Date:  Sat Mar 24, 2001 7:08am

Hello,
I had an allergic reaction to Wellbutrin which was
prescribed for smoking cessation. It did seem to help the
cause but then I broke out in hives after 2 weeks.

I found your site during my search with my most recent
problem with Prozac. I was drug tested at my place of
employment ( I am a medical lab tech). I was told it was
positive for methamphetamine at a level of 283ng/ml. I did
not use any methamphetamine but lost my job because of the result.

Since then I have been searching everywhere and everything
trying to find info on my behalf. I feel it was a
cross-reaction which caused a false positive. I found much
information after finding your site. That prozac is like
Ecstasy or MDMA. Also much information that I was not aware
of. I had quit using Prozac shortly after I was fired
because I thought they would figure out the false positive
issue and if retested I didn't want another positive
because of it. I did not have any side affects from
stopping the use of Prozac however so I quess I am lucky.
Thanks, 

Kathy

Date:  Sat Mar 24, 2001 4:04pm

Response1:
Hi Kathy, how long were you on the Prozac?
And yes, I would consider you were lucky,  
now that you know all this about these drugs.
Hopefully you won't take them again, the brain
damage they cause can be permanent. I took Prozac
only 15 days and 9 months later I still have problems.
Please stick around here and ask as many questions as
you want, we would not want you to take another
drug. So sorry about your job, I think that yes it 
could have been the Prozac, and the Prozac can show up 
in your body for months, as it has a long half life...
Take care,

Cynthia

Date:  Sat Mar 24, 2001 9:25pm

Response2:
Hi Kathy,
That's a very interesting story you are telling us. As you already 
know, methamphetamine is a part of the chemical structure in Ecstasy 
(MDMA), 3/4-methylene-dioxy-methamphetamine. 

Methamphetamine releases high levels of the neurotransmitter 
dopamine. It is neurotoxic to the brain, damaging dopamine and 
serotonin neuron cell-endings.

Now here comes my question: how on earth could Prozac (fluoxetine) 
causes elevetad levels of methamphetamine in your blood ? I am going
to do some research on this. Thanks for sharing and so sorry to hear
that you lost your job because of this.

Charly

Date:  Sun Mar 25, 2001 4:03am

Response3:
I flunked the whiz quiz too.  That was back in 1994 and it was a
pre-employment test for the Postal Service.  I freaked since I wasn't using
any illegal drugs and had told them I was on Prozac and Valium.  They said
if I brought in a letter from the Dr. stating that I was on these meds and
come back for another test, that they would reconsider. About a month
later I got a letter from them and was approved for employment. Sorry I
can't remember the details. But I can remember that I didn't want this on
any government type record.

Recently two kids were charged with heroin possession.  The lab tests came
back positive the first 2 times the substance was tested.  The kids thought
it was heroin.  It was tested again at a different lab, the results were
negative and the charges have been dropped.
Weird world we live in,

Nina

Date:  Mon Mar 26, 2001 6:04am

Response4:
Feel free to post this and share the information. It is not uncommon for the 
SSRIs to test positive as methamphetamine. Those reports have come in for ten 
years now. I recently had a boy who was on Celexa who tested positive for 
amphetamines and his doctor told him that he would "expect" that result. So a 
few of the docs are aware of this.

Dr. Tracy