Antidepressants may appear on a screening Test?

Question: I'm starting a new job soon which requires the drug testing. can antidepressants appear on a screening test?

Response: You specify in your question why you are concerned about this; but, if you are worried about your employer knowing you're in treatment for depression, then you do not need to be. a laboratory should be specifically looking for antidepressants to detect the. and, given that antidepressants are not considered drugs of abuse, there is simply no reason that your employer would seek for them. However, it is possible that your antidepressant could appear as a false positive for a controlled substance, which would certainly be a problem for you.

In an August 2006 report in the Journal of Family Practice, Srinivas b. Rapuri and colleagues, noted that several antidepressants may give false-positive results on drug tests. Bupropion (Wellbutrin), fluoxetine (Prozac), trazodone (Desyrel) and nefazodone can potentially appear as amphetamines. In addition, sertraline (Zoloft) may appear as a benzodiazepine.

Drug tests are sometimes erroneous, basically because they are very sensitive, detecting small amounts of chemicals, but not very specific. If a drug has a chemical structure very similar to that put to the test, the test cannot distinguish between the 'good' drug 'bad '.

If you fear that your antidepressant might appear to be a false positive, your best course of action is to be proactive. bring your medications with you to the test vial so that the tester can make a notation in his writings, just in case there are any questions later.