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Sustiva Causing False Positive Marijuana Drug Screening

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Sustiva and Marijuana False Positive

Lynn, Lynne, and Nancy -First of all, I would like to thank all three of you for your compassionate efforts to educate our community about workplace issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS. Your kindness and professionalism shines through!I wanted to share...
Nancy Breuer

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WorkPositive, Inc.
Dear D, What valuable information for us to have! Thank you. I'm copying it to my colleagues and saving it for my own files. This question comes up often. We can do so much better when generous people like you share what they've learned... Read more »

Employment Drug Screening & Sustiva

My Dr. alerted me to the possibility of Sustiva causing false positive drug screening results for... Read more »

Atripla and false positives for marijuana

In the September 7th issue of "Hot Topics" you stated Atripla is well known to give false... Read more »
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Back to Work Drug Screenings

Well, you think you feel good enough to go back to work. That's great! Your health is good, you have managed the HIV drug regimen and side effects and you are raring to go! Here is something that you probably have not thought about -- ... Read more »
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Early Expiration May Be Cause of Unusually High False-Positive Rates on OraQuick Rapid HIV Tests, Study Finds

There's nothing like hearing the results of studies directly from those who actually conducted the research. In this interview, you'll meet one of these impressive HIV researchers and read her explanation of a study she presented at CROI 2009. After... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Overview of False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) describes "False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid Tests, New York City 2005-2008" in the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control's (CDC's) June 18, 2008 Morbidity and Mortality... Read more »
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Efavirenz (Sustiva)

What Is Efavirenz? Who Should Take It? What About Drug Resistance? How Is It Taken? What Are the Side Effects? How Does It React With Other Drugs? What Is Efavirenz? Efavirenz is a drug used as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is... Read more »
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Urine Drug Screening and SUSTIVA!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Dear "The Body" Family,

This is GayCzar, writing on my husband's behalf.

We know for a fact that we will end up writing a book on the account of our lives and recent occurrences - it is just too much to talk about, and we believe it could help... Read more »

Urine Drug Screening and SUSTIVA!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Dear "The Body" Family,

This is GayCzar, writing on my husband's behalf.

We know for a fact that we will end up writing a book on the account of our lives and recent occurrences - it is just too much to talk about, and we believe it could help... Read more »

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 »

False Positive?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Does anyone know if marijuana could cause a false positive test result (specifically for an HIV DNA by PCR)? I smoked a lot about five days prior to my test. Also, I am on an antidepressant/anti-anxiety medication called Effexor (150 mg). Does... Read more »

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