The lab test shows " Hydromorphone ( Dilaudid ) " - Pain Management Message Board

eddie300 · 12-01-2007, 08:16 PM

Hi Y'all, Its been a while since I've been here to the boards, hope everyone is doing fine....... I have a question, especially for those thats been a round for awhile. I take Methadone and Lortab daily for chronic lower back pain. I just had a urinalysis done last Tuesday at my Docs and Friday my nurse called and said that another drug plus my regular drugs showed up. This other drug is called hydromorphone, or Dilaudid, I guess is the brand name. I've never been prescribed that drug and definitely never taken that drug. So I ran back over to the docs right away and gave another urine sample. I don't understand how this could happen. No one in my house even has other pain meds so its not like I took theirs or got some mixed up.... If my urine comes back with this other drug in it again I'm sure my Doctor will release me from his care. These are people I really like and trust so I'm really upset that in their minds I probably look like a big 'ol drug head ..... Has anyone ever had this happen ?? Could it be possible the lab contaminated my urine? I'm so upset about this, it's like a nightmare. I'l let y'all know what happens when my nurse calls me next week. Take care all, eddie

Laenini · 12-01-2007, 09:02 PM

Make them give you a copy of the urine screen. The report probably shows the hydrocodone that is in the Lortab, and the nurse wouldn't be the first one who mistook hydrocodone for hydromorphone. In fact, most basic urine screens would not differentiate between these two compounds I believe. Instead they screen for families of compounds and these two drugs in particular would fall into the same family. I would really question the nurse again.

eddie300 · 12-01-2007, 09:16 PM

Thank you very much, I will definitely check that. I hope it is that simple, thanks again, eddie

Fabrashamx · 12-01-2007, 11:39 PM

I seem to remember Shore talking about how certain meds can break down in your system and show up as something else, Dave, I may be totally remembering wrong, but would that have anything to do with this?

HTH~Fabby

erfan · 12-02-2007, 12:40 AM

I might be mistaken, but I could have remembered reading smewhere that hydro and oxy breakdown into hydromorphone in your body.