Can taking Bactrim cause a drug test to come back positive?
Question posted by snbrzez09 on 14 March 2013
Last updated on 14 March 2013 by happybrandee
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happybrandee
14 March 2013
Bactrim can cause a false positive for benzodiazepines on some drug screenings.
kaismama
14 March 2013
In a perfect world it certainly shouldn't, however the urine drug screens used are pretty unreliable and many things can cause false positives.
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