MEDICATIONS ABUSE

[junebug68]

I'M A 46 YR. OLD MALE. I HAVEN'T DONE THIS GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. I HAVE IN THE PAST TAKEN UP TO 4X'S THE DOSE OF MY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR SEVERAL MEDICATIONS. I HAVE DONE THIS ALONG WITH TAKING MY REGULAR DOSAGES OF ALL MY PRESCRIPTIONS. NOW IT GETS TRICKY. I WOULD END UP AFTER A FEW HOURS VERY INTOXICATED AND HAVE TO BE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I COULDN'T WALK/SLURRED SPEECH. I'VE ONLY DONE THIS ON 5 ACCASIONS. I WOULD BE HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT OR TWO. THE TRICKY PART IS THAT OF THESE 5 TIMES THE BLOODWORK SHOWED NOTHING UNUSUAL 3X'S BUT 2X'S IT POPPED POSITIVE FOR PCP. I THINK THIS IS WHAT PUT A REAL SCARE INTO ME. MY DR. ASKING ME IF I DID DRUGS AND NOT BELIEVING ME. THE 1ST TIME IT SHOWED A PCP POSITIVE THEY JUST ASKED ME IF I DID DRUGS AND DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT GETTING A POSITIVE PCP READING. MY WIFE CALLED ME UP AND TOLD ME ABOUT IT. THE SECOND TIME THE POSITIVE PCP READING SHOWED UP MY DAD THREATENED TO PUT ME ON A POLYGRAPH TO SEE IF I WAS TAKING PCP MYSELF OR GETTING IT FROM ANY OF MY FRIENDS WHO MIGHT DO IT.

[junebug68]

I LEARNED ALOT OF THIS AFTER I QUIT GETTING HIGH THIS WAY. I THEN HAD THE VISIT BY MY MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGER AND THAT WAS WHEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE COUGH MEDICATIONS CAN BE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTER TO A FALSE POSITIVE PCP READING. I HADN'T DISCLOSED THAT I WAS ABUSING MY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO ANYONE AT THE TIME.

[dirtydirk]

well im sure u hadnt ate the cough drops everytime u had been dropped ....Dextromethorphan can produce a high simular to PCP and ketamine they are classfied as dissociatives!!  If your clear about this im sure noboby will think your using PCP and in fact its nothing less than a false negative!!

[junebug68]

I WAS EATING COUGH DROPS LIKE THEY WERE GOING OUT OF STYLE. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY ONLY 2 OF 5 BLOODWORKS SHOWED A POSITIVE PCP READING. BUT YES ON COUGH DROPS AGAIN BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH A BAG IN LESS THAN 1 WEEK. THIS WAS THE SAME QUESTION MY WIFE ASKED MY MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGER WHEN HE ASKED US ABOUT ANY COUGH SYRUP.

[dirtydirk]

u take effexor or have u used cold medications containing Dextromethorphan these both can make u test for pcp??