Chinese Herbs vs Drug Test Screening

[Guest guest]

Howdy all

Is anyone aware of a resource that contains a list of herbs that might show a

false positive on a standard pre-employment drug test?

 

Many thanks in advance.

Be Well

 

Brian Mears L.Ac., Dipl OM

MtnSpiritAcupuncture.com

[Guest guest]

, " trianibal " <acuwarrior wrote:

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> Howdy all

> Is anyone aware of a resource that contains a list of herbs that might show a

false positive on a standard pre-employment drug test?

 

I think this was discussed once before here, you might check the archives. I

don't think there is anything that could show a false positive with the possible

exception of Huo Ma Ren, hemp seed. Even then, I'm not sure that it would show

a false positive, I don't know one way or the other.

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

What about Ma huang.... is ephedrine something tested for on these drug

tests?

 

K

 

 

 

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> " trianibal " <acuwarrior wrote:

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> > Howdy all

> > Is anyone aware of a resource that contains a list of herbs that might

> show a false positive on a standard pre-employment drug test?

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> I think this was discussed once before here, you might check the archives.

> I don't think there is anything that could show a false positive with the

> possible exception of Huo Ma Ren, hemp seed. Even then, I'm not sure that it

> would show a false positive, I don't know one way or the other.

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> Eric

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[Guest guest]

Thank you. Huo Ma Ren and Ma Huang were the only 2 herbs I could think of as

well. Your input is appreciated.

Thanks again

Brian

 

, " smilinglotus " <smilinglotus

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> , " trianibal " <acuwarrior@> wrote:

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> > Howdy all

> > Is anyone aware of a resource that contains a list of herbs that might show

a false positive on a standard pre-employment drug test?

>

> I think this was discussed once before here, you might check the archives. I

don't think there is anything that could show a false positive with the possible

exception of Huo Ma Ren, hemp seed. Even then, I'm not sure that it would show

a false positive, I don't know one way or the other.

>

> Eric

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[Guest guest]

, " trianibal " <acuwarrior wrote:

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> Thank you. Huo Ma Ren and Ma Huang were the only 2 herbs I could think of as

well. Your input is appreciated.

 

Ma Huang should be fine. Ephedrine is not an illegal drug and it isn't part of

the standard " NIDA-5 " panel for drug tests. I doubt that it has enough

structural similarity to amphetamine to give a false positive, ditto for things

like Shi Chang Pu, Ding Xiang, Xi Xin, etc (the essential oils in these plants

have some structural similarity to amphetamine on the chemical level, but

probably not nearly close enough to give a false positive given the extreme

specificity of those tests).

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

I had a patient taking Huo Ma Ren and it did show up on a drug test. It wasn't a

big deal because the tester could see it was a very small amount, but I did need

to write a letter stating that they were taking the seed of cannibus, not the

herb.

 

Thomas

 

, " smilinglotus " <smilinglotus

wrote:

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> , " trianibal " <acuwarrior@> wrote:

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> > Howdy all

> > Is anyone aware of a resource that contains a list of herbs that might show

a false positive on a standard pre-employment drug test?

>

> I think this was discussed once before here, you might check the archives. I

don't think there is anything that could show a false positive with the possible

exception of Huo Ma Ren, hemp seed. Even then, I'm not sure that it would show

a false positive, I don't know one way or the other.

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> Eric

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