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Positive urine amphetamine test

MedGen UID:
1670940
•Concept ID:
C4732883
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0500112

Definition

Detection of amphetamine or its metabolites in urine. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPositive urine amphetamine test

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Splice-Site Variants in the Gene Encoding GABA-A Receptor Delta Subunit Are Associated with Amphetamine Use in Patients under Methadone Maintenance Treatment.
Lin YF, Chou WH, Liu TH, Fang CP, Kuo HW, Kuo PH, Tsai SJ, Wang SC, Chung RH, Tsou HH, Chen ACH, Liu YL
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Dec 31;24(1) doi: 10.3390/ijms24010721. PMID: 36614162Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Guilty or not guilty? - False positive results of common medicines in drug tests: review and practical guide.
Możdżeń K, Kaleta K, Murawska A, Pośpiech J, Panek P, Lorkowska-Zawicka B, Bujak-Giżycka B
Folia Med Cracov 2023 Jul 30;63(2):107-134. doi: 10.24425/fmc.2023.145917. PMID: 37903383
Attitudes and experiences with fentanyl contamination of methamphetamine: exploring self-reports and urine toxicology among persons who use methamphetamine and other drugs.
Daniulaityte R, Ruhter L, Juhascik M, Silverstein S
Harm Reduct J 2023 Apr 20;20(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00782-1. PMID: 37081499Free PMC Article
Urine Drug Test Results Among Adolescents and Young Adults in an Outpatient Office-Based Opioid Treatment Program.
Ramey OL, Bonny AE, Silva Almodóvar A, Nahata MC
J Adolesc Health 2023 Jul;73(1):141-147. Epub 2023 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.02.013. PMID: 37031090
Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes of patients with methamphetamine-positive drug screen on labor and delivery.
Pham T, Tinajero Y, Mo L, Schulkin J, Schmidt L, Wakeman B, Kremer M
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2020 Nov;2(4):100195. Epub 2020 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100195. PMID: 33345915
Clinical and Socioeconomic Differences in Methamphetamine-Positive Burn Patients.
Solomon EA, Greenhalgh DG, Sen S, Palmieri TL, Romanowski KS
J Burn Care Res 2019 Oct 16;40(6):734-742. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irz102. PMID: 31309978Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Validity and reliability of in-person and remote oral fluids drug testing compared to urine drug testing.
Khazanov GK, Ingram E, Lynch K, Trim R, McKay J, Oslin DW
Drug Alcohol Depend 2023 Sep 1;250:110876. Epub 2023 Jun 26 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110876. PMID: 37429052
Psychiatric and non-psychiatric drugs causing false-positive amphetamines urine test in psychiatric patients: a pharmacovigilance analysis using FAERS.
Battini V, Cirnigliaro G, Giacovelli L, Boscacci M, Massara Manzo S, Mosini G, Guarnieri G, Gringeri M, Benatti B, Clementi E, Dell'Osso B, Carnovale C
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2023 May;16(5):453-465. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1080/17512433.2023.2211261. PMID: 37147189
Urine Drug Test Results Among Adolescents and Young Adults in an Outpatient Office-Based Opioid Treatment Program.
Ramey OL, Bonny AE, Silva Almodóvar A, Nahata MC
J Adolesc Health 2023 Jul;73(1):141-147. Epub 2023 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.02.013. PMID: 37031090
The diagnostic utility of procalcitonin is limited in the setting of methamphetamine toxicity.
Kennis B, Ali A, Lasoff D, Sweeney DA, Wardi G
Am J Emerg Med 2022 Apr;54:36-40. Epub 2022 Jan 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.01.049. PMID: 35104712
Urine specimen validity test for drug abuse testing in workplace and court settings.
Lin SY, Lee HH, Lee JF, Chen BH
J Food Drug Anal 2018 Jan;26(1):380-384. Epub 2017 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jfda.2017.01.001. PMID: 29389577Free PMC Article

Therapy

Methamphetamine use and illicit opioid use during buprenorphine treatment.
Kratina-Hathaway Z, Radick AC, Leroux BG, Blalock K, Kim TW, Darnton J, Saxon AJ, Samet JH, Tsui JI
J Subst Use Addict Treat 2023 Aug;151 Epub 2023 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2022.208934. PMID: 37811395Free PMC Article
Psychiatric and non-psychiatric drugs causing false-positive amphetamines urine test in psychiatric patients: a pharmacovigilance analysis using FAERS.
Battini V, Cirnigliaro G, Giacovelli L, Boscacci M, Massara Manzo S, Mosini G, Guarnieri G, Gringeri M, Benatti B, Clementi E, Dell'Osso B, Carnovale C
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2023 May;16(5):453-465. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1080/17512433.2023.2211261. PMID: 37147189
Urine Drug Test Results Among Adolescents and Young Adults in an Outpatient Office-Based Opioid Treatment Program.
Ramey OL, Bonny AE, Silva Almodóvar A, Nahata MC
J Adolesc Health 2023 Jul;73(1):141-147. Epub 2023 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.02.013. PMID: 37031090
Analysis of Urine Drug Test Results From Substance Use Disorder Treatment Practices and Overdose Mortality Rates, 2013-2020.
Whitley P, LaRue L, Fernandez SA, Passik SD, Dawson E, Jackson RD
JAMA Netw Open 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2215425. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.15425. PMID: 35657623Free PMC Article
Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes of patients with methamphetamine-positive drug screen on labor and delivery.
Pham T, Tinajero Y, Mo L, Schulkin J, Schmidt L, Wakeman B, Kremer M
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2020 Nov;2(4):100195. Epub 2020 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100195. PMID: 33345915

Prognosis

Validity and reliability of in-person and remote oral fluids drug testing compared to urine drug testing.
Khazanov GK, Ingram E, Lynch K, Trim R, McKay J, Oslin DW
Drug Alcohol Depend 2023 Sep 1;250:110876. Epub 2023 Jun 26 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110876. PMID: 37429052
A Pilot Randomized Control Study on Effect Brief Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback as a Complementary Treatment in Men with Methamphetamine Use Disorder.
Yen CF, Ko CH, Hsu CY, Wu HC, Yang YY, Wang PW
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Apr 25;19(9) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095230. PMID: 35564623Free PMC Article
The Cyclical and Evolving Nature of Methamphetamine Use: An Evaluation of Near Real-time Urine Drug Test Results.
LaRue L, Guevara MG, Whitley P, Dawson E, Twillman RK, Huskey A
J Addict Med 2021 Sep-Oct 01;15(5):396-405. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000778. PMID: 33298749Free PMC Article
Rate of Fentanyl Positivity Among Urine Drug Test Results Positive for Cocaine or Methamphetamine.
LaRue L, Twillman RK, Dawson E, Whitley P, Frasco MA, Huskey A, Guevara MG
JAMA Netw Open 2019 Apr 5;2(4):e192851. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2851. PMID: 31026029Free PMC Article
The prevalence and clinical features of amphetamine-induced obsessive compulsive disorder.
Shakeri J, Farnia V, Karimi AR, Tatari F, Juibari TA, Alikhani M, Bajoghli H, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Brand S
Drug Alcohol Depend 2016 Mar 1;160:157-62. Epub 2016 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.12.034. PMID: 26811120

Clinical prediction guides

Validity and reliability of in-person and remote oral fluids drug testing compared to urine drug testing.
Khazanov GK, Ingram E, Lynch K, Trim R, McKay J, Oslin DW
Drug Alcohol Depend 2023 Sep 1;250:110876. Epub 2023 Jun 26 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110876. PMID: 37429052
Urine drug-testing tampering approaches: Turkish probationers.
Aydoğdu M, Akgür SA
Med Sci Law 2021 Jan;61(1):6-13. Epub 2020 Sep 13 doi: 10.1177/0025802420956453. PMID: 32924786
Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes of patients with methamphetamine-positive drug screen on labor and delivery.
Pham T, Tinajero Y, Mo L, Schulkin J, Schmidt L, Wakeman B, Kremer M
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2020 Nov;2(4):100195. Epub 2020 Aug 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2020.100195. PMID: 33345915
The prevalence and clinical features of amphetamine-induced obsessive compulsive disorder.
Shakeri J, Farnia V, Karimi AR, Tatari F, Juibari TA, Alikhani M, Bajoghli H, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Brand S
Drug Alcohol Depend 2016 Mar 1;160:157-62. Epub 2016 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.12.034. PMID: 26811120
Laboratory and clinical evaluation of on-site urine drug testing.
Beck O, Carlsson S, Tusic M, Olsson R, Franzen L, Hulten P
Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2014 Nov;74(8):681-6. Epub 2014 Jul 21 doi: 10.3109/00365513.2014.939995. PMID: 25046332

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