the info i can find states that i will probably show a false positive because of the sustiva. has anyone else had to deal with this? how... Read more »

Urine Drug Screening and SUSTIVA!

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