Re: Re: Will my Celexa cause a positive ETG?

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usually yes if liver broken down eva... simply go to www.wikipedia.org to see if your drug is broken down by the liver and if so try to test outside of the half life of the drug...curlyquiz <curlyquiz@...> wrote: Robin, is Wellbutrin the same story? How about Prozac? I thought I read somewhere that diluting urine by drinking lots of water won't really affect ETG, is that true? Anyway, I know in California the BRN

will treat "dilute" urines--ie, anyone hydrated!--as a positive test, so it's useless to do so anyway. Will waiting to take a med after you test really help? I mean, supposedly you took it the day before, and the day before that, etc..Thanks for letting me pick your brains--mine is empty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KEEP THE FAITH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eva> I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If I take this in the morning and drink> plenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at having> a false/positive ETG???> > I have given up almost all restaurant

foods, except like fries/baked> potato, steamed veggies plain. > > I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I drink 2> Liters of water a day. > > Any comments regarding Celexa for me???>

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regardless of the half life folks usually taper dose and take daily or every other day only after they know they will not have to test for the day...have not heard of a false positive when done that way... also switch to a shorter half life drug or many switch to natural 5HTP supplement shown to be as effective as SSRI in clinical studies that is what I did works great for me... hang in there eva,curlyquiz <curlyquiz@...> wrote: Thank you, Robin; the wellbutrin metabolism is hepatic with a half life of about 20 hours, so one could conceivably work around that. However, Prozac, also hepatic, has a half life of 3-5 days. How in the world does one work around that? (Rhetorical, Robin, I don't expect you to have the answers I'm afraid of going off my antidepressants, I've seen too many people relapse doing that. I can't even ask my doctor for help, because like most people, she doesn't even know what ETG is. Good God I am scared now!! I need to start seriously looking at a new career!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Keeping (barely) the Faith~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eva> > I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If I take this in the > morning and drink> > plenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at > having> > a false/positive ETG???> > > > I have given up almost all restaurant foods, except like fries/baked> > potato, steamed veggies plain. > > > > I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I drink > 2> > Liters of water a day. > >

> > Any comments regarding Celexa for me???> >>

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Concentrating urine more likely to produce high EtG level. Proper hydration advisable Permanent dehydration not advisable . Abnormally high and low creatinine values done with EtG will invalidate results many stateskjbeee1 <kjbeee1@...> wrote: I'm an athlete (and nurse), and drinking too much water is where *I* got into trouble...they started considering my low creatnine

levels "positive" screens. As a result, for the remaining three years in Diversion, I went into a permanent state of dehydration. Whereas, my motto--and that of my fellow athletes--when asked, "How's your urine?" (by our coach), was to respond "Clear and flowing, thankyouverymuch"...while in Diversion, my response became "Dark, concentrated and barely dripping." Sad, but true. I "graduated" back in January, however, I swear I have some sort of Post Traumatic Stress going on over how much I had to obsess about my food & water intake...and, now that I'm a bonafide member again of the "clear and flowing" club, I still feel some sick sense of guilt every time I unscrew the cap on my water bottle. Hang in there, friends...I'm pullin' for you :-)KayJay >> I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If I take this in the morning and drink> plenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at having> a false/positive ETG???> > I have given up almost all restaurant foods, except like fries/baked> potato, steamed veggies plain. > > I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I drink 2> Liters of water a day. > > Any comments regarding Celexa for me???>