Comments on: Beacon NewsFlashes – September 26, 2009 http://www.aidsbeacon.com/news/2009/09/26/beacon-newsflashes-%e2%80%93-september-26-2009/ Independent, up-to-date news and information about HIV and AIDS. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Beacon Staff http://www.aidsbeacon.com/news/2009/09/26/beacon-newsflashes-%e2%80%93-september-26-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-8590 Beacon Staff Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:01:09 +0000 http://www.aidsbeacon.com/?p=8599#comment-8590 Dear Leng, People taking Sustiva can test positive on a marijuana drug test; this is true even if they have never taken marijuana. This can be avoided by asking to receive a more sensitive marijuana test, called a GC/MS test, that will not give a false positive in people taking Sustiva. However, if you have also taken marijuana, this will show up on a GC/MS test. This post at TheBody.com has more information on Sustiva and positive marijuana tests: http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Workplace/Q161957.html More formal documents confirming that Sustiva can cause positive marijuana tests may be found here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11366375 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11366946 Please let us know if we can provide any additional information. Dear Leng,

People taking Sustiva can test positive on a marijuana drug test; this is true even if they have never taken marijuana. This can be avoided by asking to receive a more sensitive marijuana test, called a GC/MS test, that will not give a false positive in people taking Sustiva. However, if you have also taken marijuana, this will show up on a GC/MS test.

This post at TheBody.com has more information on Sustiva and positive marijuana tests:

http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Workplace/Q161957.html

More formal documents confirming that Sustiva can cause positive marijuana tests may be found here:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11366375
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11366946

Please let us know if we can provide any additional information.

]]> By: Leng http://www.aidsbeacon.com/news/2009/09/26/beacon-newsflashes-%e2%80%93-september-26-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-8471 Leng Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:51:59 +0000 http://www.aidsbeacon.com/?p=8599#comment-8471 can thc show in high levels in a person who takes sustiva and somkes marijuana? can thc show in high levels in a person who takes sustiva and somkes marijuana?

]]>