False Positive From Sustiva

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false positives for THC for sustiva consumers

I recently tested positive for thc. I do not use marijuana. I read some info requarding this but cant locate the article. Surely there are more sensitive tests that can clear this up. Which tests and why does taking sustiva produce these results?...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Ouch. Sorry you've gone through this. Perhaps this will help. I asked DuPont for information about an unrelated Sustiva question in March 2000 and received a comprehensive, clear reply from their drug information specialist. Please call them at... Read more »

Sustiva and false Positive

I am currently on Sustiva and Combivir for about 1 1/2 year.T-s up from 138 to 300. VL from... Read more »

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D. »

Sustiva False Positive - CC

I am currently on Sustiva and will have to take a pre-employment drug test very soon. I read your... Read more »

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MMWR Report Examines False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests

"False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests --- New York City, 2005--2008 ," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report : MMWR examines recent increase in the number of false-positive HIV test results in oral fluid testing with OraSure Technologies '... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Questions and Answers: False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests

What is the significance of the reported increases in false positives when using the oral fluid HIV test in New York City sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics? It is important to keep in mind that overall oral fluid tests have performed well.... Read more »

Supervised Blood-Based Self-Sample Collection and Rapid Test Performance: A Valuable Alternative to the Use of Saliva by HIV Testing Programs With No Medical or Nursing Staff

Some saliva-based HIV testing initiatives, the authors wrote, "have resulted in an unacceptable percentage of false positives," while in many countries doctors or nurses are required for blood-based HIV testing programs. In the current study, the... Read more »

Clinics Using OraQuick Oral HIV Test Reporting Rates of False-Positive Results Within Limits on Label, OraSure Announces

OraSure Technologies on Tuesday in a statement said most sites the company has contacted regarding issues with its oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test have reported rates of false-positive results within the expected limits that are... Read more »

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I tested Positive, My boyfriend didnt, False positive?

Posted by ruraltgwoman, 1 Reply

I tested positive for HIV on 12/10. My boyfriend just got his results back today 12/21. His results came back negative.

We have been having unprotected sex for the last 4 years and have been together for 5. I have only been wih him during that... Read more »

What things cause a false positive?

Posted by Anonymous

....on a rapid (oraquick) test?

Are their certain medical conditions, medicines, etc that cause these false positives???

Just wodering why they happen? Read more »

What about false positives

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

If there are so many false negatives there must be just as many false positives. I wonder how many people who are positive re-test to see if they are negative. Makes you wonder? I bet few do!

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False Positives on DNA PCR tests-Please RESPOND

Posted by Anonymous

I am collecting data from this forum on anyone who believes they received a false positive "reactive" result from an ultrasensitive DNA qualitative PCR test. Please let me know when the test was taken in reference to supposed exposure and what... Read more »

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