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Originally Posted by 72daywmn
and it's been well documented that even small amounts of poppy seeds (from bagels, muffins, etc) can result in a false positive for opiates.
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Eeee.... yes and no. That was before the cutoff level was raised from 300 ng/mL to 2,000 ng/mL in 1998 in order to avoid such false positives from poppy seeds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_te...es_for_opiates
But, yes, one would have to look to any PM contract or clinic policies. I would think some explanation/reason would be in order, and if left to
medical practice alone that would probably be the case. But given the current
political atmosphere, many doctors/clinics just don't want the hassles of the "powers-that-be" breathing down their necks and having one bad test wreck treatment for hundreds of other patients.
Doc